- In keeping with the room’s aesthetic, the new replayer is three-dimensional, and provides different camera angles to add cinematic touches to the action.
- A hand replayer is a standard feature practically ubiquitous in online poker as a way to review the action, study a hand or simply to check opponents’ hole cards at showdown, but PKR has taken a different approach.
- Social integration is a hot topic in online poker, with many poker rooms adding in similar features this year.
Niche UK-focused online poker room PKR has added new hand replayer functionality to its dot-com client.
In keeping with the room’s aesthetic, the new replayer is three-dimensional, and provides different camera angles to add cinematic touches to the action. Built in is the facility to edit the visuals, export the project to video, and upload it directly to YouTube.
The player can select from a “dynamic view,” apparently reflecting “the style of popular TV shows such as the World Poker Tour,” and “Orbit” view, which puts the user in control of the camera during the hand.
A hand replayer is a standard feature practically ubiquitous in online poker as a way to review the action, study a hand or simply to check opponents’ hole cards at showdown. But PKR’s replayer is looking to do something different—its cinematic video features and YouTube upload capability appear more about encouraging social interaction and sharing than about studying your own play.
Social integration is a hot topic in online poker, with many poker rooms adding in similar features this year.
PokerStars has expanded with its BOOM social media site, which allows for sharing replays of hands online and supports twitter sharing directly from the client. bwin.party’s new PartyPoker client, expected to launch later today, will have a lot of social features built-in. The recent generation of poker tracking solutions, Poker Tracker and Holdem Manager, also have similar sharing features built in.
The replayer is only currently available on the dot-com site; a French and Italian rollout is planned for the future.
A preview of one replay is below, though the player admits it is not the most cinematic of hands.
