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I have seen them in Hollywood, but I assume Tampa also has them.

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Its a bad idea...hope it never catches on...like playing video craps...sucks

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I love the idea of a robot dealer, as long as it worked and the procedure for returning the cards back to the bot worked. This is a tough procedure for a robot, though.

As for the computer poker tables...if they have some of the computerized computer tables and some of the regular tables, that might be OK, since then everyone could get what they preferred. However, a total switchover sounds like a bad idea. How much chatter would there be at a computerized table? Not much, I'd imagine.

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I don't think a dealer robot would ever work because of all the questions that dealers get asked, where the action is, coloring chips, raking the pot, grabbing cards off the table, etc.

It's something I've thought about before, but it just wouldn't work. I guess the casinos are going to have to keep paying the dealers 5 bucks an hour [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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How would one protect his or her hole cards in such an automated game?

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Good question. Maybe it could be like a touch-screen, where the edge of the card is lifted up when you run your finger across it.

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How would one protect his or her hole cards in such an automated game?

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I want to know the same thing. It must be something that they thought of, but I'm having a hard time picturing how it works.

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How would one protect his or her hole cards in such an automated game?

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I want to know the same thing. It must be something that they thought of, but I'm having a hard time picturing how it works.

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could be a handheld LCD screen

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This was done about twelve years ago in (I think) a downtown Las Vegas casino. Apparently the idea didn't catch on. The picture of the setup (it may have allowed only six or perhaps eight players) was in Card Player and I think Linda Johnson or another columnist wrote about it.

I don't like the idea but it may sell in a few spots.

~ Rick

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I sat at one of these things at the Hard Rock in Hollywood, FL, over the weekend.

Yes, it's a touch screen. You cup your hands over your cards on the screen and touch it, and the corners of the cards flip up. They fall back when you remove your hand.

You get an electronic card (like a credit card or an ATM card, etc.). You deposit cash into your account, they activate your card, and you put the card into a slot at your seat and enter your PIN to access your account balance.

It actually does feel more like you're playing online than at a B&M, with the difference being that you are physically seated with your opponents.

They had two of these tables open for $2/$2 limit hold-em (a Florida concoction) and one for $45 NLHE SnGs. It seemed to me that about half the people playing the LHE tables were there passing the time while waiting for a seat at a regular table. The wait for a seat at the machine was much, much shorter than for any regular table.

It wasn't bad. Plusses are that you don't have to tip a dealer (the rake is the same as on a regular table; I asked), you don't have the problem of people acting out of turn, etc. The biggest drawback besides the fact that you don't actually handle chips or cards is that when someone zones out and doesn't realize it's their turn, there's no dealer there to get their attention so it's up to one of the other players to shake him awake. That leads to one or two players at the table always being antsy and hurrying you along if you dare to just stop to think for a second.

Not a horrible experience. I made 34BB profit in about four hours of playing time over a couple of days. So I'll do it again.

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Oddly, I think this will advance poker as a legitimate choice for many casinos that would not otherwise have a pokerroom. The best rooms won't change a thing, this is really aimed at the third teir rooms (and Florida).

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Very good point. Perhaps even the main rooms will have this on just a few tables for games like HORSE or Triple Draw to speed up play in those games.