Poker and Async Poker
The two ways to play: live with the whole team, or each person in their own time with comments.
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You choose the type when you create a session. Both keep votes hidden until they are revealed, and both can use AI hints.
| Poker | Async Poker | |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Estimating together in a meeting | Teams across time zones, who review together later |
| Flow | The moderator picks each work item and runs each vote | Each person picks work items and votes when it suits them |
| Comments on a work item | No | Yes |
| Revealing the votes | The moderator reveals each work item’s votes | The moderator finishes voting, and everyone sees the results |
| Due date for estimates | No | Yes, if you set one |
| Changing your estimate after the reveal | No | Yes, with Allow Updating Personal Estimates |
How Async Poker runs
- Everyone votes in their own timeEach person picks a work item from the list, chooses a card and can add a comment to explain it.
- The moderator finishes votingFinish Voting shows the results to everyone. Resume Voting opens voting again.
- Agree and saveFor each work item, the moderator picks the agreed value and chooses Save & Next to save it to Azure DevOps and move on.
How to choose
- Choose Poker when the team is in a meeting together and you want to discuss before and after each vote.
- Choose Async Poker when people are in different time zones, or you want votes and comments in before a shorter review together.
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