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For years, the concept of social networking and poker room promotion has been discussed. Now comes word that Chilipoker, an Ipoker room, has finally integrated all key poker room elements with their logical social networking opportunities in a program called ChiliConnect.

A new window attaches to the right of the present poker room window with easy notification options for Facebook and Twitter. Players will be able to connect their poker accounts with their social media accounts, enabling them to challenge friends to games, make last-longer bets, and sell percentages of their action.

According to the Chilipoker blog, the innovation is currently being made available on the dot.com platform only, but is set to move to the dot.fr site in due course.

Alexandre Dreyfus, Chilipoker founder commented “We are not the biggest poker company but we want to be the most innovative in the coming months and become the favorite alternative online poker room for every poker player”.

Zimba analysis: I see the major poker sites quickly trying to copy this software to implement for their players. Beyond bragging to your friends easily, the new software enhancements will allow players to up the "fun factor" of their game. They can follow friends, be notified of challenges or upcoming tournaments. You can easily wager with each other who will last longer in a tourney or be able to exchange percentages of your action.

Chilipoker seems to have really thought through their approach allowing for easy interaction amongst player, notifications, swaps, while accessing their own stats, graphs and advice, even easy referral opportunities are included.

Social Networking Takes Center Stage at Poker Room