SolPoker launches player-run cash tables with stake voting

Online poker room SolPoker announced player-run cash tables on Thursday, allowing signed-in users to create public or private games and vote on changes to stakes.

Players can set blinds, buy-in ranges and seating for two to nine players when creating a table. They can also protect a table with a password, according to The Gamblest.

Tables can use a fixed game or Dealer’s Choice, in which the player on the button selects the game before each hand. The five choices are Texas Hold’em, four-card and five-card pot-limit Omaha, Pineapple and Irish.

Any seated player can propose a stake change, but it must win a majority of seats. Each seated player has one ballot, which cannot be changed; both players must agree at a heads-up table.

The big blind must remain within four times the table’s original blind in either direction. The small blind must be between a third and a half of the big blind, while minimum and maximum buy-ins must be at least 20 and 40 big blinds, respectively.

An approved change takes effect after a 15-second pause between hands, and stakes can change at most once an hour. The same voting rules apply to the room’s regular cash tables.

Opening a table requires enough funds to cover its minimum buy-in, which starts at $5. Each player can run one table at a time, and player-run tables take no rake, The Gamblest reported.

The Gamblest also reported that hands use a verifiable shuffle, with a commitment anchored in a transaction on Base before a future round of the drand public randomness beacon. Finished hands can be checked through SolPoker’s verification page.