Oasis of the Seas - Texas Hold’Em Poker?

[pacouple309]

My wife and I are thinking about taking a cruise on Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas. She enjoys playing Texas Hold’em poker, but prefers a live dealer. Does anyone know if they offer a live cash game in the casino on the Oasis of the Seas? Has anyone been on the Oasis and played Texas Hold’em poker in the casino? Any information would be greatly appreciated!

 

Thank you!

 

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[Clarea]

My wife tells me they have Texas Hold'em Tournaments with live dealers.

[riclop]

Yes they have them.

[Rosy1013]

It may be for just the tournaments that you get a live dealer. They just had the screens when we were on in Jan.

[pacouple309]

My wife tells me they have Texas Hold'em Tournaments with live dealers.

 

Thank you for the information!

We appreciate it very much.

[pacouple309]

It may be for just the tournaments that you get a live dealer. They just had the screens when we were on in Jan.

 

Thank you - We heard that they did have live dealers for the tournaments. It was the nightly cash games that my wife was interested in. We know that they featured automated poker tables in the past, but we were wondering if they changed and are using live dealers. It appears that they are still using the automated poker tables for the nightly cash games.

[pacouple309]

Yes they have them.

 

Thank you - Do you know if the live dealers are for the nightly cash games or just for the tournaments? That is the exact information we are trying to find out. We know that they use live dealers for the poker tournaments, but we have been unable to find out if they also use live dealers for the nightly cash games. In the past, they used automated poker tables. We were hoping to find someone who recently played a nightly cash game on the ship.

[rocdragon]

I was on the Oasis last June, and I stopped by the casino a few times for their sit and go tournaments, but every time, the people sitting at the table decided to just play a cash game instead of doing the tournament. I asked one of the guys working there, who said if everyone agrees, they can play however they want. The poker table was fully computerized (no physical cards), and no live dealer. Also it looked like there was also a second table that was out of order (I was rather disappointed). Has it changed since then?

[Erwin Family @ Sea]

They usually offer a live nightly (10:30p.m. ) $2 - $5 no limit game. And of course the daily tournaments. Both the live games and the tournament will be posted on the daily compass, take a look at a recent one for current times. Hope that helps.

[pacouple309]

They usually offer a live nightly (10:30p.m. ) $2 - $5 no limit game. And of course the daily tournaments. Both the live games and the tournament will be posted on the daily compass, take a look at a recent one for current times. Hope that helps.

 

This helps a lot. This is the information we were looking for. Thank you.

[pacouple309]

I was on the Oasis last June, and I stopped by the casino a few times for their sit and go tournaments, but every time, the people sitting at the table decided to just play a cash game instead of doing the tournament. I asked one of the guys working there, who said if everyone agrees, they can play however they want. The poker table was fully computerized (no physical cards), and no live dealer. Also it looked like there was also a second table that was out of order (I was rather disappointed). Has it changed since then?

 

Thank you. This information is very helpful. It seems like the game depends on who is on the cruise each week. We appreciate your posting!

[RFerrington]

My experience has been that the cash games use the electronic poker machines and the tournaments use a live dealer. I have not been on Oasis since 2015 but unless things have changed, all of the O class ships still have the electronic machines. We were just on Harmony in Feb and they had 2 machines, one of which was not working. BTW, the cash games were $1/3 blinds.

[pacouple309]

My experience has been that the cash games use the electronic poker machines and the tournaments use a live dealer. I have not been on Oasis since 2015 but unless things have changed, all of the O class ships still have the electronic machines. We were just on Harmony in Feb and they had 2 machines, one of which was not working. BTW, the cash games were $1/3 blinds.

 

Thank you for this information. We seem to be getting conflicting information. It's hard to know what we will experience. We may just have to take a chance. We appreciate you taking the time to write about your experience.