Can you envision walking into a popular Las Vegas, Nevada casino and seeing no dealers, chips, or cards? Well if this seems not easy to believe, you may be in for a big surprise. The Las Vegas, Nevada based hotel Excalibur is now testing with this new radical idea of automating everything from the dealers, to the actual poker tables. Executives from the casino hotel are going to equip the rooms with 12 computer machines for a six-month trial period.
The North-Carolina based company PokerTek is in charge of the automated machines, which are redoing the way poker will be played in Las Vegas. The company already has 230 computers around the world, with the largest located in Casino du Montreal (a total of 25 machines were installed in this Canadian casino).
So what are the side-effects of this makeover? For starters, about 40 Excalibur poker dealers will be searching for new places to work. Some of these dealers have been functioning at the casino 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 hotel.
According to DeRemer, the modification is being made to give rookie players a chance to play this popular game without feeling intimidated. He had already played these new machines before deciding upon the renovation. “It’s not intimidating”, he says, “We think that element will bring back the customers”.
The superior machines 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 core of the table, will show each table’s community cards, gambler’s stakes and the pot.

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