Can you envision walking into a famous Vegas casino and seeing no poker dealers, chips, or poker cards? Well if this seems difficult to believe, you may be in for a big shock. The Las Vegas based casino hotel Excalibur is now testing with this new revolutionary idea of automating everything from the dealers, to the actual poker tables. Chairmen from the casino hotel are going to equip the poker rooms with 12 computer machines for a six-month trial period.
The North-Carolina based company PokerTek is in charge of the computer machines, which are revolutionizing the way poker will be played in Sin City. The business already has 230 machines around the world, with the largest located in Casino du Montreal (a total of 25 computers were installed in this Canadian casino hotel).
So what are the negatives of this modification? For starters, about 40 Excalibur poker dealers will be searching for new places to work. Some of these dealers have been laboring at the 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 employment in the same hotel.
According to DeRemer, the modification is being made to give rookie players 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 intimidating”, he says, “We think that area will bring back the gamblers”.
The enhanced machines will allow the poker players to play Texas hold’em, seven card stud and Omaha. 40-inch flat screen tv’s, which are located in the hub of the table, will illustrate each table’s community cards, poker player’s stakes and the pot.

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