Can you imagine walking into a famous 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 hotel Excalibur is now toying with this new ground-breaking idea of automating everything from the dealers, to the actual poker tables. Officials from the casino are going to equip the game rooms with 12 electronic machines for a six-month trial period.
The North-Carolina based enterprise PokerTek is in charge of the automated machines, which are redoing the way poker will be played in Sin City. The company already has 230 computers 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 side-effects of this makeover? For starters, about 40 Excalibur poker dealers will be searching for new jobs. Some of these dealers have been laboring at the casino 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 change 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 intimidating”, he says, “We think that area will bring back the business”.
The improved 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 core of the table, will display each table’s community cards, gambler’s stakes and the pot.

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