Want to play with just friends

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How do I play with just friends and keep bots and outsiders from joining?

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The player who starts the table (clicks on "Create table") is the host. In order for other players to easily join that table, make sure they declared the host as friend by adding them to their friend list. If that was done, they can find the table on the "Matching" tab on the right side.

There are two ways the host can prevent other people from joinging that table

1) Go to "Advanced options", then set both the "Min relative rating" and "Max relative rating" to 0.

2) Click "Add Bot" on the basic options screen.

In case of method 2, the host may need to kick the bot before the last player can become a player. OTOH, it's also possible to create the table for 1 more players than expected, have everyone join as players, then kick the bot.