First electronic poker room to open in Vegas - Page 3

On August 14 2008 13:54 TalentedTom wrote: this is a terible idea

maybe fucking try it, fisshhhhh

my head hurts


at least i dont take out drunken aggressions on my non-existing wife, lp is a great substitute for her

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dude this is horrible the best part about live poker is teh dealer. i mean just yesterday me and doomer were playinng 5/10 NL Live at daytona and 3 people tipped teh dealer at the same time, I said yo i would tip you too but i havent won a hand, the dealer without missing a beat replies "then play better" GG OWNED. Gotta love teh smart asses.

(this is jorge btw)

hahaha @ the dealer punking you that's awesome, but yeah i gotta admit i hope this doesn't take a trend on in vegas... could you imagine the wsop ..the entire room playing on electronic tables :-(? just doesn't seem right

can i 24 table this?

I don't like this idea very much the ability for the casinos to cheat in this environment is going to be overwhelming and quite honestly it is taking away from the game of live poker. If players wanted to look at a screen they would stay on their couch and play online!

if they get really soft play, i might enjoy them occassional

i agree with Nazgul this is pretty stupid imo if u feel like playing on a monitor it d be much more comfortable sitting in front of pc at home

funny thing is this tables came to Bulgaria like .. 8 months ago and they r pretty popular too but thats nothing to be suprised of since not many people play online here ( or even play and know what Hold Em is)

On August 14 2008 14:06 n1ck wrote: The tables are called PokerPro and are actually pretty popular... Or alteast they are here in Bulgaria. I don't think it would attract less fish to the tables because all the fish will see is just another slot machine to gamble on. I've played many times on these and they're okay, although live poker is way cooler with all the chips and stuff. I don't think the digital poker stands any chance to the live poker tables, even if it's faster and more convinient for the players. Btw the reason they are so popular and spread in Bulgaria is our legislation, which treats them as slot machines and casino's have to pay less taxes, compared to the expensive live tables (high taxes).

N1ck is right lads - this is brilliant for decent players, these tables are a big hit through europe because they are cheap for the casinos to run and what they actually end up doing is being an easy way into poker for non poker players who are intimidated by going to a live poker table with dealer, chips, sharks etc.

However as soon as these donks think they know what they are doing and feel more comfortable they soon end up on the felt and are ready to hand over their cash to those of us who are willing to accept their charity!!!

All the casino opperators accept that they will always have live tables but with the poker phenomenon as it is at the moment these "tables" give the punters what they want at little cost to the operator which means the casino can still profit to enable them to keep going with their live card rooms which are notoriously difficult to make much cash from.

As for the results being rigged to have the flop hit more I can absolutely and categorically tell you that this is not the case - I work in the industry and supply technology based solutions to the casino industry worldwide - and I can tell you that getting any technology product into Nevada in particular takes 2-3 years minimum to prove and verify that the cards are truly randomly generated.


So my advice is to get on these tables and munch on the seafood or follow them from electronic tables to the felt but whatever you do - dont tap the glass...........

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Remember you don't have to play them if you don't want to and they WILL and DO attract people who are intimidated by the live game and they will use this as a stepping stone to real live games = more fish.

Agree if ALL real live tables were gone and replaced by this then that would suck but it's never going to happen - Excalibur had a shit card room anyway.