Tefuda — poker solitaire, push your luck

Tefuda is a free poker solitaire game you play in the browser. Cards arrive one at a time, and each one has to go into one of three hands — placed is placed. Build a poker hand and you can cash it for points, or leave it standing and bet that the deck turns it into something bigger.

The name is Japanese: 手札 — tefuda — is the hand you are holding, the cards already dealt and still yours to place. This game hands you three of them at once.

How to play

Play

Deal each card into one of 3 hands.

Score

Make poker hands to clear cards and score.

Target

Hit each level’s target before your turns run out.

Discard

Stuck with a dud? Spend a discard to skip a card.

Perks

Levels 2+ twist one rule; clear a level to draft a perk for the run.

Specials

Wild — it stands in for any card.

K♠Pays a bonus when the hand cashes out.

Clogs a slot until that tray cashes out — or the level clears.

Hands & scores

• Pair7♠7♥Two of the same rankTwo of the same rank100
• Two Pair9♣9♦4♠4♥Two different pairsTwo different pairs250
• Three of a KindQ♠Q♥Q♦Three of the same rankThree of the same rank400
• Straight5♣6♦7♠8♥9♣Five ranks in a rowFive ranks in a row700
• Flush2♥6♥9♥J♥K♥Five of the same suitFive of the same suit900
• Full HouseK♠K♥K♦3♣3♠Three of a kind plus a pairThree of a kind plus a pair1,500
• Four of a Kind8♠8♥8♦8♣Four of the same rankFour of the same rank3,000
• Straight Flush5♦6♦7♦8♦9♦A straight, all one suitA straight, all one suit7,500
• Royal Flush10♠J♠Q♠K♠A♠10 to Ace, all one suit10 to Ace, all one suit15,000

Questions

Is it free? Do I need an account?

Free, and no. Nothing to download, nothing to sign up for, no ads — open the page and the deal is already waiting.

How is this different from Klondike solitaire?

Klondike is about sorting a deck into ordered piles. Tefuda comes from the other side of the family — poker solitaire, as in Poker Squares, where each dealt card goes into a fixed slot and you score whatever poker hands you are left with. Three hands instead of a grid, and the choice of when to cash, are what Tefuda adds.

What does push your luck mean here?

A finished hand scores nothing until you cash it. Take the pair now for a little, or hold and hope the deck turns it into a full house. Hold too long and the hands clog up, or the turns run out before the level’s target — that is how a run ends.

Can I play on a phone?

Yes. Tap a card and then a hand, or drag it across. On a desktop the whole game also plays from the keyboard: 1 2 3 to place, Q W E to cash.

Is there a daily deal?

Every date has its own shuffle, identical for everyone who plays it, so two runs on the same day can be compared.