One Arena, Three Ways to Play - 1v1, 1v1v1 & a Sharper Arena All Around
Every table in the arena used to seat four. Those days are over — and that’s just the headline.
Two’s a Duel, Three’s a War
Two of the most-loved ways to play All Fours are now live: heads-up (1v1) and three-player cutthroat (1v1v1) — full games from deal to match point, with ratings, awards, lifts, and bots all along for the ride.
Heads-up: first to 9. Just you and one opponent. Every beg is a dare, every take-one is personal, and there’s nobody across the table to cover your mistakes. Six cards, one rival, nowhere to hide.
Cutthroat: first to 7. Three seats, three lone wolves. When the dealer hangs on to trump, every non-dealer takes one — so the whole table pays for your confidence. And mind the Game-point tie rule: if the two non-dealers tie for Game, nobody scores it. Tie with the dealer, though, and the non-dealer takes the point. The house always balances the books.
Pick your battle. When you create a table, choose your game type — classic 4-seat, 1v1, or 1v1v1. Lobby cards and the join dialog now show the game type and seat count at a glance, so you always know what kind of fight you’re walking into.
It all still counts. Trick awards like Last Stand, Heavy Lift, and Nice Lift — plus Perfect Round badges, lifts, and rating changes — work across every table size. And with no partner at a cutthroat table, Signals take the day off; the tools panel hands you Stats instead.
New badges for the lone hunters. Win a 1v1 match as the only human at the table and you’ll earn the Duelist badge. Survive a 1v1v1 the same way and the Lone Wolf badge is yours. The Bot Slayer badge family now properly triggers on 4-seat tables too — if you noticed it never dropped before, it does now.
One table note: betting isn’t offered on three-player tables for now — cutthroat wagers need their own rules, and we’d rather deal them right than deal them fast.
The Bots Went to Night School
You asked for a real fight. The bots have been studying.
They protect the crown jewels. Bots now hold on to the Jack and 10 of trump instead of letting them wander into enemy tricks — and they’re far more careful with their off-suit 10s too. A bot holding a lone 10 knows it’s a target and plays accordingly. If bots used to gift you Game points, those days are done.
Sharper point play. We’ve retuned how aggressively bots chase the Game point — they press when it matters and fold when it doesn’t.
Seat-aware on every table. Bots track who’s last to play correctly on 2, 3, and 4-seat tables — and yes, they can hold their own in the new 1v1 duels and 1v1v1 cutthroat matches, not just the classic four-hander.
Practice against them if you like. Just don’t expect them to go easy on you anymore.
Fresh Felt, Your Rules
A pile of look-and-play upgrades landed alongside the new modes.
Every theme wears its own pattern. Themes now carry signature motifs across the felt — damask for Velvet Casino, woodgrain, confetti, jungle vines, and more — kept cleanly inside the playing surface where it belongs.
Preview before you sit. Table cards, the theme picker, and the join dialog now render live theme previews — palette, pattern, and felt — so what you see in the lobby is what you’ll get at the table. Table motifs also get a subtle animated glow tracing the turn order, so a glance tells you whose play it is.
Motion is your call. The gear icon in the header now opens a quick settings strip: menu, sound, theme, and animations. Prefer a calmer table? Switch off the background pattern motion and award pop-ups — the visuals quiet down but the award sounds still play, so you won’t miss the moment. Your choices stick between sessions.
Gift coins from a profile. Spot a player you rate? Open their profile and send coins straight from there — no hunting through the friends panel.
Chat keeps better time. Day separators now roll through your conversations — Today, Yesterday, then full dates — so catching up on table talk is a quicker read.
A proper hello. A new splash screen greets you while the arena loads — with a longer patience window for slower connections — instead of a blank stare.
And the little things: bigger, actually-visible Signals scroll arrows on mobile, a refresh button on an empty activity log, scoreboard Game points colored by the side that really won them, join dialogs fixed on light themes, and Change Password / Logout living where you’d expect on your profile page.
Go set up a 1v1 and settle a grudge — or brave the cutthroat table and see how long you last with no partner to hide behind.
