Electronic Texas Holdem - cardless tables

[tylerdurden]

Is it something like this?

http://www.digideal.com/index.php

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What a reply you have there. No tipping necessary? Go back to the internet if you are that cheap. You're going to have to have a dealer to push you the pot. No tips, no dealers, simple as that. Considering the casinos are cheap as hell towards their help and expect their clientelle to help out with the CASINO EMPLOYEE paycheck.

F'k the casinos is all I can say. The dealers are working their buts of, I'll take care of them, simple as that.

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BUT, let me play Devil's Advocate for a second:
No worries about dealer problems, no tipping necessary , no shuffling and therefore faster play with less cost to the player.

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[Slow Play Ray]

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No tipping necessary? Go back to the internet if you are that cheap. You're going to have to have a dealer to push you the pot.

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Not necessarily...if the cards are electronic, why couldn't the chips/pot be electronic "credits" as well?

Oof, the mere thought of that is just disturbing...

[bhp374]

The only reason I could see a casino doing this is because the laws of the state won't allow them to deal live cards. That is the case at Harrah's Cherokee in N. Carolina. Their BJ tables have a live dealer and live chips, but the cards are electronic per state law. They advertised opening a poker room at the beginning of '05, but they ran into some snags with the licensing/approval b/c they were going to use live cards.

This is the only reason I can see for having electronic cards.

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What a reply you have there. No tipping necessary? Go back to the internet if you are that cheap.

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He was playing "Devil's Advocate" with his post.

Just like you were playing "Huge Jackass" with yours.

[Luv2DriveTT]

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The Hard Rock in Hollywood Fl now has cardless texas holdem tables. Each seat has a mini tv monitor that displays your cards electronically. It will be a cold day in hell before I sit at one of these tables.
Anyone seen this elsewhere? It's a first for me but I am not exactly a world travler either.

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I called to confirm this, and yes it is true. All of the tables have been replaced during a "trial" period. There are no more dealers, which means there is no need to toke the dealers either. HOWEVER this also means:

1) No chips - Betting is done using a credit card style interface, ala a slot machine
2) No cards - even the board is a video screen

But here is the kicker..... THEY STILL CHARGE THE SAME RAKE!!!!

Since there are no dealers necessary, I cannot imagine how this can be a trial period test run. I would assume the Hard Rock let their dealers go, but the poker room maneger would not confirm.

I will not attend any casino that makes this switch for cash games. My decision on this matter is final, and will not be changed.

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[Fishwhenican]

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Did you miss the first part of my reply where I said I also HATE the idea? I even said I was playing the Devil's Advocate.

To be perfectly clear, I personally HATE the idea and I also have no problem playing live and tipping the dealers and paying the rake and all of that. I very much prefer to play live, hold cards, play with chips and talk to living breathing people.

[Slow Play Ray]

Wow, seriously? That is really dumb. Well, let's hope most of the world agrees with us on this one and it fails miserably, so we don't have to worry about it happening anywhere else!

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Just like you were playing "Huge Jackass" with yours.

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LoL, glad I could help, and thanks for pointing that part out. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[Dynasty]

This has been done with other games but has had limited success.

There are many video blackjack games but "real" blackjack is still much more popular. A hybrid "real"/computer roulette game called Rapid Roulette can be played at Harrahs on the Strip. But, I haven't seen it anywhere else.