Chilipoker’s newest feature, Chiliconnect, has started working, which allows players to link their poker accounts with Facebook and Twitter.
Now every player on the iPoker skin has an opportunity to send invitations for game opponents, make “the last player” bets, and sell their bankroll. When you start the Chilipoker client, access to social networks is available on the sidebar.
Chilipoker CEO Alexandre Dreyfus claims that being a social network is not as important as the possibility of communication between players by the means of a “buddy list”, because it ensures an exclusive selling point for the site. “We want players to come to Chilipoker because of Chilipoker not because of iPoker.” – he adds.
He mentioned that control within the Internet is also of great significance, affirmed that Chiliconnect will not be spread on the Internet and reminded that there are other poker sites, maybe more popular and possessing stronger marketing strategy, but Chilipoker has become more than just one among many when talking about being promoted by partners.
Dreyfus argues that the poker client is the same on the Internet and they are not capable of changing it a lot, but Chiliconnect fully belongs to them and they will develop it.
Finally, he said that connection between players on Chilipoker and possibility to speak to them is the most significant feature. Facebook is just a pleasant addition.
When you start the Chilipoker there is now an opportunity to sign in to your social network accounts on a sidebar and communicate with other players.
The features provided by Chiliconnect include the possibility to invite at most 5 friends to last-longer bets, and the player, who is the last one in a multi-table play, automatically gets a preset amount from each other player taking part in the bet.
One more element (which doesn’t require any commission or extra expenses) makes possible selling players’ bankroll through Chiliconnect. So, every member can sell up to 40 percent of his or her entrance money and in return the buyer will be at liberty to the same percentage of any money won.
It is the newest way in which a gambling site can gain advantage using possibilities provided by social networks, like it did Intralot or Spiral Solutions, whereas PokerStars’ social element on their present platform is recently added “Home Games” feature.
Bingo portal Bingobase has also taken a step towards integration with social networks, while Zynga, producer of social games (its application for poker on Facebook is popular with millions of players) has announced the formation of the team in charge of PokerTableRatings.
Bill Rini, who is a blogger writing about poker and an PartyPoker ex-room manager, said that Chiliconnect was one of the greatest inventions in online poker playing after rush poker.
He also claims that every player that they get due to social networks will cost them much less then it costs to get a player via traditional media.
Chiliconnect is now available exclusively on Chilipoker dot.com, but Dreyfus has announced that it will come into the French market in a few weeks, and there are talks being held about selling it to Italy through a local partner.