Comments on: Man Over Machine at the Excalibur

By: Jimbo

Jimbo — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 07:34:57 +0000

Just back from a trip and will be sad to see the tables go, always profitable, those internet types forget one thing, playing hour after hour in front of a screen is not good practice for live play, especially in the halfway house of Poker Pro. About the only regular PLO

By: keith

keith — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:33:00 +0000

nice, friendly dealers are nice, but they don’t make or break the experience. The most important thing is when i win. I’ve been at tables where i’ve won, and i don’t think i had one conversation with the dealer.

having shitty dealers WILL ruin the experience, but friendly dealers aren’t required. look at video poker – you can sit there for hours and the only human interaction you will have is “cocktail?” “sure, grey goose and club soda. thanks”

i’ve played $2 video blackjack in Aruba and it wasn’t bad. they also had a $3 three card poker, but didn’t have time to check it out, but i’m sure it was the same experience as the video BJ.

By: gowhitesox99

gowhitesox99 — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:01:14 +0000

BOOOOOOOOOOO BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HISSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!

I love the elec tables. Lower stakes, no dealer tipping ( I always tip live dealers, but cringe when people dont) so I love elec tables. The players were horrible too, had it not been for bad beats I would have had sessions every time I played there.

Tell em to wait a month, Im going aug 9-13… DAM DAM DAM DAM DAM

By: alberta

alberta — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:21:53 +0000

Why rip them all out? Stick a table on the other side of the casino away from the live poker tables. They could tweak the rake for the house. It would be the new version like 6/5 bj….(grins!)
Paul

By: ColinFromLasVegas

ColinFromLasVegas — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:51:07 +0000

Somebody correct me if I’m wrong, but this electro thingee ain’t gonna catch on. And the Excalibur is probably very wise to hang it up and throw it somewhere else.

Mainly for the reason that people like to vacation here and gamble. And when they gamble, they like to have fun when they’re doing it. I’m not exactly sure how in the hell you can gamble, drink, talk crap, have fun and have a few laughs when you’re dealing with….um….no one. And if there is interaction, it’s all “canned” speak and/or a buncha lights flashing in your face.

I would imagine that human interpersonal contact is all important when gambling. You wouldn’t catch a World Series Of Poker Tournament on ESPN where the players are playing against a machine. Viewers would be totally bored and switch it off and watch something else.

Even you said it, Rex, in another recent article (and I totally agree). At the Strat. And you would have to agree with me that I would MUCH rather prefer having a dealer that talks…especially one with big chee chee lah lahs, showing a bare midriff with their tramp stamp showing on their lower back, a nice smile, loose morals, a bright shining personality along with a dark shady past, and…OH!…YEAH!…a good knowledge of the game. Well, not exactly all those together, but you know what I mean. In other words, you can’t beat the human interaction. It’s what makes it all fun, I would think. And anyways, somebody’s gotta be in charge to keep it all together.