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About iPoker Network
Transformed by the World Series of Poker from a relatively small, niche industry into one of today's hottest internet gaming sensations, online poker has become the must-have add-on for every major casino and sportsbook site. Co-developed with a group of professional poker consultants, Playtech has upped the ante in this burgeoning market with the launch of its own groundbreaking multiplayer platform.
Playtech's Poker product is the first on the market to combine both popular viewing modes in a single application: the pro-oriented 2D ‘birds eye' top view and a 3D lateral view, featuring a range of animated character-true avatars. This unique functionality lends Playtech's licensees a critical marketing advantage over other poker operators. With research showing that a majority of 65% of online poker players prefer the 2D view, most sites therefore provide only this option - thus ignoring the remaining 35% of the market. Only Playtech's poker product enables operators to target 100% of potential end-users, all the time. Other product highlights include an exclusive full-screen viewing mode, multi-table gameplay and optional embedded side games like Blackjack, Video Poker and Progressive Bonus Stage Slots.
Operators who choose to join the fast-growing iPoker network profit considerably in terms of player liquidity, ease of management and promotional opportunity. As well as being able to launch a branded card room from scratch with minimal setup costs and no user volume worries, an iPoker licensee benefits from a range of network-wide services and features, many of which can also be configured per card room. These include: centralized table and tournament management a choice of expertly designed tournament types - knockout, addon/rebuy, multi-table, 1-on-1 and ‘tournaments by request,' where players can reserve tables for private games with their friends several game types - Texas Hold'em, Omaha, Omaha Hi-Lo, Pot Limit, No Limit, and more a sophisticated promotions interface that allows operators to automatically assign bonuses according to pocketcard, community card combinations or game outcome, and to award selected players or random lucky draw winners configurable per table buyin limits and automatic sit-out settings dedicated poker game statistics.
Just as impressive as the promotional incentives provided by the iPoker network is the degree of protection it offers operators from the threat of player collusion, even rumours of which are enough to endanger the best poker site. By deploying a powerful collusion prevention mechanism, which analyzes every move of every player at every table, automatically generates alerts upon detection of the slightest irregularity and forwards the information to a team of poker experts for closer inspection, the network ensures the fair and secure playing environment necessary for a successful and reputable poker gaming operation.
The Poker product is designed to operate as a stand-alone application or can be integrated with an existing gaming operation, such as an online casino or sportsbook site. In addition to becoming an iPoker Network Partner, operators have the choice of two other business models - Stand Alone or Licensed Network.
As with all Playtech products, Poker comes complete with the system's powerful, unified management interface, the Admin - the day-to-day tool used by the licensees to manage all aspects of their operation's maintenance, configuration and administration, featuring hundreds of interfaces and tools, offering abundant search possibilities and capable of generating thousands of real-time reports on the fly.
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