It’s come to my attention recently that a number of Southern California and Vegas poker rooms are having electronic poker tables installed in a effort to eliminate the cost of dealers and increase the number of hands played per hour. A fairly large discussion on the forum over at www.onlinepoker.com has tackled the question of whether or not the move to electronic tables are good or bad for poker, and I was actually surprised to see more than half of the members say that they’re all for the new digital tables.

Maybe I’m old school, but the reason I liked poker to begin with was the human element, the interaction between players, the dealers, etc. This factor is diminished greatly in tournament poker where you aren’t sitting with the same dealer or players usually for more than an hour at a time, but for regular cash games at your local cardroom where everyone knows each other, it’s that camaraderie amongst players that I feel will be tossed out with these electronic tables.

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