1️⃣Introduction

Welcome to Variance Poker, where you can experience the excitement of Texas Hold'em poker settled directly on-chain.

What is Variance Poker?

Variance Poker eliminates complexities from a game of poker.

Start a new game in three simple steps:

• Create a room link.

• Share the link to play online poker with your friends.

• Connect your wallet, deposit into the vault, and start playing!

Our Motivation

Poker players worldwide understand the challenges of hosting an offline game. Finding players, hosting strangers, and settling the PnL can be a significant hassle. Variance Poker eliminates these complexities, allowing you to fully enjoy a game of poker.

"Poker may be a branch of psychological warfare, an art form or indeed a way of life, but it is also merely a game in which money is simply the means of keeping score" - Anthony Holden

Roadmap

1. August 2024: Closed Beta

   1. Variance Poker will support the basic functions of Texas Hold'em, focusing on optimizing product-market fit, ensuring contract safety, and providing fair, auditable shuffling logic.

   2. Initial factory contracts will be live on Arbitrum / Mantle / Base.

   3. Mobile Support

2. 4Q2024: Adding additional features that make Texas Hold’em fun

   1. Settlement for Offline Games

   2. Running Twice, Straddles

3. 1Q2025: Scaling the project

   1. Expanding into Poker Clubs, a private environment that allows individuals to set up multiple live tables.

   2. Public games that anyone can participate in

   3. Freeroll Tournaments

   4. Misc Features:

      1. Bomb Pots

      2. Voice / Video Attachments

      3. Hand Playbacks

      4. Analytics