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August 29, 2026 · 1 min read

The Club Lounge is open

Signing in now lands you somewhere: open tables, who's online, friends by @username, and a Quick match button that finds you a seat.


Until this week, signing in gave you three buttons and a table code to text somebody. That's fine if you already have four people lined up. It's useless if you just want to play a hand right now.

So the front door is now a proper lounge. It shows you the club: every public table waiting for players, who's signed in and what they're doing, and your friends pinned to the top with a green dot when they're around.

Quick match

One button. It drops you into whichever public table is closest to starting — and if nobody's waiting, it opens one in your name so the next person through the door finds you. No decisions, no codes, no waiting for someone to organise anything.

Friends, by @username

Every account now has an @handle. Add someone by theirs and you'll see when they're online, then invite them straight to your table — they get a card on screen with your name and the table details, and one tap seats them.

Your record

Your card in the corner keeps score: games played, games won, win rate, and your last five results. Club Members get the full match history behind it.

It's all free, as ever. Come see who's on.

Fancy a hand?

Free, no ads, no account needed to play the regulars.

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