from what we have seen, that's only if the house is making any money from the game. this is a friendly game and so should be safe under the law. see: <a href="http://www.pokerpages.com/articles/homepoker/augustine01.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.pokerpages.com/articles/homepoker/augustine01.htm</a>
From the crazy entrepreneurs that brought you the HN/YC BBQ last month:<p><a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=566144" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=566144</a><p>We like to promote the exchange of ideas, contacts, and knowledge. Poker's just a bonus. :)
Can we have a poker bot competition? I'm not a great poker player myself (in fact, I don't really even know the rules) -- but I think it'd be another cool way to socialize; especially if people are required to release the source later, and we can all chat about what worked / didn't work, etc ...