Poker tournaments ?

[manlie]

I am working on convincing my boyfriend to go on a cruise .... I think I may have found my angle.;) He likes to gamble and is interested in poker tournaments. Not high stakes, just something to pass the time as he thinks he will be bored on the ship. Does anyone know if the casinos run tournaments? I am leaning towards Carnival, Royal Caribbean or possibly Celebrity cruise lines. Any other info on the casino would be greatly appreciated (I have gathered though that the slots don't pay out all that well).

[johnql]

I haven't heard of any ships conducting tournaments. However, there are a few ships that have poker tables:

 

Most NCL ships

Grand Princess

Carnival Pride, Legend, Fascination and Imagination

Carnival Sensation (in September)

HAL's Zuiderdam

[Pegleg1]

From what I understand, some ships do have slot and blackjack tournaments. Never heard of any poker on ships other than games like "Caribbean Stud" or "Let it Ride".

[johnql]

Yes, most ships do conduct slot and blackjack tournaments. The ships that I noted above do indeed have real poker (Texas Hold 'Em, typically), where you play against other players, not the house. The house makes its money by taking a percentage of each pot (called the rake).

[SheltieLady]

I believe that Carnival has now put poker rooms on some of there ships. I know that Carnival Legend has a poker room, we were looking at going on a cruise on that ship because they have added a poker room. I think if you go to the website and click on a ship and go to casino there is a link to the Oceans Casnio club I think and they list the ships which have poker rooms.:)

[manlie]

Thank you everyone for your replies. We are booked on the Valor for Feb. 5, 2006!

[johnql]

Thank you everyone for your replies. We are booked on the Valor for Feb. 5, 2006!

So I guess you didn't really need poker to convince your boyfriend to go?