Texas Holdem tourneys on RCCL

I see (from recent cruise compass') they have a signup for a Texas Holdem tournement on the first night of the AOS, $100 buy in......

How many players do they need to sign up before they actually run a tourney?

Is the tourney run on the computor table or with live dealer?

I heard if there is enough players that the winner qualifies for the all-RCCL tourney next December on the Oasis.

Anyone with some specifics??

The group I will be travelling with in two weeks will have 8 people signing up....

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1013359&highlight=texas+holdem

Thanks but I found the answers here.