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Just saw this one and thought it was interesting.

It combines online poker with video conferencing and audio chat. .. Gives you more of a live table experience.

Have people used this site (or similar) before? If so what did you think.

Do you think this is the future of online poker?

That sounds like an interesting concept, and I am also curious to see how it will go over with players around the world.

Personally, I like the facelessness of online poker as far as the play is concerned (not so much for the people that use it as an excuse to act like jerks to the other players!). It's nice to be able to rant and rave at the monitor without worry of giving away my hands! And I'm sure that the language that I break into when I take a bad beat wouldn't be appreciated by a lot of poker sites, but I run no risk of offending anyone when I'm not being watched.

One positive aspect would be that it would help eliminate "bots," either real or imagined. I imagine that poker players could use it to hook up with other players, too, like a poker online dating service?

I think I'll watch this one from the sidelines and see how it works out.