Here's some early comments after several hours of play and general hanging around the site last 24 hours.
Notwithstanding the pretty slick UI - I mean, how cool is it to be able to choose from 6 different carpets and card-back colors!? - there's some serious holes:
No browser client.
No showdown info.
No running rake totals during hand.
No game info - Mavens was always the leader with this - you could see exactly what you were getting into regarding rake rates and caps, buyins, time banks and more.
Speaking of Mavens: One of the strongest reasons to use their game engine is the RNG - fully documented on their site, and fully testable by doing your own sims (which my co. has done). And along with this are the millions of hands that have been played with this engine by their huge non-RM and home-poker user base. Just check out their Forum to see the depth and quality. Note: We absolutely have NOTHING to do with Mavens.
Of course, these shortcomings and questions may be moot for the Grid system Micon is using, but then why not provide them up front. I can assure you that if they are still in the development pipeline, time and treasure are not on their side with mini-micro games. With these shortcomings I can't see serious grinders giving him the volume needed.
Also, their communications don't provide much reassurance either. For example, the SWC FAQ:
How much do you charge in rake?
Rake at ring game tables is 1 chip per 40 (2.5% rounded down) with a cap of the lesser of 3BB or 5 chips (0.005BTC).Limit tables with a big blind of 0.5 chips (0.0005BTC) or higher have rake of 1 chip per 50 (2% rounded down) with a cap of the lesser of 2BB or 4 chips (0.004BTC).HU tables with a big blind of 0.5 chips (0.0005BTC) or higher have rake of 1 chip per 75 (~1.33% rounded down) with a cap of the lesser of 1BB or 3 chips (0.003BTC).If a game would have a rake cap of less than 0.5 chips (0.0005BTC) then the rake cap will be 0.5 chips (0.0005BTC).No rake is collected on hands that do not make it to the flop.
Reads like it was composed a stoner or someone with English as a 3rd language. Apart from the grade-school layout, it's unclear, for example, what the HU rules are for Limit and No Limit unless, unlike 3+ games, they are now the same?) Simple matrix layout is what's needed.