Poker room

[offrecord]

Hi Everyone!

I have this idea of creating a BTC only poker room (texas hold'em to start with). After some research, I found opensource software on github, which can be used as a base for my project. 

https://github.com/pokermania/pokernetwork/

https://github.com/hippich/Bitcoin-Poker-Room (betco.in)

I am not super technical, but as far as I understand betco.in used pokernetwork to build on top of it. Is it best to take pokernetwork's source code and develop it further or work on both repositories?

Any advice on development and suggestions on other opensource software are much appreciated.

Thanks!

[unholycactus]

What's your plan with the poker room?
Are you offering anything different than all of those already out there?

Player base is usually what makes a good poker room, which is why you'll have difficulty building your own from scratch.

[Naficopa]

You need to have plan. In past have been several attempts to create a poker room,  but ultimately they failed. Even freerolls with a pretty cool prizes have not helped.
Maybe at the beginning collect opinions in the gambling section, open poll about some ideas. When you collect a group of interested players, then it may succeed.

[offrecord]

Thanks for your answers. I think you are both right, the plan is definitely needed as well as a player base. At this stage, I want to understand how difficult it is to build a poker room using existing open-source solutions.

My idea of poker room is somehow different from anything on the market. I think many BTC poker/casino sites are overwhelmed with games and unnecessary features, which compromise the true spirit of bitcoin. In my vision, the poker room has to reflect all advantages of the coin, such as anonymity, transaction speed, low fees, security of funds.

For example, low commission does make it easy to return player's deposits to their wallets every time, they leave a poker room, no need to risk players deposits and nothing to hack for that reason. Also, there are other ideas, which I want to implement, but the point is BTC can give much more, then we have in the poker/casino space at the moment.

I will appreciate any opinion. Thanks.

[avatar_kiyoshi]

Thanks for your answers. I think you are both right, the plan is definitely needed as well as a player base. At this stage, I want to understand how difficult it is to build a poker room using existing open-source solutions.

My idea of poker room is somehow different from anything on the market. I think many BTC poker/casino sites are overwhelmed with games and unnecessary features, which compromise the true spirit of bitcoin. In my vision, the poker room has to reflect all advantages of the coin, such as anonymity, transaction speed, low fees, security of funds.

For example, low commission does make it easy to return player's deposits to their wallets every time, they leave a poker room, no need to risk players deposits and nothing to hack for that reason. Also, there are other ideas, which I want to implement, but the point is BTC can give much more, then we have in the poker/casino space at the moment.

I will appreciate any opinion. Thanks.

So basically your plan is to build a poker room with high commission? What kind of the commission?
I think poker/casino site left the budget for more interactive features so that people will not bored to play, the commission will not so high, but pretty much enough to earn back.
The reflect of advantage itself is depends to developer.

[jtipt]

Player base is usually what makes a good poker room, which is why you'll have difficulty building your own from scratch.

yeah, i have been around many poker websites and none of them seem to have players.
OP if you manage someone to gain payer base then that's it, that's all you will need really even a basic security and website will do your job

[offrecord]

Thanks for your answers. I think you are both right, the plan is definitely needed as well as a player base. At this stage, I want to understand how difficult it is to build a poker room using existing open-source solutions.

My idea of poker room is somehow different from anything on the market. I think many BTC poker/casino sites are overwhelmed with games and unnecessary features, which compromise the true spirit of bitcoin. In my vision, the poker room has to reflect all advantages of the coin, such as anonymity, transaction speed, low fees, security of funds.

For example, low commission does make it easy to return player's deposits to their wallets every time, they leave a poker room, no need to risk players deposits and nothing to hack for that reason. Also, there are other ideas, which I want to implement, but the point is BTC can give much more, then we have in the poker/casino space at the moment.

I will appreciate any opinion. Thanks.

So basically your plan is to build a poker room with high commission? What kind of the commission?
I think poker/casino site left the budget for more interactive features so that people will not bored to play, the commission will not so high, but pretty much enough to earn back.
The reflect of advantage itself is depends to developer.

Sorry, I might not explain myself properly. What I meant by "low commission" is BTC network's transaction fee, which is charged by miners whenever you send BTC. There are options to run poker/casino site without holding client's deposits on site's wallets, but instead send bitcoins back every time player exits the site. This feature will increase security of player's funds and site's reliability.

I understand, that interactive features can retain some kind of players but been a poker player myself I hate all those interactive goosebumps, which divert your attention from the game. For me, poker game itself is the only interactivity I need. I believe there are other people like me, who appreciate straightforward features and minimalism.

[offrecord]

Player base is usually what makes a good poker room, which is why you'll have difficulty building your own from scratch.

yeah, i have been around many poker websites and none of them seem to have players.
OP if you manage someone to gain payer base then that's it, that's all you will need really even a basic security and website will do your job

Thanks for your input. I think it is very important to have a player base, especially in a short run. But if we are talking about long-term business, which will emphasize on quality and user experience, product, itself is very important too.

Where can a site owner get a player base from? Some closed sites or something?? Build your own player base on social media, maybe?? What is the best way from your point of view?? Thanks.