What card game does James Bond play in Casino Royale (2006)?

James Bond plays Texas hold’em poker in Casino Royale (2006).

The film’s central contest is a high-stakes no-limit Texas hold’em tournament held at the Casino Royale in Montenegro. Bond is sent to defeat Le Chiffre, a banker for terrorist organizations whose clients have suffered major losses. The poker game replaces baccarat, the card game used in Ian Fleming’s original 1953 novel.

Texas hold’em uses two private cards for each player and five shared community cards revealed in stages. The film uses the game to show Bond’s intelligence, discipline, and ability to read opponents, not simply his physical skill.

Some viewers associate Bond more generally with baccarat because it appears prominently in Fleming’s books and in earlier screen versions of Casino Royale. However, the 2006 official film specifically uses Texas hold’em poker for its climactic casino sequence.