Investors ante up for hot PokerPro.

• Position: PokerTek - Brief Article

Matthews-based PokerTek bet on the stock market in mid-October, selling 2 million shares for $11 per share. The company, which employs 28, has developed an electronic system called PokerPro, which allows as many as 10 people to play Texas Hold 'Em at computer-operated tables. Eliminating live dealers speeds up the game, the company says, and allows the house--which makes money on poker by charging a fee for each hand played--to increase profits...