AYAAH, Electronic poker table at Artichoke Joe's

[mrcunningham]

Sign of the end of poker or a good thing? What do you think?

[chillrob]

Are they going to use it for the Omaha game? That would make the most sense since it is slower and more work to deal. I think when I played there they even charged a higher rake for Omaha than holdem.

[pig4bill]

How's the drop?

[mrcunningham]

Chill and Bill,
They say they are going to use it for holdem, and since it is where table 1 used to be, probably 3/6.
They haven't said what the drop will be, but they still intend to have the JP.
It is a big thing and will play 10 handed. Today was play money, but they plan to begin charging tomorrow.
I have to say that I don't like it and hope that nobody uses it, but that's because I don't want to see dealers lose jobs. I might change my mind if the drop is reduced significantly.

It is a monstrosity in more ways than one. Imagine AJs, the last place I'd figure.

[AngusThermopyle]

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I might change my mind if the drop is reduced significantly.


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Total cost for dealers for a live game is maybe $15 an hour per table?
Cost to rent the table is?

Difference (savings?) divided by 40 hands per hour?

Even adding the additional hands per hour the table might produce, I don't expect any "significant reduction" in drop.

[MicroBob]

Artichoke Joe's is in California?

[AngusThermopyle]

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Artichoke Joe's is in California?

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San Bruno, just south of San Francisco

[alydom]

Think about the savings of not tipping the dealer for a moment:
30 hands/hour (conservative)
$1.50/tip per hand (some more/some less...average)
$45/hour taken out of the game (just in tips)

So this means the dealer makes $50/hour ($5/hr salary + $45 tips). And the argument from the dealer would be I don't make money when I am sitting on a dead spread...or on break. True, but there is always a dealer in front of us. So it costs us $45/hr to have a dealer. Do you make $45-$50/hr? Do you think a dealer should make that much? Do they really add that much to the game? [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

[rafiki]

I'm all for our robot overlords. Less mistakes, more hands, less tip. Jackpot.

[AngusThermopyle]

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Think about ......

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Think about this thread is about electronic tables being introduced at on of the oldest cardrooms in the nation. Not about what you think a dealer should make.