Can you imagine walking into a popular Vegas casino and seeing no dealers, chips, or poker cards? Well if this seems not easy to believe, you may be in for a big surprise. The Las Vegas, Nevada based casino hotel Excalibur is now trying out with this new revolutionary idea of automating everything from the dealers, to the actual poker tables. Executives from the hotel are going to equip the rooms with 12 digitial machines for a six-month trial period.
The North-Carolina based industry PokerTek is in charge of the automated machines, which are redoing the way poker will be played in Las Vegas. The company already has 230 computers around the world, with the biggest located in Casino du Montreal (a total of 25 computers were installed in this Canadian hotel).
So what are the negatives of this makeover? For starters, about 40 Excalibur poker dealers will be searching for new employment. Some of these dealers have been functioning 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 renovation is being made to give rookie poker players a chance to play this popular game without feeling intimidated. He had already played these new machines before deciding upon the renovation. “It’s not overwhelming”, he says, “We think that portion will bring back the business”.
The enhanced computers will allow the customers to play Texas hold’em, seven card stud and Omaha. 40-inch flat screen tv’s, which are located in the center of the table, will illustrate each table’s community cards, gambler’s stakes and the pot.

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