PokerCheese is a non-profit team ladder card game for friends. No downloads, no registration, no ads, no fees — just open and play.

A standard 52-card deck without jokers. Card ranking from high to low: 2 > A > K > Q > J > 10 > 9 > ... > 3. Playable combos: Single (1 card), Pair (2 of same rank), Straight (3+ consecutive ranks, unlimited), Pair Straight (3+ consecutive pairs, unlimited), Triple Bomb (3 of same rank), Quad Bomb (4 of same rank), Cheese (2-3 cards of rank 4). Note: 2 and the current level card are wild cards that can beat any non-matching type in Singles and Pairs; in Straights and Pair Straights the Ace works at both ends — as 1 (A-2-3-4-5) and as 14 (10-J-Q-K-A). Play rules: The player holding 3♥ leads the first round. Each turn you may play any combo or pass. To beat, play the same type and length with a rank exactly one higher — or play a bomb. When all others pass, the last player wins the trick. Fork: a Pair can fork a Single of the same rank, and after a fork other players can only seal. Seal: when only one single of a forked rank remains, that player can play it to seal and takes the lead for the next round. Cheese mechanic: cheese beats and captures bombs, then takes the lead for the next trick — a Pair of 4s captures a 3-card non-wild bomb, three 4s capture a 3-card wild bomb or any 4-card bomb. Scoring: a round ends as soon as one team empties both hands; players are ranked 1-4 in the order they go out. A team that takes 1st+2nd advances 2 levels; 1st+3rd advances 1 level. The first team to win and upgrade while dealing at A wins the match. Locked levels: 3, J and A cannot be skipped — a team must win and upgrade while dealing to advance beyond them. At J or A a double loss (3rd+4th) causes demotion (J→3, A→J), recoverable by taking 1st+2nd next round to climb quickly back.