Poker online in Tel Aviv — free, in English

Anubis City puts free online poker in Tel Aviv within one browser tab: No-Limit Texas Hold’em with real people, played with debens that the game gives away. Debens cannot be bought, sold or cashed out, so there is no money on the table — only decisions. The game is in English, Russian and Ukrainian, and it also has bingo, roulette, blackjack and slots.

Tel Aviv works in more than one language, and so does the game. Each player chooses their own, so an English-speaking colleague, a Russian-speaking flatmate and a friend who prefers Ukrainian can share one private table, each reading their own menus. For Tel Aviv University students it is an easy way to play between lectures: the game opens on a phone, and every table fits a small screen.

Ramat Gan, Givatayim, Holon and Bat Yam may feel like one city with Tel Aviv, but in the game each has its own entry and competes separately in the City of the Week race, where a city’s score is the weekly experience of its ten best players. Pick Tel Aviv under My city — or your own town if you would rather put it on the map — and your hands start counting. Jerusalem is playing the same race on the same clock.