I am going on a cruise this month and I noticed they have a casino that offers Caribbean stud and three card poker. It got me wondering, do cruise ships ever offer poker tournaments? I thought that this would be a lot of fun, but I was curious if anyone can offer up any comments or thoughts based on their experiences. Thanks!
Deftones
11-06-07, 05:06 PM
They have blackjack tournaments. I've never seen a cruise ship with a poker room, though.
actyper
11-07-07, 12:47 PM
Royal caribbean offers poker. When I went it was just 1table 5/10 limit. Some now have 2/5NL tables now.
pedagogue
11-07-07, 01:57 PM
$5/$10....ouch! It makes sense though, a captive audience and all.
-p
The Bus
11-07-07, 02:00 PM
She's pretty demanding if she needs a cruise just to put out.
Oh, you mean the popular card game.
Deftones
11-07-07, 05:19 PM
Royal caribbean offers poker. When I went it was just 1table 5/10 limit. Some now have 2/5NL tables now.
Really. Must be new (within the last 3-4 years or so). My last cruise on Royal was back in 2004.
McHawkson
11-07-07, 07:32 PM
They have blackjack tournaments. I've never seen a cruise ship with a poker room, though.
Yeah, BlackJack tournament on Princess cruise and I lost! :(
Through I won nearly $1,000 on 3 card stud and Let It Ride at end of cruise. :lol:
hal9000
11-08-07, 02:30 AM
You could always go this route: http://www.cardplayercruises.com/ and
http://www.cardplayercruises.com/faq03.htm
-or- if you don't live in the US Party Poker holds the annual poker cruise: http://www.partypoker.com/tournaments/party_poker_million/
But seeing as you already have a trip booked keep it in mind for future cruises.
;)
actyper
11-08-07, 01:38 PM
Really. Must be new (within the last 3-4 years or so). My last cruise on Royal was back in 2004.
Yeah I went Apr 06. Adv of the seas, and they said poker was just put in recently. Somebody mentioned that some carnival cruises had them too.
I got owned on my first hand of my bj tourney.
www.worldpokershowdown.com used to offer nice poker cruise packages as well.
wildcatlh
11-08-07, 10:08 PM
On the subject of cruises, what are the minimums, generally, for blackjack?
Going on a cruise (Royal Caribbean) next week. Gambling would likely be a late-night affair, after my wife and her parents have gone to bed (I'm the only one who cares about gambling).
Deftones
11-09-07, 12:02 AM
I think it was pretty expensive. Maybe $15 or $20.
Flashback
12-05-07, 01:21 PM
Was just on Princess a couple of weeks ago. BJ (dirty people) was $5. Love having something to fall back on with bad runs. Usually I was $10-$20 a hand though.
But what I thought was fun (read new) to see, but ZERO in experience (although online poker is definitely changing that), was that the 2 TX Hold tables were automated.
Meaning you played off of a touch screen and in the middle of the table was a large screen replacing chips, cards, dealer etc. $$$ was all dealt through a card (which is common with many casinos etc on VP, slots etc.).
Of course I can see the reason why this would be done but it does take away from the total experience. I think I saw something similar to this, maybe Bally's?, for roulette? I can't remember.
pedagogue
12-05-07, 01:34 PM
The electronic games BLOOOOOOOOOOOOW. They've had a couple in vegas I think, and they tried some of the poker tables at my local indian casino.
-p
atari2600
12-05-07, 02:09 PM
they have those here too in local casinos - they are SnGs. ive never played but i watched others play. seems a little wierd.
The Bus
12-05-07, 06:11 PM
My joke was gold, gold! Philistines. :mad:
C-Mart
12-21-07, 12:10 PM
I was on Carnival in September and they had the electronic tables. They had something like 3 poker tournaments throughout the cruise. I wanted to play but the middle game was full... the last game's buy-in was $120 and that was too much for me for something I had never done.
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