The PartyPot blog covers game night strategy, rules and scoring guides for poker, Mahjong, Big Two, Ban Luck and other card and board games, plus tutorials on using PartyPot as a free digital banker and virtual ledger. Last updated: April 2026.
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May 2026's PartyPot update brings player lifetime stats, a six-axis Poker Radar Chart, cosmetic items, smoother Poker and Mahjong flows, and a poker host-transfer option. Here's what shipped and how to find each feature in the app.
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A decent clay chip set costs $80 to $200 and spends 51 weeks of the year in a closet. Here's why free poker digital chips on your phone are a better fit for modern home games.
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Nobody at your poker table has the same phone. This guide covers the digital poker chips app side of PartyPot — iOS and Android requirements, install steps, and cross-platform room sync.
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A poker night has four math problems built into it: chip values, stack sizes, pot totals, and end-of-night settlement. Here are the formulas with worked examples and how an app handles it automatically.
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"Virtual poker chip" usually means online-only poker. This guide is about something different — a virtual chip app for real in-person home games where only the chip counting moves into the app.
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You forgot the chip set and it's poker night. Here are 9 substitutes for poker chips — coins, candy, a phone app — ranked by how well they hold up across a full session.
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Counting chips is the single most annoying task at a home poker game. Here's what a proper chip-counting app does — stacks, pots, side pots, buy-ins, and end-of-night settlement.
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"Virtual chips" usually gets used for poker. But the concept fits every game night game that involves betting or scoring. One app for poker, mahjong, blackjack, and more.
Read MoreDigital poker chips and virtual chips for home games — custom blind structures, auto dealer rotation, side pot splitting, and one-tap end-of-game settlement. Free, no ads, real deck of cards.
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