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I see from the Capers that there are hold 'em tourneys for various buy ins.

 

Has anyone around here played in them or know how they work? How many players? What is the payout structure? How long did they take? Etc.

 

Thanks!

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bubbles1209

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Hi Jason, good to see you lurking the boards again! I too am interested in the answers to these questions. We were on the Liberty in Feb, and they had the electronic tables for hold'em going on, we don't like those at all, not the same. I've read the Valor also has the electronic tables also.

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I can only tell you how it worked on Destiny. They held 2 tournaments on the sea day. One was at 11 and the next at 1. The buy in was $75. The tournament was played at the electronic table with 10 players. They paid 1st -3rd place. The casino keeps $15 of the $75 so first place got $300(50%), 2nd got 30%, and 3rd got 20%. From talking to the casino host I think they either have the electronic tables on all the ships or they plan to soon. HTH

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derf5585

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How do the Hold 'em tournements work?

 

It is usually held on the Lido deck by to pool. The person able to hold onto a deck chair the longest is proclaimed the "Chair Hog King" and given a "Stick on a Ship"

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I can only tell you how it worked on Destiny. They held 2 tournaments on the sea day. One was at 11 and the next at 1. The buy in was $75. The tournament was played at the electronic table with 10 players. They paid 1st -3rd place. The casino keeps $15 of the $75 so first place got $300(50%), 2nd got 30%, and 3rd got 20%. From talking to the casino host I think they either have the electronic tables on all the ships or they plan to soon. HTH
On Legend it was a $30 buy in with 10 people (electronic table). Only 1st and 2nd place paid, $180 and $60 perspectively, with the casino keeping the rest.

 

Last year Carnival signed a 3 year deal for having the PokerPro tables on all ships. It takes a little while to get used to the electronic table, but once you do it's not bad. However, I'd still rather have live dealers, chips, and cards.

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Last year Carnival signed a 3 year deal for having the PokerPro tables on all ships. It takes a little while to get used to the electronic table, but once you do it's not bad. However, I'd still rather have live dealers, chips, and cards.

 

Do they also have the Blackjack version of PokerPro? Casinos in Delaware have them because we don't allow "Table Games" with a dealer.

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Do they also have the Blackjack version of PokerPro? Casinos in Delaware have them because we don't allow "Table Games" with a dealer.

No, I've never seen those. I suppose it's just a matter of time though.

 

Note - For anyone playing limit cash games ($2/4, 3/6, 5/10) on the PP tables with just 2 or 3 people (especially 2), the real winner on each hand is the casino because of the rake automatically taken out on every hand dealt. You're better off waiting for a full table. Otherwise you're losing money (blinds+rake) on every hand.

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I played the electronic TH on the legend and it is ok but my problems was with players being so drunk and banging on tables not being aware it was there turn etc etc and with no dealer there to control the game it SUCKED. The only good thing about it was you could decide what you wanted to play No Limit, Limit or a tourney if all agreed they would set the table for what ever everybody wanted. You had a button to call a Host to the table which was not exactly in Casino but just outside of it.....hence the out of control players

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We will be on the Spirit in June. DH loves poker and plays 1-2 times a week. We emailed the casino host and this is what he said about it:

 

Our Casino located on Promenade Deck has a variety of table games that

you will be able to enjoy during your cruise, including Blackjack,

Roulette, Craps, Caribbean Stud Diamond Edition , Let It Ride, Three

Card Poker and of course the "Hottest" game on the planet Texas Hold

'Em. We have over 150 slot machines ranging from 1c to $25 available for

your gaming pleasure.

 

Our Texas Hold'em tables are electronic and extremely user friendly.

Once the Casino opens you may start an account at the Cashiers which

will fund both tournament play and live cash games. You may deposit

funds onto this card using cash or your Sail & Sign card, which does

have a 3% surcharge. You may also withdraw funds from this card at

anytime whilst the Casino is open and there is no charge for that.

 

Our tournaments begin on the opening night of the cruise and the sign

ups are taken once the Casino opens. Our opening night tournament is

just $25. You may sign up for either or all of our tournaments at this

time. We also have tournaments on each sea day beginning at 11am and the

buy in for these tournaments is $60. These tournaments are No Limit with

no re-buys. At the completion of the tournaments we then offer $3/6 Cash

Games for the duration of the days play. All you need is 2 or more

players and the games begin.

