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# Account and wallet

Your wallet is your Fast Poker account.

## Two ways to sign in

### Existing Solana wallet

Connect Phantom, Solflare, Backpack, or another supported Solana wallet. Fast Poker reads your wallet pubkey as your identity.

1. Click Connect Wallet on `https://fast.poker`.
2. Pick your wallet.
3. Approve the connection.

No password. No separate account. Your wallet is the account.

### Embedded wallet

Fast Poker also supports embedded wallet login through Privy. This is useful if you want to start with email or social login instead of installing a wallet extension.

You can export to a self-custody wallet later.

## Funding your wallet

To play, you need SOL for buy-ins, entry fees, table deposits, and normal Solana network rent.

Buy SOL from an exchange or bridge it from another wallet, then send it to the wallet you use on Fast Poker.

## Player registration

The first time you play, Fast Poker creates a Player account on Solana for your wallet. It stores stats like hands played, SNGs entered, wins, and XP.

This is part of the normal join flow.

## What lives where

| Thing                    | Where it lives                             |
| ------------------------ | ------------------------------------------ |
| Private key              | Your wallet. Fast Poker never receives it. |
| Public wallet address    | On chain.                                  |
| Player stats and XP      | Your on-chain Player account.              |
| Active table seats       | On-chain Seat accounts.                    |
| Cash-game chips          | Protocol vaults and table state.           |
| Hole cards during a hand | Inside the TEE.                            |
| Hand history             | Verifiable on Solana.                      |

## Losing your wallet

If you lose the wallet, you lose access to that wallet's funds and player history. Fast Poker cannot recover your seed phrase.

Back up your wallet before playing with real value.