The time of the poker dealer is coming to a finish

Can you envision walking into a famous Las Vegas, Nevada casino hotel and seeing no poker dealers, chips, or cards? Well if this seems difficult to believe, you may be in for a big shock. The Sin City based casino hotel Excalibur is now experimenting with this new revolutionary idea of automating everything from the dealers, to the actual poker tables. Officials from the casino are going to equip the poker rooms with 12 digitial machines for a six-month trial period.
The North-Carolina based industry PokerTek is in charge of the computer machines, which are revolutionizing the way poker will be played in Vegas. The business already has 230 machines 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 renovation? For starters, about 40 Excalibur poker dealers will be searching for new employment. Some of these dealers have been laboring at the casino hotel 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 casino hotel.
According to DeRemer, the modification is being made to give rookie gamblers a chance to play this popular game without feeling intimidated. He had already played these new machines before deciding upon the change. “It’s not overpowering”, he says, “We think that aspect will bring back the players”.
The better computers will allow the gamblers to play Texas hold’em, seven card stud and Omaha. 40-inch flat screen televisions, which are located in the core of the table, will illustrate each table’s community cards, gambler’s stakes and the pot.

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