i still think a poker channel will be a great idea. it would mean that you could say into it - "FH anyone?" and someone can go "i do" instead of being in shout and annoying people
naw, when we are having fun, and there are like 12 people playing. and we are cursing up a storm and laughing and just being...well, us. we have a tendancy to talk about poker in chat. which gets annoying to those who arent playing.