One reason poker players don’t go online on poker rooms is that they’re afraid of the “randomness” of cards. Up to now, computer algorithms have tried hard enough to simulate real random deal of cards. As a matter of fact, you still don’t know if cards are dealt 100% randomly or not, because the only interface you have with the dealer is your mac poker software.

A company, Gioia, has just released a new strange beast : the Cut’N'Shuffle. This machine has been engineered for online poker rooms, it’s basically a mechanical dealer. The machine is constantly filmed so as a player, you’ll be able to check the videos to see if there wasn’t a problem with the “randomness” of the cards.

You should check out this video if you want to see it in action. I like the concept, i don’t know if that’s the most important reason some players won’t go online but it’s still a step further done.