Nieuw Amsterdam casino / poker

[scoobdoo]

Did a search and couldn't come up with anything...any insight into the poker offered on the NA? Is there typically much action, lively, what are the limits?

[HELENPSL]

In my experience the busyness of the casino depends on where you are cruising. On our Asia trip the casino was empty all the time. It was a very port intensive cruise. On the other hand the casino on the NA last Thanksgiving to the Caribbean was packed. It was hard to get a seat at the three card poker table. We had a great time.

 

 

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[BellaBaci4]

Was there a live hold em game? (Not three card poker)

[HELENPSL]

I don't recall a "live" Texas Hold'em game...sorry

 

 

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[olson99]

There are no live Hold'Em poker games. They have tournaments on sea days. First one $30 entry. All others $60 entry. They also have $1/$2 regular games with no limit.

[cruisePack842]

What's the rake on those poker games? That's where they make the money.

[olson99]

What's the rake on those poker games? That's where they make the money.

 

For the tournaments they only keep $5 pp. The rest is paid out to top 2 or sometimes top 3 if 10 are playing. I do not play the $1/$2 so I do not know for those games

[cruisePack842]

For the tournaments they only keep $5 pp. The rest is paid out to top 2 or sometimes top 3 if 10 are playing. I do not play the $1/$2 so I do not know for those games

You mean they don't skim off each pot, as well?

[olson99]

You mean they don't skim off each pot, as well?

 

Not in the tournaments

[scoobdoo]

Update from the final Alaskan Cruise of the year:

 

The twice daily sea day tournament didn’t run once. Rarely did more than a single person register for it.

 

The cash game didn’t run once; most table games were extremely sparsely populated throughout.

 

Not a good cruise for poker.