Can you envision walking into a popular Vegas casino hotel and seeing no poker dealers, chips, or poker cards? Well if this seems not easy to believe, you may be in for a big shock. The Sin City based casino hotel Excalibur is now testing with this new ground-breaking idea of automating everything from the dealers, to the actual poker tables. Officials from the casino hotel are going to equip the areas with 12 digital machines for a six-month trial period.
The North-Carolina based industry PokerTek is in charge of the electronic machines, which are revolutionizing the way poker will be played in Vegas. The enterprise 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 hotel).
So what are the downsides of this change? For starters, about 40 Excalibur poker dealers will be searching for new jobs. Some of these dealers have been functioning 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 careers in the same hotel.
According to DeRemer, the alteration is being made to give rookie poker enthusiasts 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 area will bring back the gamblers”.
The superior machines will allow the gamblers 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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