StayIn Poker
Stay in frame. Stay in the game.

Real players.
Real moments.

One-on-one Texas Hold'em where you actually see your opponent — live, face to face. Read the bluff. Hold the stare. Just don't leave the frame.

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Free to play·Signup bonus·No bots, ever

Why StayIn Poker is different

The camera isn't a gimmick.
It's the whole game.

Most other poker apps hide players behind avatars and bots. StayIn Poker puts a real human on the other side of the table — and our on-device AI makes sure they stay there.

Face Guard keeps everyone honest

On-device face detection watches the table several times a second. Glance away to peek at a solver or duck out of frame, and the table responds instantly:

  • Your opponent sees an “Away” badge the moment you break frame
  • Your 30-second action clock drops to 10 seconds when it's your turn
  • Step away too long and the hand auto check-folds — stay in, or pay

All detection runs locally on your phone. Your video stream is peer-to-peer — it never touches our servers.

Built like a real card room

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Live face-to-face video

Peer-to-peer WebRTC connects the two phones directly. See every flinch, hear every sigh — the way heads-up is meant to be played.

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Face Guard AI

On-device detection penalizes anyone who leaves the frame. No screen-sharing solvers, no hiding. Just you and your read.

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Provably fair deal

The server owns the deck with a crypto-grade shuffle and validates every action. Your opponent's hole cards never leave the server before showdown.

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No bots. Ever.

Every seat is a real person on camera. If you can't see a face, you don't play the hand. Simple as that.

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Signup bonus on us

Start with a StayIn Poker Bucks signup bonus. Open a table at your stakes, an opponent joins from the lobby, and you're heads-up in seconds.

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Every chip accounted for

A full Postgres ledger tracks every buy-in and cash-out. Chips are conserved end-to-end — verified by a 500-game fuzz test.

Heads-up in three taps

1

Grab your bonus

Sign up with a username — you'll get a StayIn Poker Bucks signup bonus to sit down with right away.

2

Open or join a table

Set your blinds and buy-in, or jump into someone else's table from the live lobby.

3

Turn on the camera

Your faces connect, the cards come out, and the staredown begins. Stay in frame and win.

Security & fairness

The house can't cheat you
because the house can't see your cards either.

StayIn Poker is server-authoritative: every poker rule is enforced on the backend, the deck is shuffled with crypto-grade randomness, and clients are dumb renderers that only ever see what you're allowed to see.

  • Crypto-grade deck shuffle, server-side
  • Opponent cards hidden until showdown
  • JWT-authenticated connections
  • Atomic buy-ins — no double-spend
  • Per-hand history you can review
  • Peer-to-peer video — never recorded

Real players. Real moments.

Sit down. Stay in. Win.

Heads-up hold'em the way it should be — real faces, real bluffs, real tells.

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No download needed — play free on your phone or computer, right now.

iPhone app coming soon