Players beware: Future of poker may be virtual

No chips to stack, cards to flip, or dealer to tip. Could this be the future of casino poker?

A North Carolina company hopes to hit the jackpot with electronic card tables. PokerTek has already won converts in cruise ships and on Indian reservations.

Now the company is gambling that poker players across the country will be willing to give up a felt table for a computer touch screen.

The electronic poker is almost identical to a regular table. But it is fully automated. That leaves little room for error or confusion about whose turn it is to bet, raise, check or fold.

PokerTek C-E-O Lou White says the electronic poker increases efficiency over a dealer-run tale. That saves money for casinos and players who don't have to foot the cost of a dealer's salary.
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I hope it would never happen. I love sitting down at a table, makes more fun.

So isnt that basically playing online except in the same room as the other people at your table and not getting to multi-table.

That would suck

can't see that getting popular

fuck no, i would never go to a casino like that.

Might as well just play at home then.

no one will ever do that

people wont go for it. it will fail.

i agree with everyone, this is bs

yeah, why wouldn't I stay seated where I am right now, if the casino doesn't change anything?

Uh. That won't fly.

Some people will do it. Problem is theres a reason people go to play live.. it's to get away from the computer.

lol

wow that's a smart idea!

if you like suck :[

nope! <3 live play!!!

well, i guess they could introduce multi tabling at casino's. so basically pokering at a casino becomes relative to playing like counter strike or starcraft over lan. fun fun.

I came up with exactly the same idea, and decided it was retarded. This will fail.

does that mean everyone sits at a full table with 9 computer screens? or is it like an internet cafe...

They should come up with better ideas.

How about a software that a nice software with some nice boxes with some advertisements. And EVERY pot, is rakes with 0.10c except for micro limits every pot rakes 0.01c

They would still make a lot of money, they wouldn't be as rich, but with the time this will grab a good % of all the players online if I had the money i would plan this and go for it, I don't care about if i have a marginal profit at the begining, in the long run it's gonna be a damn good business.

sry i just woke up, after a long night, my posts may not be best quality. lol.

Amazing idea. I love it =)










j/k obviously. It STINKS! AND I HATE IT!

How about a software that a nice software with some nice boxes with some advertisements. And EVERY pot, is rakes with 0.10c except for micro limits every pot rakes 0.01c

Do casinos even offer micro limits? Seems like if you have $5 to spend, the Casino wont really give a crap if you play or not.

BAN THOSE FUCKERS!!! its something about a live game which makes IT all better.

Getting actual cards is alot better, it may fly in a few casinos but people are gonna want the cards. I mean if the computers on which the cards where dealt let you watch porn while you play that might go over better.

haha lame idea...

that table is pretty lame, and it looks pretty easy to cheat by just peaking at the other guy's screen, idk, its just gay in general

what a crappy idea

On August 08 2006 13:07 DonVale wrote: that table is pretty lame, and it looks pretty easy to cheat by just peaking at the other guy's screen, idk, its just gay in general

I'm pretty sure peaking at somones screen would be noticeable and would either get you kicked out or killed.

go search pokertrek on google or something, then look at the table...idk but i think its pretty easy to see right next to u