What type of poker is available in the casino on Celebrity?

[Mike_DeA]

What type of Texas Holdem does Celebrity run? Not the Three/Four Card Poker or the Ultimate Texas Holdem game that you play against the house, but the poker that is played against other players.

 

I haven't been on Celebrity in a long time, so I'm interested to learn what game is spread ($1-2 NL, $2-5 NL, etc.) and what the rake is. Are the games well attended? I'm considering taking the Summit this summer if that helps.

 

Thanks.

[Cruzin&Snuzin]

On my two Reflection sailings they only spread $2/$5 NL (as far as cash games). Live game with a dealer. It went fairly regularly during the first 7 night cruise (starts at 9 or 9:30 pm, no game during day). On the 11-night it didn’t go most nights but ran a few times.

 

Not surprisingly the rake is casino friendly $6-$7 pot if I recall correctly (I only sat once but would watch a bit if I was wondering through the casino). I also live in an area where I can play poker whenever I like, so I wasn’t intending to play much or at all on the cruises.

 

They do run some one table tourneys too. I can’t offer any info on those as I didn’t pay much attention to them.

 

 

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[Mike_DeA]

Cruizin, thanks for the info. Btw - compared to other cruise line's poker rakes of 10% up to $25, Celebrity's sounds great. My local casino's are in the $7 range.

[ghstudio]

I would wait for some other replies. I don't play texas holdem but I recall Celebrity is also something like 10% up to $25 per pot.

[Cruzin&Snuzin]

The rake was bad... 10% sounds right, first drop I believe is the $2 small blind pre-flop. Can’t comment on $25 total rake, but my prior estimate is most likely inaccurate.

 

 

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[Mike_DeA]

No worries, thanks. I was more concerned about if they spread a game, and if there were enough players normally. I expect the rake to be very high. Sounds like it's similar to other lines in that the mid-sized ships (2000 passenger range) are hit or miss with having enough regulars each sailing to support a regular game.

[Larbo03]

Mike, this is a late reply to your original post, but it's my understanding that Celebrity only has live-dealt poker on the Reflection and the Silhouette. Does anyone here know differently? I was on the Reflection this spring (2-5NL every evening around 9), and the rake was 10% up to $15 max, which is better than the $25 max on NCL (and I think RCCL also). I'd be interested to know if any other Celebrity ships offer live-dealt poker against other players.