Playdom Launches Poker Palace on hi5, Integrates hi5 Coins

playdomhi5 announced today that Playdom has launched its popular Poker Palace game on the hi5 Platform. Poker Palace is also the second major game to incorporate the social network’s virtual currency, hi5 Coins, into game play. RockYou was the first to announce integration with hi5 Coins last week with RockYou Pets.

Playdom’s Poker Palace ranks 12th and 22n respectively on the MySpace and Facebook gaming charts. Players will be able to find Poker Palace on the hi5 Games page, and users purchase of poker chips using the site’s variety of payment methods.

According to Playdom CEO and co-founder Dan Yue, the company hopes to monetize hi5’s worldwide user base. “In addition to leveraging hi5’s virtual currency,” says Yue, “we gain prominent placement in the hi5 Games channel and hooks into hi5’s viral marketing system.”

hi5 says that the use of hi5 Coins has increased rapidly since their launch last December. This is hardly a surprise, consider hi5 has been trying hard to make acquisition of its virtual currency as convenient as possible through partners such as Paymo and Playspan (mobile payments and game cards).

“Direct user transactions are central to our social entertainment strategy, and Poker Palace provides a logical monetization hook with integration to hi5Coins,” says Ramu Yalamanchi, founder and chief product officer of hi5. “[It is something] every major social network is talking about… but we are doing it today.”

While the details are still unannounced, hi5 has stated that it is working with more game development partners and that Playdom will be bringing other popular titles into the hi5 fold.

Maybe we’ll be seeing some Mob titles soon?

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6 Responses to Playdom Launches Poker Palace on hi5, Integrates hi5 Coins

  1. Jacques says:

    J’aime joué au poker palace, mais la j’ai un problème je ne peus plus avoir de table parce qu’elles ne s’affiche pas . je ne comprend pas pourquoi. Esce qu’il faut que je fasse quelque chose. Parce que avant je n’avais pas de difficulté pour jouer. Esce le votre site qui ferait défaut de temps en temps.

    Attend une réponse de votre part

    Merci de votre attention

    Jacques Roy

  2. shantara says:

    i’m toogiggley about myself

  3. mellody says:

    o poker é giro

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  5. MIKE says:

    THERE ARE CHEATING, PROGRAM HAS BUGS

    maverick joined at Seat 0
    Sean Benz joined at Seat 2
    Cristian cosmin joined at Seat 5
    BMW joined at Seat 6
    Dominic Eskridge joined at Seat 7
    ———New Game! ———
    MIKE joined at Seat 8
    Falkland Islands 104 hand #716
    Dealer Moves to Seat 0
    Sean Benz posted the small blind: $10
    Cristian cosmin posted the big blind: $20
    BMW called
    maverick raised by $980
    Sean Benz folded
    Cristian cosmin called
    BMW raised by $980

    SHOWDOWN!
    Cristian cosmin has 6c and Jc
    maverick has Ah and Qs
    BMW has Ad and 2s

    *** maverick wins main pot of $2381 with two pairs, A’s and Q’s

    *** BMW wins side pot of $980 with a pair of A’s

    ———New Game! ———
    Falkland Islands 104 hand #717
    Dealer Moves to Seat 2
    BMW posted the big blind: $20
    You were dealt: Jc, 6h
    MIKE raised by $980
    Jack Studman joined at Seat 4
    maverick called
    Cristian cosmin left
    Sean Benz called
    BMW called
    Flop: 4d, 3s, 10h
    BMW bet $1399
    maverick called
    Sean Benz called
    Turn: 9s
    River: 8d

    SHOWDOWN!
    BMW has 7c and 3d
    MIKE has Jc and 6h
    Sean Benz has As and Js
    maverick has 5c and 6s

    *** BMW wins main pot of $6589 with a pair of 3′s

    + 3 XP
    ———New Game! ———
    Falkland Islands 104 hand #718
    Dealer Moves to Seat 6
    BMW posted the small blind: $10
    Jack Studman posted the big blind: $20
    BMW called
    MIKE joined at Seat 8
    maverick joined at Seat 0
    Sean Benz joined at Seat 2
    Jack Studman checks
    Flop: 2h, 4d, 2c
    Jack Studman bet $20
    BMW called
    Turn: 2s
    Jack Studman bet $20
    BMW called
    River: Jc
    Jack Studman bet $20
    BMW called

    SHOWDOWN!
    BMW has 10h and 3h
    Jack Studman has 4c and 9c

    *** Jack Studman wins main pot of $156 with a full house, 2′s full of 4′s

    ———New Game! ———
    Falkland Islands 104 hand #719
    Dealer Moves to Seat 4
    Jack Studman posted the small blind: $10
    BMW posted the big blind: $20
    You were dealt: 5s, 10h
    MIKE raised by $20
    Jack Studman called
    BMW folded
    MIKE called
    Flop: 2s, 8h, 7c
    Jack Studman folded
    Turn: 7h
    River: Jc
    *** Sean Benz wins main pot of $3889 with two pairs, 7′s and 6′s

    + 3 XP
    Sean Benz joined at Seat 2
    ———New Game! ———
    Falkland Islands 104 hand #720
    Dealer Moves to Seat 4
    BMW posted the small blind: $10
    Sean Benz posted the big blind: $20
    BMW called
    Jack Studman left
    Sean Benz folded
    *** BMW wins main pot of $39

    ———New Game! ———
    Falkland Islands 104 hand #721
    Dealer Moves to Seat 2
    Sean Benz posted the small blind: $10
    BMW posted the big blind: $20
    maverick joined at Seat 4
    Sean Benz called
    BMW checks
    Flop: Kd, 3s, Ah
    BMW checks
    Sean Benz bet $50
    BMW called
    Turn: Ad

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