- HTML5-only client for cross-platform play.
- Social network features baked into the lobby.
- Ultra-simplified player experience is unlikely to appeal to many.
- Given the soft launch, a full critique appears premature.
This week, South Point Poker quietly soft-launched its online poker product for real money in Nevada, under its brand Real Gaming.
A player is prompted on a second screen to enter a profile, including gender, a short bio and, most interestingly, a 2+2 screen name.
It marks the debut of an all new online poker client, developed in-house by the Real Gaming team. The product is certainly a unique take on online poker—the site is entirely browser-based, with a look and feel more akin to a simple social network than a real money gambling product.
“Much of the technology that exists today for interactive gaming is years old and was never designed with the future in mind,” reads a blurb on the Real Gaming website.
“By utilizing the latest technologies we are able to deliver new experiences to our customers like never before.”
Software Snapshots takes a closer look.
