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Date: 27 Nov 2006 18:19:13
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Subject: e poker room at Hollywood Park destine to be a failure?
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Recently Hollywood Park Casino introduced a true hybrid: It's not
Internet poker. It's not live poker with actual cards and chips. It's a
live poker game dealt by a computer and featuring animated cards and
chips appearing on video displays. Gone is the need to tip dealers and
be vigilant with respect to dealer errors. Poker Tech tables featured
in the e poker room do all of the work a dealer would normally do
faster and without mistakes. Unfortunately an attractive game
presentation and a special 10 cent per hand comp offered by Hollywood
Park to those who agree to play does not seem to be enough to entice
casino patrons to play in the e poker room. This regular finds that
very rarely are there more than 3 or 4 players playing in the e poker
room at any one time. A 10 dollar morning sit and go satellite to the
afternoon tournament seems popular enough but after this has concluded
players depart. Apparently, if casino patrons go through all of the
trouble of transporting themselves to Hollywood Park Casino then they
do so inorder to play to actual cards and chips rather than a touch
screen video display.
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Date: 27 Nov 2006 21:42:43
From: student1999
Subject: Re: e poker room at Hollywood Park destine to be a failure?
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Maybe its strength will prove to be handling large multitable
tournaments and also games hilo games where splitting the pot can be
complicated.
In the multitable events, I would guess it would be possible for tables
to be consolidated without actually moving? Or if you have to
physically change tables, chips would be moved automatically.
mogofalo@hotmail.com wrote:
> Recently Hollywood Park Casino introduced a true hybrid: It's not
> Internet poker. It's not live poker with actual cards and chips. It's a
> live poker game dealt by a computer and featuring animated cards and
> chips appearing on video displays. Gone is the need to tip dealers and
> be vigilant with respect to dealer errors. Poker Tech tables featured
> in the e poker room do all of the work a dealer would normally do
> faster and without mistakes. Unfortunately an attractive game
> presentation and a special 10 cent per hand comp offered by Hollywood
> Park to those who agree to play does not seem to be enough to entice
> casino patrons to play in the e poker room. This regular finds that
> very rarely are there more than 3 or 4 players playing in the e poker
> room at any one time. A 10 dollar morning sit and go satellite to the
> afternoon tournament seems popular enough but after this has concluded
> players depart. Apparently, if casino patrons go through all of the
> trouble of transporting themselves to Hollywood Park Casino then they
> do so inorder to play to actual cards and chips rather than a touch
> screen video display.
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Date: 28 Nov
From: Super Steamer
Subject: Re: e poker room at Hollywood Park destine to be a failure?
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On Nov 27 2006 9:42 PM, student1999 wrote:
> Maybe its strength will prove to be handling large multitable
> tournaments and also games hilo games where splitting the pot can be
> complicated.
>
> In the multitable events, I would guess it would be possible for tables
> to be consolidated without actually moving? Or if you have to
> physically change tables, chips would be moved automatically.
Consolidate tables without moving? That doesn't make sense, of course they
would move the players. They would want to free up the unused space, and why
would you play live if you can't even see your opponent.
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Date: 28 Nov
From: Stu Ungar Fan
Subject: Re: e poker room at Hollywood Park destine to be a failure?
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If there is a mechanism that would allow multitabling, it would be a great
solution for people who are used to playing online but who are concerned that
online poker would eventually be banned.
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Date: 28 Nov 15:08:42
From: IdiotSavant
Subject: Re: e poker room at Hollywood Park destine to be a failure?
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If they ever legalize poker rooms outside casinos (i.e bars, pool halls), this
is the perfect technology for it. Otherwise, it's a hard sell over a chip game.
The company would have better success in overseas markets where they allow
gambling devices at night spots. (i.e. Australia, NZ, etc).
On Nov 27 2006 9:19 PM, mogofalo@hotmail.com wrote:
> Recently Hollywood Park Casino introduced a true hybrid: It's not
> Internet poker. It's not live poker with actual cards and chips. It's a
> live poker game dealt by a computer and featuring animated cards and
> chips appearing on video displays. Gone is the need to tip dealers and
> be vigilant with respect to dealer errors. Poker Tech tables featured
> in the e poker room do all of the work a dealer would normally do
> faster and without mistakes. Unfortunately an attractive game
> presentation and a special 10 cent per hand comp offered by Hollywood
> Park to those who agree to play does not seem to be enough to entice
> casino patrons to play in the e poker room. This regular finds that
> very rarely are there more than 3 or 4 players playing in the e poker
> room at any one time. A 10 dollar morning sit and go satellite to the
> afternoon tournament seems popular enough but after this has concluded
> players depart. Apparently, if casino patrons go through all of the
> trouble of transporting themselves to Hollywood Park Casino then they
> do so inorder to play to actual cards and chips rather than a touch
> screen video display.
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Date: 27 Nov 2006 23:30:08
From: Bronzedodger
Subject: Re: e poker room at Hollywood Park destine to be a failure?
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On Nov 27 2006 9:19 PM, mogofalo wrote:
> Recently Hollywood Park Casino introduced a true hybrid: It's not
> Internet poker. It's not live poker with actual cards and chips. It's a
> live poker game dealt by a computer and featuring animated cards and
> chips appearing on video displays. Gone is the need to tip dealers and
> be vigilant with respect to dealer errors. Poker Tech tables featured
> in the e poker room do all of the work a dealer would normally do
> faster and without mistakes. Unfortunately an attractive game
> presentation and a special 10 cent per hand comp offered by Hollywood
> Park to those who agree to play does not seem to be enough to entice
> casino patrons to play in the e poker room. This regular finds that
> very rarely are there more than 3 or 4 players playing in the e poker
> room at any one time. A 10 dollar morning sit and go satellite to the
> afternoon tournament seems popular enough but after this has concluded
> players depart. Apparently, if casino patrons go through all of the
> trouble of transporting themselves to Hollywood Park Casino then they
> do so inorder to play to actual cards and chips rather than a touch
> screen video display.
May these machines die a graceful death, and disappear w/o fanfare.
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