I'm seriously considering buying in a bit myself.
I didn't bother to do the math, didn't realize the ICO was so small.
Honestly, I think the poker idea is dead in the water - it won't be as good as 100 other places like Poker Stars. More importantly, it will have no fish. Fish don't know how to use crypto. Fish can barely get money onto Party Poker.
I don't know if the raffle is going to be used. I wouldn't use it.
If I'm honest with myself, I am mostly intrigued by the extreme deflationary nature. It seems almost a guarantee of a trading gain assuming that it does not die quickly.
This is what caught my attention as well. I do think that trading gains will be realized. I know that the dev is expecting supply to be much smaller than the max supply . . unless all coins are sold in the ICO. I'll be getting some on the first day because of the 75 percent bonus. We'll have to see what happens after that.
As far as the issues with people not understanding blockchain . .
the dev wants to eventually implement a sort of
"instant pay system, where people just pay with a credit card and then we'll do everything for them (buy XBL from exchanges, transfer to accounts, etc.) so they won't even know they're playing on a blockchain"
Still, very interesting to me.
I still can't decide if I want to get in on this one or not.
They have not emailed me any ICO instructions yet, although I signed up to the mailing list the day you posted.