Fair Play and Account Safety
Poker Duel is built to be a competitive entertainment game. Fair play matters because the game uses hidden cards, free play points, accounts, cosmetics, leaderboards, online rooms, and match results.
Server-controlled online matches
In online rooms, the goal is for the server to control the deck, hidden cards, turn flow, timers, swaps, scoring, and match settlement. This reduces the chance that a player can manipulate a local browser to choose better cards, reveal hidden information, or rewrite the outcome of a round.
Refresh and abandon protection
Refreshing or leaving during an unfinished game can create unfair advantages in browser games. Poker Duel separates available points from table points so that an active match cannot be restarted freely after seeing information. Leaving or restarting an unfinished match may clear table-point progress or count separately from clean match completion.
Clean wins versus forfeits
A clean win should represent a completed match, not a player quitting at a convenient moment. Forfeit wins and disconnect outcomes may be tracked separately so leaderboards and player records are more meaningful.
Cosmetics and fairness
Cosmetics such as card borders, emotes, badges, and name colors are visual upgrades only. They should not change card odds, hand strength, deck order, or scoring. Players should never need cosmetics to compete fairly.
Prohibited behavior
- Trying to exploit bugs or duplicate points.
- Attempting to manipulate the deck, hidden cards, or game state.
- Using multiple accounts to abuse rewards or leaderboards.
- Harassing other players through chat or names.
- Attempting to reverse engineer private server logic to cheat.
Reporting problems
If you find a bug, point issue, or unfair gameplay situation, contact support with your username, email, approximate time, and a clear description of what happened. Honest reports help improve the game for everyone.