What are everyone's thoughts on the all electronic tables?

[IgorSmiles]

I enjoy riffling chips and the feel of cards as much as the next guy, but a ton of money can be saved for both the house and the player by eliminating the dealer. Sooner or later, the drive for money will win out.

[Photoc]

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The counter-example to this is what has happened to slot machines. Now you just put your card in, push a button, and redeem your printout. Quite a difference from putting coins in, pulling an arm, and hearing the big ka-ching of change falling when you hit. But slot players are mindless dolts, so I don't think it's a good analogy.

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Well there were tons of reasons for this. Theft is harder ( no buckets), payouts are faster, no hopper fills, no jams, and paper is much cheaper than producing more coin.

[pacecar86]

eponymous, I think you are right about some people preferring real cards etc. But, with PokerPro, you can interact with real people, and, I did see one person who had a stack of actual chips, just to riffle. But, I get your point, I think it will come down to personal preferences.

However, I don't think your BJ examples support the argument against e-tables very well. Vid BJ is a very different game. You really pay on the negative EV side on video BJ. At least that was the way it was the last time I made the mistake of playing one, e.g., even money on BJ instead of 3:2, shuffles after every hand, constraints on splits/doubles etc. Prolly at least a negative 2-4% even with decent basic strategy play. So, I think the live BJ tables exist because of the more favorable player rules compared to vid.

If the live tables converted player rules to be the same as vid, I think you would find about one BJ table in each casino, right along side of the wheel of fortune.

I think that if live BJ tables were converted to PokerPro type e-tables, and, if they maintained the most favorable rules to the players, the players might grumble a bit but in the end would not care, just my 2 cents.

[Tuff_Fish]

One word....

Tournaments.

The "E" will rule.

Tuff

[pfapfap]

Electronic tables will certainly become popular, especially in smaller establishments. There will always be places for dealers and chips, at least in the forseeable future, but remember that the next generation of humans will be raised immersed in technology that we haven't even invented yet. They may not care as much about chips and cards as we do.

[Eponymous]

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If the live tables converted player rules to be the same as vid, I think you would find about one BJ table in each casino, right along side of the wheel of fortune.

I think that if live BJ tables were converted to PokerPro type e-tables, and, if they maintained the most favorable rules to the players, the players might grumble a bit but in the end would not care, just my 2 cents.

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You may be right about this. I don't play blackjack very often and wasn't aware of the rule differences.

[rafiki]

I'll just bring chips to shuffle while there [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]