Here is a little idea. Game simulation has reached such a level that you could basically have people sit at their desk console at home, equipped with a pair of virtual cards that would display randomized hands.

Have the system capture their upper body movements at the table, create an avatar with human movement qualities that all the players at the table would see from their perspective, within a 3-D environment.

With this system in place, bots would be impossible and collusion as difficult as in the live arena. (i.e., not impossible, but more identifiable). There would be a much greater amount of information on which to make decisions, beyond algorithms and HUDS. Tells would be back.

Naturally, the cost of this system would be such that it would be for super high rollers only, until mass production came about in say 50 years. The bottom line is, Guy la Liberte and co. could get back to the lucrative business of playing at sick stakes online.

No.

A potentially simpler solution would be to play in person, at the same table, with actual cards. A bit radical, I know, but it HAS been done.

LOL.. but assuming these billionaires have their own lives, thousands of miles away and can only meet in person in Macau a few times a year.

Only suggesting this for high stakes, as the system probably costs a couple hundred thousand to set up in a secure, verifiable way in each location.

Incidentally it would not be at all the same as video cams.. as this would offer a true 3-D perspective.

What benefits does your idea have over webcam poker (i.e. Why is 3D better than a video feed?) that would justify the incredibly massive cost?

Whenever I roll super high, I like to do it up close and personal for many obvious reasons.
Clearly the same goes for most of the super high rollers because the super high stakes on FTP existed only because the 'Pros' played with monopoly money, save few naive whales.

It would be an immersive experience. Instead of looking at a row of video cams on a screen.

Tells would occur as in live game. Not sure if it would be at neck pulse level, but..

Several players sharing an account could not easily occur because the actual player's body movements would be defined. Real time action, reaction.

Again not for multi table grinders, more for a group of super high rollers who want to play while on the beach, at the boardroom.

Is there a sex angle to this?

You could get a blow job while you play, if that is what you are asking.

Stephen Hawking disagrees.

I'm flattered and maybe even a little curious but no thanks.

You misunderstand Guy Lalibetre's life. And I admit that I probably mispelled hid name.

People would make scripts to give false tells
Or make scripts to keep track of tells

Wtf is this thread.. So many threads being created during or right after a blaze session..