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Can you imagine walking into a famous Las Vegas, Nevada casino hotel and seeing no dealers, chips, or poker cards? Well if this seems not easy to believe, you may be in for a big surprise. The Las Vegas based casino Excalibur is now testing with this new ground-breaking idea of automating everything from the dealers, to the actual poker tables. Chairmen from the casino hotel are going to equip the game rooms with 12 computer machines for a six-month trial period.
The North-Carolina based business PokerTek is in charge of the electronic machines, which are reinventing the way poker will be played in Sin City. The company already has 230 machines around the world, with the largest located in Casino du Montreal (a total of 25 machines were installed in this Canadian casino hotel).
So what are the negatives of this alteration? For starters, about 40 Excalibur poker dealers will be searching for new places to work. Some of these dealers have been laboring at the casino hotel since its opening in 1990. Todd DeRemer, Excalibur’s Vice President of Casino Operations, says that the poker dealers will be offered other dealer employment in the same casino.
According to DeRemer, the renovation is being made to give rookie poker enthusiasts a chance to play this popular game without feeling intimidated. He had already played these new machines before deciding upon the modification. “It’s not overpowering”, he says, “We think that portion will bring back the gamblers”.
The new computers will allow the poker players to play Texas hold’em, seven card stud and Omaha. 40-inch flat screen tv’s, which are located in the hub of the table, will show each table’s community cards, player’s stakes and the pot.