 

The tables themselves are great and, as mentioned beforehand, very user

friendly. Each player has their own touch screen in which to view their

own cards. Then when it is your turn to act you simply hit the screen to

register your action. You can see all the other players chip counts and

the bet that has been made, all on your own monitor. When you are ready

to leave simply hit 'quit' and you will be logged out safely.

 

Hope this info helps someone. :)

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Allen did you make $$$ playing? I love drunk people, easy to take $$$ from, if it's a cash game how do you cash out or in for that matter?

LIke the info Peachy posted said you just go to Cashier and tell the you want to get the Texas Holdem Card (looks like your sign and sail card) you get a pin # and then you put how much cash you want it to start with and the cashiers adds it to your card.....got to table insert card use how ever much cash you want to start with and play.....say you win 100 bucks it is put on your card when ever you quit so if you started with a 100 and won a 100 next time you play your account would have 200 on it....to cash out just go to Cashier give them the card and tell them how much you want.....they give you a little number pad (like at stores) you punch in your pin and get your money.....I did ok I put a 100 bucks down on my card and cashed out 185 at the end of the week.....it was fun but not as fun as when you have dealer and chips IMHO

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We will be on the Spirit in June. DH loves poker and plays 1-2 times a week. We emailed the casino host and this is what he said about it:

 

Our Casino located on Promenade Deck has a variety of table games that

you will be able to enjoy during your cruise, including Blackjack,

Roulette, Craps, Caribbean Stud Diamond Edition , Let It Ride, Three

Card Poker and of course the "Hottest" game on the planet Texas Hold

'Em. We have over 150 slot machines ranging from 1c to $25 available for

your gaming pleasure.

 

Our Texas Hold'em tables are electronic and extremely user friendly.

Once the Casino opens you may start an account at the Cashiers which

will fund both tournament play and live cash games. You may deposit

funds onto this card using cash or your Sail & Sign card, which does

have a 3% surcharge. You may also withdraw funds from this card at

anytime whilst the Casino is open and there is no charge for that.

 

Our tournaments begin on the opening night of the cruise and the sign

ups are taken once the Casino opens. Our opening night tournament is

just $25. You may sign up for either or all of our tournaments at this

time. We also have tournaments on each sea day beginning at 11am and the

buy in for these tournaments is $60. These tournaments are No Limit with

no re-buys. At the completion of the tournaments we then offer $3/6 Cash

Games for the duration of the days play. All you need is 2 or more

players and the games begin.

 

The tables themselves are great and, as mentioned beforehand, very user

friendly. Each player has their own touch screen in which to view their

own cards. Then when it is your turn to act you simply hit the screen to

register your action. You can see all the other players chip counts and

the bet that has been made, all on your own monitor. When you are ready

to leave simply hit 'quit' and you will be logged out safely.

 

Hope this info helps someone. :)

 

Hi Peachy,

 

I was wondering what the e-mail address for the casino host was. I looked on Carnival's web site, but couldn't find it.

 

It seems that the limits/tourneys may be different on each boat. I will be onthe Miracle in 23 days:D and wanted to e-mail the host to get the info on games on the Miracle.

 

Thanks

 

Joe

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Hi Peachy,

 

I was wondering what the e-mail address for the casino host was. I looked on Carnival's web site, but couldn't find it.

 

It seems that the limits/tourneys may be different on each boat. I will be onthe Miracle in 23 days:D and wanted to e-mail the host to get the info on games on the Miracle.

 

Thanks

 

Joe

 

just go oceanplayers.com and the casino host are listed there. i wrote to one Monday and have already got a message back.

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Hi Joe,

 

We did just what Bases said, we went to: http://www.oceanplayersclub.com/default_flash.asp

It had alot of info about the casino and games.

 

The link to go directly to contacts is:

http://www.oceanplayersclub.com/contact/

Just pick Miricle in the drop box and it will pull up an email for you. We had a response in less than an hour.

 

Enjoy your cruise!! I wish I only had 23 days to go!;) :D

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