Sir Puntalot Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 Can you play poker with no cards, no chips and no dealers? Poker players at Excalibur are about to find out. When they wander in the casino's poker room on Friday, they will find a fully automated poker room. More here.......http://www.lvrj.com/news/27122974.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazabroad Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 Re: Live Poker at the Excalibur with no dealers! Not much different to playing online stt's really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubermonkey1 Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 Re: Live Poker at the Excalibur with no dealers! yeah you might as well stay at home:eyesno doubt they will still be taking a nice big rake off the top:@ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapdash Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 Re: Live Poker at the Excalibur with no dealers! Without having tried it, it's hard to tell how different it would be to "normal" live poker. You have the other players sitting at the table, so I'd guess it feels more like live than online, but obviously there will be differences. Almost certainly one hand of normal live poker would be more fun than one hand of this, but you'll get more hands of this per hour than of normal live poker, so it's not clear which would offer more "fun per hour". It will be interesting to see whether it catches on, and to see how much (if any) of the savings in dealers' wages are passed on to the players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieGaz Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 Re: Live Poker at the Excalibur with no dealers! They had the PokerPro tables at Aspers in Newcastle a while back but they had to get them taken out for some reason (classed as slots or summit and they only allowed so many slots per casino)... Anyways I played on these a little bit and think its a lot like online.... its rigged too!! Deffo prefer live than these automated machines..... also there is a time limit on these machines! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazabroad Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 Re: Live Poker at the Excalibur with no dealers! and think its a lot like online.... its rigged too!! Are You saying online is rigged? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morlspin Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 Re: Live Poker at the Excalibur with no dealers! Are You saying online is rigged? course it is lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valiant23 Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 Re: Live Poker at the Excalibur with no dealers! Without having tried it, it's hard to tell how different it would be to "normal" live poker. I'd imagine the interaction between players would be similar to that you see in the Sky Poker studio. I don't like the idea of them at all. :puke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubermonkey1 Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 Re: Live Poker at the Excalibur with no dealers! They had the PokerPro tables at Aspers in Newcastle a while back but they had to get them taken out for some reason (classed as slots or summit and they only allowed so many slots per casino)... Anyways I played on these a little bit and think its a lot like online.... its rigged too!! Deffo prefer live than these automated machines..... also there is a time limit on these machines! i dunno, nothing more agravating than someone calling time on you is there:lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieGaz Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 Re: Live Poker at the Excalibur with no dealers! i dunno' date=' nothing more agravating than someone calling time on you is there:lol[/quote'] :@:@:@ I've only ever got called time on me once!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morlspin Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 Re: Live Poker at the Excalibur with no dealers! :@:@:@ I've only ever got called time on me once!! :rollin:rollin:rollin:rollin I still laugh now thinking of me, uber, ollie and joe leggy all pissing ourselves along with the texan rednecks who didnt have a clue what to make of us!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulioArca Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 Re: Live Poker at the Excalibur with no dealers! Not sure how true this is but I was told last week in Vegas that the Excalibur had thrown the tables out as they were not being used. With hundreds of live games going on who would want to play these anyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAM Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 Re: Live Poker at the Excalibur with no dealers! The times I've staggered though there and I didn't even know Excalibur had a poker room. Although I never seem to get past Crazy Dicks bar or whatever its called. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave488 Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 Re: Live Poker at the Excalibur with no dealers! They had the PokerPro tables at Aspers in Newcastle a while back but they had to get them taken out for some reason (classed as slots or summit and they only allowed so many slots per casino)... Anyways I played on these a little bit and think its a lot like online.... its rigged too!! Deffo prefer live than these automated machines..... also there is a time limit on these machines! Personally i quite liked them as only time i have ever had a royal flush and someone pushed all in against me! I think it did tend to attract new players who had never played before as was not as daunting as actual playing 'live'. Quite a few fish were circulating the table for sure, which was good for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 Re: Live Poker at the Excalibur with no dealers! I don't see an issue, I've played on these tables at the Crown casino in Melbourne and the big Casino in Darling Harbour in Sydney (forget it's name) It's clearly better for the casino, more hands per hour. Think the actual rake per hand is slightly lower, for a winning player these things are great. Don't knock it till you've tried it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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