[DQPaulie]

This is what I have been told by the training people at Mohegan, who have been trained to floor the Poker Pro games. They still need to be floored for cash and supervision. You will buy a card and load it with how much you want. And this is one of the floors jobs. I have not heard of anything about them being considered table or slot games by the state. They have about 9 or 10 games set up and ready to go. They will be fired up at the end of this week or early next.
This is not in place of the new poker room, I have been told that they will absolutely have the new poker room. They have had construction delays, so it looks like late summer '08. It will be going in the area of the convention area, by the no smoking section of the Casino of The Sky. Also they say even when the poker room goes in, they will be keeping the Poker Pro machines, thinking they will be good to attract new players. Not sure if they will be moved into the poker area or kept where they are now.
They have not advertised for poker dealers school as of yet, which will be the first sign of the opening getting close.

As far as what rakes or times will be, wayyyyy to early for anyone to know.

Paulie