Episodic Poker Game Show Beta Testing On Xbox Live?

A leaked beta invite email makes it look like Microsoft Game Studios has a successor to the cancelled Xbox Live interactive show 1 vs. 100 in the works. Full House Poker will pit "thousands of players from around the world" against each other in live poker play.

Unfortunately, it sounds as though the game will be played with avatars, since the leaked email promises "unique tells and avatar accessories." Because nothing captures the soul of poker like hard-coding tell animations onto horrible dead-eyed caricatures.

This is obviously unofficial, but it looks legit, seems like something Microsoft would do, and we have no reason to doubt it. And you have to love the postscript to the email: "This beta program is highly confidential. Please do not discuss the game or the beta program with anyone." Yep.

[via Kotaku]