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Take a look at what Gadget Master, and poker player, Andrew Milner has built, an RFID Video Poker Table.I guess how you feel about this will be determined by how you feel about Poker, but if you like turning over playing cards on green baize. amid piles of casino chips, then this could be for you...
Basically, it is an RFID-equipped poker table with an automated video overlay system to match, for presenting the progress of games or tournaments. Individual cameras keep track of the players and the Windows-based software manages the spread of the RFID-tagged playing cards.
He first built this back in 2008, but Engadget flags that he is now looking to sell the kit so that you, too, can build such a system at home. Should home be a centre for a group of poker playing mates, of course....
It writes:
He's selling a DIY kit that includes almost all the hardware and software you need to replicate the video below but do it on your game night with your friends. (You'll need to supply the webcams, a table with cutouts, and a Windows PC to handle the footage.) This means you can create video replays that look awfully professional even if your ability to calculate odds on the fly and to focus more on the river than the bowl of chips is decidedly amateur. Components can be bought individually, like a deck of RFID cards for $148, or you can get the entire kit for about $1,600 -- stakes a bit too high for our game.Check out a video of the table in action (though how "Boardy" can win with just a hand of Six of Hearts and Ten of Hearts beats me...)
Apparently components can be bought individually, but the entire system will cost $1,600 Australian Dollars (around £1,000). Kits include all table electronics, playing cards, software, CAD drawings and a step by step build guide, writes Andrew.
Can you do better on the poker front?
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