"To us it's simply a question of technology adoption. Technology is kind of like water, it finds its place. A computer is the ultimate poker dealer, and it's different agreed, but it's better. It will take time for the players to experience it and understand the benefits and, whether it takes five years or ten years, there will come a time when the vast majority of poker tables in the world are automated because it just makes too much sense for the casino and the players."

"You've seen what happens at a poker table. The types of mistakes are endless, and when a mistake does happen and a decision is finally made someone wins and someone loses, somebody's happy and somebody's mad. This table eliminates all the mistakes. It wont allow a mistake to happen."

Along with the PokerPro table comes a simple process for checking in when you get to the poker room. When you enter the poker room, you'll go to a kiosk where you will swipe your card, pick your game, and your name will be added to an automated list. When your seat becomes available, it locks that seat for you automatically at the table by putting your name on it and then displays where your seat is located on a screen. This eliminates all of the confusion of dealers yelling out "Open seat on ten!" and "Lock it up Sid!" This just simply goes away.

"On a manual table we know a seat is open, but we don't know who sat there. The casino can get true player tracking. This system gives the casino perfect information on who is playing where and when," White said.

"It's an account based system. A player goes to the brush and creates an account which is backed up with a picture of his license and a pin. Once that account is established, they simply put money in that account at the cage. So let's say I have $400 in my account. I go on the automated waiting list, I get sat, I swipe my card at the table. It says 'Lou, you have $400 in your account, how much do you want to bring to the table.' You say $200, now you have $200 in chips at the table and $200 in your account. When you leave, the money is automatically put back in your account and you can go to the cage and cash it out or since people tend to play in the same poker rooms consistently, you can just leave it in your account and come back and play the next day."

"You look at some of the $5/$10 games and there are mountains of chips on the table and it's a hassle to carry them around. Now it's very easy, you sit down, bring in your money, and you play poker." As far as game play itself, each hand begins with the deck being shuffled and fixed. Unlike many online sites which use a flutter shuffle (just because an 8 of clubs came on the turn doesn''t mean an 8 of clubs would have come out), the PokerPro table uses a true fixed deck so it is determined at the beginning of the hand what cards are coming out.

Each player at the table has his own monitor on which to view the cards. When the cards are dealt, the cards you see on your screen are face down. It is each player's responsibility to protect their hole cards so when you want to view your cards you cup your hands over the cards on your monitor and view an animation of the cards rolling up. Let go and it's the back of the cards again.

The technology also allows a casino to run timed games, where as with manual tables it is almost impossible to run a timed game. The casino has the option to run a timed game or not, it's their choice - and they can set the timer at whatever they want. "If you look at internet poker, some of the speed tournaments and what not, I think there is a market for even a live ring game where you have ten seconds to make a decision. They can let the customers decide what they want," says White.