Microgaming to Unveil New Online Poker Software at ICE 2008

by Mira Patel, News Staff Writer

December 23, 2007

Microgaming powered online poker rooms and their players will have something to look forward to in the new year. While more free cash bonuses, tournaments and guaranteed prize pools certainly is music to any poker players ears, this New Year's surprise will be in the form of a highly anticipated online poker software upgrade. Microgaming is currently holding the reigns on a Beta version of this new software, which they are planning to unveil at the International Casino Exhibition in late January.

In a recent press release, Microgaming CEO, Roger Raatgever, prepped online casino operators and players with an update on the promised software upgrade. Raatgever placed emphasis on the fact that player feedback has essential to developing their latest innovative online gaming product. Catering to both veteran poker players and newbies, Microgaming says the tables in their new software are faster and more accessible.

Although much more is to be unveiled at the International Casino Exhibition, the upgrade so far consists of new table resizing options, advanced multi-table capabilities, avatar customization, private/social network chatting, and user-friendly features like "best hand", "view chat", "player calendar" and "pop-up hand history".

With the promise that Microgaming will be unveiling the beta version of their new software at ICE 2008, it is imminent players will get a chance to put the upgrade to the test very early in 2008. Unlike your typical online casino upgrade, in which a handful of new games are simply added to the software portfolio, Microgaming's poker software upgrade will affect the entire playing experience.

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