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Can you envision walking into a well known Las Vegas casino and seeing no poker dealers, chips, or poker cards? Well if this seems not easy to believe, you may be in for a big shock. The Sin City based casino Excalibur is now testing with this new ground-breaking idea of automating everything from the dealers, to the actual poker tables. Owners from the casino are going to equip the areas with 12 digitial machines for a six-month trial period.
The North-Carolina based industry PokerTek is in charge of the electronic machines, which are revolutionizing the way poker will be played in Las Vegas, Nevada. The enterprise already has 230 machines around the world, with the biggest located in Casino du Montreal (a total of 25 machines were installed in this Canadian casino hotel).
So what are the negatives of this transformation? 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 careers in the same casino hotel.
According to DeRemer, the makeover 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 change. “It’s not intimidating”, he says, “We think that element will bring back the gamblers”.
The enhanced machines will allow the gamblers 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 illustrate each table’s community cards, poker player’s stakes and the pot.