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Robinette Stiles
Entry fee is $100 for 7 day. I was on a 4 day when I won. Entry fee was $75. We had 8 total tables. Top player at each table went on to finals. So there was 8 of us in finals. 3rd place was $210, 2nd place was $490, 1st was 7 night cruise, Allure, Dec. 11, 2011 for 2 OV. :) You can transfer it with approval from casino royale.
Oh, yeah. I guess I kinda forgot about that final tourney. Duh! Any idea what the prize breakdown is for that tourney? I saw you qualified for it. Nice job!!! I really hope there's some OK poker to play on my Adventure of Seas cruise next month.
It includes an Oceanview cabin for 2 and best of all, it also includes an entry seat in the $100,000 Texas Hold 'Em poker tournament finals to be held on-board mid-week. RCL do not sell entry into this tournament - you have to win it!
A few years ago a friend played in a Royal poker tournament and what bothered me was the fact that anyone could walk directly behind the players and see their cards. Hopefully they have changed this. At that time I noticed a man behind my friend looking closely at his hand...was he signaling another player??
Hey chooms I'm running the apartment in my next session, and I was wondering if anybody had found a way to make Royal's poker game work as a tabletop mechanic. I'm playing with people over Discord, so unfortunately, actually dealing with cards is out of the question for now. Thanks!!
In poker, players form sets of five playing cards, called hands, according to the rules of the game.[1] Each hand has a rank, which is compared against the ranks of other hands participating in the showdown to decide who wins the pot.[2] In high games, like Texas hold 'em and seven-card stud, the highest-ranking hands win. In low games, like razz, the lowest-ranking hands win. In high-low split games, both the highest-ranking and lowest-ranking hands win, though different rules are used to rank the high and low hands.[3][4]
I actually came out a couple hundred ahead after the first 2 days and swore I would keep my profits and never, ever return to a casino on RCCL. I think poker players should be disgusted, and if you ever want poker on your cruise, take your business elsewhere.
The A-6 was just NOT strong enough for LeChiffre -- a poker master -- to risk his life on, especially since he'd still have $27.5 million left to go up against Bond's $87.5 million. That seems like a huge disadvantage, but if LeChiffre simply wins ONE all-in hand against Bond, then it would be roughly even (LeChiffre, $55 million, Bond, $60 million).
Bottom line: Either LeChiffre should have folded, or they should have written it so that LeChiffre had A-8, giving him the best full house, and a hand beatable only by Bond's crazy straight flush. It's a plot hole to me because I couldn't understand how a supposed poker master could play so poorly. Actually, what they SHOULD have done was given LeChiffre an A-8, which is the absolute 2nd best hand a player could have during that particular hand, and LeChiffre could be 99.9999% sure he that he'll win, since only a perfect 5-7 spades by Bond would cause him to lose.
Truthfully, it was one of my least favorite cruises b/c everything was geared towards the tournament - which makes complete sense, but made it somewhat less convenient for the non-poker passengers. They had the tournament set up in the conference room (deck 2 or 3 cannot recall which it was) and there were some cash games that were held in there once the preliminary rounds dwindled down. Evening dining was kinda weird. They encouraged the tournament players to dine together but it wasn't mandatory. Dan went out in the first round which was a blessing b/c then we could enjoy ourselves. The further you advanced in the tournament the more structured your time became. We were free to do whatever we wanted after he was out of the tournament. While I was not involved in the tournament at all, I did play some cash games. One particular night we were playing [poker] in the casino and I got my one and only "natural" Royal Flush. Haven't had one since. Kind of a letdown though...only me and one other guy in the hand. I think I won a whopping $80. Royal didn't even bother to give me a T-shirt or anything ! LOL
Great summary. This was EXACTLY my experience back in 2008 on Freedom (minus the royal flush...) when my dad had won a preliminary tournament and brought me. The big upside is the cash games are way better as there are significantly more poker players on the cruise. There are multiple tables going most of the time and the open time frame is much larger, although the conference room doesn't have the best ambiance.
Yes, it wasn't really poker like you experience in the 'World Series of Poker', but there were enough buy-ins and re-buys that there was enough for the free cruise and entry fee. Second prize only got like $150 if I recall correctly.
A better option is to do something like a cruise that is designed around poker - google "card player cruises" and see the top results. a particular company specializes in getting 100-200 players together on set sailings, reserving the conference center and running cash games, tournaments, and seminars throughout the week - this is the best way to go if you are looking for real poker games while at sea.
Was very excited to see the tournament on the Allure last July. That was until I actually sat down to play. It was more akin to bingo than poker. Final prize was a cruise. Considering the money that they took in over the week it was a rip off. As mentioned earlier if your a regular poker player then you will be disappointed. If your just after a vacation gamble then you might enjoy it.
This is where it got very suspect for me. 11 people qualified for the final table during my cruise and they had all of us playing at ONE TABLE! The blinds increased every 10 minutes which made it very difficult to play real poker. By the time the button went around the table once the blinds had increased 4 times. Also - with the lack of auto-shufflers, half the blind round was spent by the dealer shuffling and dealing the cards. Luckilly I had a good seat draw and was able to play hands in the earlier blind levels.
From reading this thread, it sounds like the tourney that is played on the Dec 7 cruise will have a better structure. I'm happy about this as it will allow people to play real poker rather rely on pure luck. I hope to see/meet some of you that will also be there.
From reading this thread, it sounds like the tourney that is played on the Dec 7 cruise will have a better structure. I'm happy about this as it will allow people to play real poker rather rely on pure luck. I hope to see/meet some of you that will also be there.!
As we already know, nothing else beats the highest hand in poker royal flush. There are several other poker hands, each with varying power. Let us look closer at the different hands in the series of their strength and what they encompass.
All poker players must remember that the game is about framing strategies and loopholes to defeat the other players. Awareness of the powers and ranks of flush poker cards helps you stay on top of your game through the smart and sharp presence of mind.
Being well-versed in the hierarchy of poker hands ranking is crucial to know when and where you can beat someone. Below, we have listed down the categories of what beats what in a royal flush game.