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Subject: What Poker Games are available on specific cruise lines/ships?
Category: Sports and Recreation > Travel
Asked by: razorfoold-ga
List Price: $20.00
Posted: 25 Jan 2006 07:27 PST
Expires: 24 Feb 2006 07:27 PST
Question ID: 437471
I'd like to know which cruise lines offer traditional Poker on their
cruise lines.  This is not "house" games like Pai Gow, Blackjack, 3
card poker or any other game where you play against the house.  I am
talking about Texas Hold em, Omaha, 7 Card Stud and tournaments where
you play against other players.  In other words, games from the "Poker
room" of a traditional casino.

For tournaments, I want to know what the buy in and entry fee.  I'd
also like to know the length of the rounds, how many chips you start
with, and what the blinds start at.  Payout and details of the
structure would be nice, but not necessary.

For cash games, I want to know what the levels are (determined by
amount of the blinds, $1/$2 NL Hold em, $2/$4 Limit Omaha, etc) for
both limit games and No Limit Games - if offered.

The number of tables dedicated/available for poker on particular ships
in the cruise line would also be interesting.

I only want this information for the following cruise lines:  
Royal Carribean, Carnival, and Norwegian Cruise Lines.  Holland
America is not required, but if found during other research, would be
nice.
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Subject: Re: What Poker Games are available on specific cruise lines/ships?
From: policajo-ga on 27 Jan 2006 10:29 PST
 
NCL's Dawn and Spirit have poker
Subject: Re: What Poker Games are available on specific cruise lines/ships?
From: spacecadet59-ga on 12 Feb 2006 14:04 PST
 
I am taking a cruise soon, and found this information about Hold Em on ships:

http://www.oceanplayers.com/news/article.asp?nid=7

You can contact the casino host of the ship and ask specifically.  For
example, on the Carnival Elation they have one limit table, $5/$10, no
tournaments.

There are also "poker cruises", you can contact a travel agent about that.

Hope this helps.
Subject: Re: What Poker Games are available on specific cruise lines/ships?
From: hellokittyfan-ga on 13 Feb 2006 11:02 PST
 
I can tell you the specifics about Carnival and Costa cruise lines -
during my last few cruises, the majority of my time was spent in the
casinos!

The two cruiselines offer basically the same games: Blackjack,
Progressive BJ, Roulette, Carribean Stud Poker, Progressive Caribbean
Stud Poker, Three Card Poker, Craps, and your typical array of slot
machines.  The table games have min bets from 5 dollars and 2 dollars
on roulette/6 dollars for 1:1 odds.

They also offered blackjack tournaments, slot tournaments.  The also
had a raffle every night - but the only way to get a raffle ticket was
to hit BJ with 5 cards or more, spin the BJ progressive wheel, or
other special actions, etc... Outside of the casinos onboard the ships
(I was on Carnival's PRIDE and Costa's MEDITERANNEA), they also have
various CASH games like Bingo and Horseracing.

A few fellow passengers and my boyfriends and I were really interested
in playing some Texas Hold 'Em, but since they don't offer it we still
played in the "card room" where they host bridge games.  We just got
twenty bucks in quarters from the casino and then played our own
tournament style game in the poker room.

I'm sure you can find some more info on their websites:

http://carnival.com/
http://www.costacruise.com/B2C/USA/Default.htm

Carnival offers a Players Club program/card for slot players... Coasta does not.
Subject: Re: What Poker Games are available on specific cruise lines/ships?
From: razorfoold-ga on 14 Feb 2006 05:23 PST
 
First of all, thank you for trying to help.  But the information on
"house banked games" is readily available on several sites.  I am not
even remotely interested in these kinds of gambling games.

I was told that several cruise lines are now offering Texas Hold Em on
their ships.  Sometimes, it's just 1 table, but sometimes, it's an
entire ship of poker games (player against player).

I don't care about any ability to gamble other than what you would
find inside the "card room" of a casino.  This includes Texas Hold Em,
Omaha, Stud, and similar games played against other players.  The
other games are not able to be beat consistently, so they don't have
any appeal.
Subject: Re: What Poker Games are available on specific cruise lines/ships?
From: razorfoold-ga on 14 Feb 2006 05:30 PST
 
spacecadet59 - thanks.  

I found that link earlier as well (and it's the most useful
information I found after a day or two of searching), but it's not the
level of detail of information I'm looking for (refer to my original
post for the specifics).  The only reason I am willing to pay $20 is
because I don't want to scour the internet anymore and gather this
information.

So, whoever wants to be paid for this answer, you need to gather the
specific information asked in the original question.  You will have to
call each of the cruise lines mentioned and talk to the casino
operator or find it online somewhere - which nobody else can seem to
do.
Subject: Re: What Poker Games are available on specific cruise lines/ships?
From: mebetyoufold-ga on 27 Feb 2006 10:14 PST
 
I'll kick in another $10 if someone can answer this.
Subject: Re: What Poker Games are available on specific cruise lines/ships?
From: dtacey-ga on 20 Jun 2006 09:29 PDT
 
I was on Carnival Fantasy three weeks ago and played $1 - $2 limit the
first night.  The next night we played $2 -$4 limit.  The next night
we played $5 - $10 limit.  Limit was the only game the offered even
when everyone at the table wanted to play no limit.  Limits were set
by players taking a vote.  No tourney play was on the Fantasy.  They
had two tables and were only able to fill 1 at a time.  According to
the dealers this was due to the large number of Senior trips going on
at that time.

I just found this link that might be helpful.

http://www.playerscruise.com/

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