On Technology

“I met a buddy there and we decided we were going to check out
the poker tournaments and made our way to the poker room. There
were several tables in use, about 20-odd people playing poker. I
looked around trying to get a feel for the place and the first
thing I noticed was the lack of chips on the table. There were no
chips at all, which was when it hit me. No chips, no cards and no
dealer. They were playing, essentially, video poker. The
traditional tables that you may have seen on television had been
replaced with individual video screens in front of each play and a
main screen in the middle of the table for the flop, turn and river
cards as well as the pot. I was stunned. The tables, probably
running Linux of some flavor, are the next generation game I was
told. To quote the dealer, “There are fewer errors, you cannot bet
out of turn, no errors on reading the hands and the action is
faster.””

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