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I hear there are small casinos on most cruise ships. If this is true (I have never been on a cruise) then are there poker rooms/tables? How many? Thanks in advance for you help.
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Almost every cruise ship afloat (with the exception of some U.S.-flagged vessels) has a casino. It wasn't until recently that Carnival Corporation, which runs several of the world's biggest cruise lines, started placing low-limit Hold 'Em tables in casinos on board. Norwegian Cruise Lines (see earlier posts) has done the same.
Carnival's players club, located at
www.oceanplayers.com, has a complete list of ships that spread Hold 'Em. True, it isn't Card Player Cruises (although CPC does schedule cruises aboard some of the ships featured in the Ocean Players list), but if you're looking to kill some casino time on a sea day, it's not a bad way to go.
Some things my wife discovered earlier this year on Princess Cruises'
Grand Princess on a Western Caribbean cruise out of Galveston:
1) There were about four or five tables, all featuring LLHE. No stud or Omaha, but there was one HE tourney.
2) The dealers were pretty inconsistent.
3) The players (almost all of them) were really bad.
4) The rake was about $5 per hand.
Speaking of CPC, the Missus and I are on their December 2 sailing to the Mexican Riviera. I've always wanted to try CPC and I'm looking forward to it.