Gerald the WalkingFish

Fitness-Gamified Poker

Your buy-in
is your morning walk

WalkingFish turns daily steps into poker chips. No real money. No gambling. Just strategic play fueled by physical activity.

See How It Works

The Problem

Poker is one of the great strategy games.
It deserves a better currency.

Poker teaches decision-making under uncertainty — reading situations, managing risk, adapting to opponents. It builds skills that matter far beyond the table: patience, discipline, probabilistic thinking.

But for decades, poker has been inseparable from gambling. The money on the table changes the nature of the game — it stops being about strategy and starts being about stakes. We wanted to keep the brilliance of poker and remove what corrupts it.

Real-time Texas Hold'em, right in your pocket

Up to 8 players at the table. Cards dealt, bets placed, pots won — all in real time. The felt, the chips, the reads. Everything you love about poker, powered by your daily steps.

WalkingFish poker table — real-time Texas Hold'em

Compete with friends, climb the ranks

Global and friends leaderboards track your chip balance over time. Earn fish-themed ranks from Guppy to Megalodon as you build your bankroll through walking and winning.

WalkingFish leaderboard — compete with friends

How It Works

Three steps to the table

Steps bank showing daily steps
01

Walk

Your phone tracks your daily steps. Up to 10,000 steps per day count toward your chip balance. Just walk like you normally do.

🚶 10,000 steps = 10,000 chips
Claiming chips from steps
02

Earn

Claim your steps and convert them into poker chips. Chips accumulate over time — bank them for bigger games or play daily.

🪙 Claim daily, play anytime
Live poker table
03

Play

Create a table or join a friend's game. Real-time multiplayer Texas Hold'em with up to 8 players. All the strategy, none of the gambling.

🃏 Real-time multiplayer
The best games reward thinking, not spending. We built a poker app where the only thing you invest is your own effort.

The WalkingFish Team