A duel is a one-on-one round: two players put up the same stake, play the same deal, and the winner takes the whole pot. The house is not a participant — it does not bet against you and does not profit from your loss; it takes a commission from the pot instead.
Open duels are listed for anyone to join, or you can post your own by picking a game and a stake.
Once an opponent joins, both amounts leave the balances and sit in the round pot — neither side can walk away mid-round.
Both players get the identical deal, so there is no advantage in acting first or having a faster connection.
Winnings credit as soon as the round settles, and the duel stays in your history.
In a normal game your opponent is the house, and its edge is built into the maths. In a duel your opponent is another player staking the same amount, while the platform takes a commission from the pot and stays out of the outcome.
No. As soon as an opponent joins, both stakes are debited and locked in the pot. You can only cancel your own challenge while nobody has accepted it.
The round is computed server-side from a single deal shared by both players. Connection speed and turn order have no bearing on the result.
The player who creates the challenge sets the stake, and the opponent accepts exactly that amount — otherwise the terms would not be equal. The stake comes from your playing balance.
