Free poker in Manila — online, with real people

Looking for free poker in Manila? Anubis City seats you at a Texas Hold’em table with real people in a few taps, straight from your phone or laptop browser. The chips are debens, the game’s own coins: you get 100,000 when you arrive, nothing is for sale, and nothing can be cashed out. Bingo, roulette, blackjack and three slot machines share the same pixel-art Egyptian city.

Most people who type “poker Manila” are after a live tournament schedule or a card room. Those exist, and a real felt table has its own charm. This is the other option: no ride across EDSA, no entry fee, no dress code. Venues with real stakes admit only people of 21 and over; Anubis City is for adults of 18 and over and has nothing at stake. New to Hold’em? Read the hand rankings and start at the Scribes’ Table, where the blinds are 50/100.

Manila runs on Philippine time, UTC+8, all year. A 9 p.m. table here falls in the European afternoon, and the City of the Week race counts UTC days, so each new day of the race begins at 8 a.m. Manila time. Metro Manila is split up in the game: Quezon City, Makati, Taguig and Muntinlupa are cities of their own, each with its own score. A score is the experience of a city’s ten best players over the last seven days — Manila doesn’t need more players than Quezon City, only a stronger top ten. More on playing from the Philippines.