I used to run a home game. For a while it was the best night of my month. It died the way most home games die. Someone loses, says they'll settle next week, next week turns into a month, and at some point you're the one being weird for bringing up money. The chat goes quiet. Nobody announces that it's over, it just stops happening. Mine stopped a while ago and I still miss it.
If yours died the same way, you can start it back up here:
https://flopjam.is/helpSo I built the thing I wanted to exist. FlopJam is that home game, except the money is real bitcoin and nobody owes anybody anything once the night ends. You buy in for real, you stack real sats, and you pull your money out to your own wallet whenever you feel like it. No IOUs, no chasing a friend for what he owes you. Honestly that one thing is most of why it exists.
The other half is trust, which on a no-KYC site is everything. You don't know me, and you shouldn't take my word that the deck is clean. So I built it so you don't have to.
Every hand is dealt by a commit-reveal protocol with a zero-knowledge proof. Players mix in their own randomness, the deck falls out of it deterministically, and a proof gets published that you can check yourself. I can't see the cards and I can't set them. Pull up any hand you played and verify the math. Here's how it works and where you check it:
https://flopjam.is/fairnessThe practical stuff:
No KYC. No name, no email, no ID. Pick a username and sit down.
Bitcoin in and out, on-chain, to any wallet you control. Try it with a small amount first. That's the right instinct and I'd rather you did.
Hold'em and Omaha, including PLO, PLO5 and PLO6. Cash, Sit and Gos, scheduled tournaments and freerolls.
Rake is lower than the big rooms and capped by the hour, so a long winning session doesn't get bled dry.
Two things I want to be straight about; the site is custodial while you're playing, same as any poker room. Your balance sits with us until you withdraw, and you can withdraw any time you want. And it isn't open source. The fairness proof is the part you verify, not the whole codebase.
There's a freeroll every day at 14:00 UTC (4 PM CET, 10 AM US Eastern). Free to enter, real prize, no deposit. The one thing it asks for is a verified email, which is what keeps the free games from getting farmed by one guy with twenty accounts. Easiest way to find out if any of this is real without risking a sat.
I'll be around in this thread, so ask me anything: the proofs, the withdrawals, the rake, the bad beats. You can also find me on Nostr at @flopjam (flopjam.is).
Play:
https://flopjam.isStart your own home game:
https://flopjam.is/helpVerify a hand:
https://flopjam.is/fairness
