Poker Fuse – Upstart social poker site, Sponge Poker, has taken to crowd funding with hopes to raise money to help increase its market share.
Citing themselves as “the most realistic” poker game online, CEO Alex Kim and his team are hoping that their patent-pending interface, along with some incentives, can help them raise money to bring new players to their new platform.
Sponge Poker’s hook is their unique take on the traditional online poker interface. Players can “see” each others “actions” in real time during the hand, potentially giving off betting/folding tells or even generating false tells. According to the company, this makes for a more realistic experience, similar to if you were actually sitting across from an opponent, analyzing their every move.
Currently a Facebook app, the free-to-play game has created an Indiegogo fundraising page to try and take their game to the next level. Hoping to raise $30,000 in order to “pay the bills and attract more players,” Sponge Poker indicates that some of the money will be used to increase the development of the online game as well as create a marketing campaign.
