Texas Block'Empoker On the Way

Math whiz and software developer Arthur Pfeiffer, 79, is planning the launch of a new real money online poker product in 2014 called Texas Block'Empoker product which he developed with the US market in mind. “I have invented a new form of poker called Texas Block 'Em that removes the element of luck from the game,” Pfeiffer said. “Since my version of poker is 100 percent skill and involves no luck, it's not gambling and therefore is legal.” Players may select cards unlike traditional poker where the cards are dealt. It's this feature that eliminates the gambling factor making it a skill game. All players are given the same chance to play the same cards. “Our players actively participate in the process, as it is their card-selection decisions that determine what cards are dealt,” Pfeiffer ssaid. "In Texas Block 'Em, community cards are dealt randomly, but then players select any hole cards they want to play with those community cards. If two players pick the same hole card, both are blocked from getting it, which is the essence of Texas Block 'Em," according to Pfeiffer. “In regular poker, each player relies heavily on the fixed laws of mathematics to calculate the probability that the cards dealt will give him a winning hand”. “In Texas Block 'Em, each player relies heavily on his sense of human psychology in reading opponents to determine the probability that he can pick the right cards for a winning hand.” “It's just a matter of moving poker from the cellphone to the Internet,” Pfeiffer says. “I estimate needing between three-quarters of a million to a million dollars to go online. The company has already raised half a million dollars from investors, plus there's the profits from the phone apps. But we're always looking for more investors.”