Texas Hold'em- Electronic or Regular Dealer?

[bracy]

Bracy- thanks for sharing! Can you please tell me what date you sailed so I can add it to my list?

 

March 31- April 5, 2008

[SusieV]

Updated list:

 

Constellation: electronic table as of February 2008

Millennium: live dealer as of January 2008

Summit: live dealer as of February 2008

Infinity: live dealer as of November 2007

Century: live dealer as of April 2008

Galaxy: live dealer as of February 2008

Mercury: live dealer as of December 2007

[rjg41]

The most important answer is:

 

10% rake with a $10 cap(was no cap)----- still excessive!!!!!!!!!

 

On ships, I do tournaments only. I'll stick to Vegas for cash games.

[denb]

I'll let you know about Millie when I get back in a few weeks.

Millie still had live dealers for her last (and I do mean last) Caribbean cruise. $2/$5 no limit sit-n-go cash games every night at 10pm. Several $50 tournaments during the week. If you think 10% is bad for cash games, the tournaments paid $250 for 1st and $150 for 2nd. With 10+ players (reserves allowed to buy in if someone busts out within first 2 levels), that means the house got a miniumum of 20%!

 

The dealers did say that PokerPro is coming on Millie, as well as coinless slots. She's headed to Alaska now, via a 14 day Panama Canal cruise. Then she'll stay in the Pacific and continue to do Alaska, Hawaii, and Australia.

[Desertbelle]

Still a live dealer and one table on the Galaxy as of 4/18/08.

 

Tournaments on sea days of $60 with unlimited rebuys during the first go round of the button. We never had more than 11 people in a tournament. The blind levels were 15 minutes and there were no antes at any level. We started with 1000 in chips....too few for me to have fun. :)

 

Cash games didn't start until very late, usually 10:00 pm or later. $1/2 no-limit. 10% rake, also no-limit. The dealers ranged from totally new to dealing poker (as in, we were telling her the rules) to fairly competent.

[shabbadoo]

I was just on Millie earlier this month and they have a live Texas Hold Em table with dealer. Every night they had a $100 buy-in game that began around 10 PM. On the next-to-last day (at sea day) they had three $50 buy-in tournaments with 10 players per game, and I think they had one tournament on another at-sea day.

 

They also have tables of Caribbean Stud and 3-card Poker, and video poker machines. Fun, fun, fun!

[Deeliteful]

An update on the Century (just got back from fabulous Transatlantic yesterday).

 

They had a "double freeze out" NL tournament at 3.30 p.m. every sea day = $60 buy in 10 pax max, blinds started at 50/100 and double every 10 mins, one re-buy pp allowed in first half hour or top up. Casino took $10 from each buy in, pot then split 70/30. Bit of a crap shoot.

 

This was followed by a cash game - $2/$5 NL - min buy in $50 Max $200 - also cash game around 10.30 each night same stakes.

 

Quietest casino I have ever seen - and one of the tightest I'm told!