Total electronic poker

<tc1820@> wrote in message
news:7933-489F8DAA-1163@storefull-3273.bay....
> Yesterday my nephew was at Foxwoods where he saw a totally electronic
> hold em table. There was no dealer and the 9 players played against each
> other, as in a poker room. He said the game went very fast. Tom in Ct

That would be the PokerPRO tables. They've been around for a little while
now.

Excalibur is closing its poker room on August 18th and will reopen it on
August 21st with all PokerPRO tables.

In article <sNudnSuYWNvVFj3VnZ2dnUVZ_j-dnZ2d@posted.echolabs>, LVTravel
<none@noone.com> wrote:

> Walt, actually the Poker Pro tables can be set to either limit or no limit
> in any amount. They had two on the Emerald Princess cruise ship and when I
> played the one I used was set up for no limit. Needed a $100 minimum buy in
> and money was deposited on a "credit card" type of plastic issued by the
> ship that you could use over and over to either reload if busted or cash out
> if winning. IIRC the rake was standard 10% up to $5.00 on the machine I
> played on. Granted the $5 rake isn't the best but comparable to many low
> minimum, limit or no limit tables in LV. Once you got used to how to look
> at your hole cards and making the bets it was not a bad game to play but I
> still like the hand dealt game.

With faster play, it sounds like there's not much time for casual
chatting and banter between players. Is there much of that, or does
everyone mostly concentrate on the cards?

--- Walt

I was told it was like playing poker on line but the other players are
sitting at the table. There must be a monitor or something to see that
the rules are enforced..... ie... only speaking in english. Tom in Ct

In article <110820081526441659%none@none.void>, none@none.void says...
> In article <sNudnSuYWNvVFj3VnZ2dnUVZ_j-dnZ2d@posted.echolabs>, LVTravel
> <none@noone.com> wrote:
>
> > Walt, actually the Poker Pro tables can be set to either limit or no limit
> > in any amount. They had two on the Emerald Princess cruise ship and when I
> > played the one I used was set up for no limit. Needed a $100 minimum buy in
> > and money was deposited on a "credit card" type of plastic issued by the
> > ship that you could use over and over to either reload if busted or cash out
> > if winning. IIRC the rake was standard 10% up to $5.00 on the machine I
> > played on. Granted the $5 rake isn't the best but comparable to many low
> > minimum, limit or no limit tables in LV. Once you got used to how to look
> > at your hole cards and making the bets it was not a bad game to play but I
> > still like the hand dealt game.
>
> With faster play, it sounds like there's not much time for casual
> chatting and banter between players. Is there much of that, or does
> everyone mostly concentrate on the cards?
>
> --- Walt
>
I don't like the sound of this. I only get to play live poker in LV. I
can play on my computer at home in much more comfort. Also, I don't want
FAST poker. I want a relaxed, social game. Scratching Excalibur off my
list, since they don't offer anything I want to play.
I also like to feel the chips and the cards.

Ray

In article <MPG.230aa82fa8f5694498969f@newsgroups. >, Ray in
Tennessee <rayrat@> wrote:

> In article <110820081526441659%none@none.void>, none@none.void says...

> > With faster play, it sounds like there's not much time for casual
> > chatting and banter between players. Is there much of that, or does
> > everyone mostly concentrate on the cards?
> >
> > --- Walt
> >
> I don't like the sound of this. I only get to play live poker in LV. I
> can play on my computer at home in much more comfort. Also, I don't want
> FAST poker. I want a relaxed, social game. Scratching Excalibur off my
> list, since they don't offer anything I want to play.
> I also like to feel the chips and the cards.
>
> Ray

I suspect I won't much like electronic poker for the same reasons.
I'll have to try it and see.

It may end up co-existing with hand-dealt poker, perhaps for the
low-limit games. Some online players and newbies may prefer it. But I
can't imagine the professionals and higher-limit players giving up
traditional poker, and without their imprimatur, electronic poker will
have a hard time finding wide acceptance.

--- Walt

In article <110820082303087701%none@none.void>, none@none.void says...
> In article <MPG.230aa82fa8f5694498969f@newsgroups. >, Ray in
> Tennessee <rayrat@> wrote:
>
> > In article <110820081526441659%none@none.void>, none@none.void says...
>
> > > With faster play, it sounds like there's not much time for casual
> > > chatting and banter between players. Is there much of that, or does
> > > everyone mostly concentrate on the cards?
> > >
> > > --- Walt
> > >
> > I don't like the sound of this. I only get to play live poker in LV. I
> > can play on my computer at home in much more comfort. Also, I don't want
> > FAST poker. I want a relaxed, social game. Scratching Excalibur off my
> > list, since they don't offer anything I want to play.
> > I also like to feel the chips and the cards.
> >
> > Ray
>
> I suspect I won't much like electronic poker for the same reasons.
> I'll have to try it and see.
>
> It may end up co-existing with hand-dealt poker, perhaps for the
> low-limit games. Some online players and newbies may prefer it. But I
> can't imagine the professionals and higher-limit players giving up
> traditional poker, and without their imprimatur, electronic poker will
> have a hard time finding wide acceptance.
>
> --- Walt
>
We'll be out there in a couple of weeks and I thought about trying it,
but there's a lot of REAL poker rooms close by. Think I'll save my money
for MGM and Orleans.
Ray