James Klosty, poker room manager for Texas Station, has been picked to also manage the poker room at what will be the chain's newest facility, Aliante Station, scheduled to open November 11, 2008 (at 11:11 p.m., which is more than a little bit silly). There has been a longstanding rumor that the room would open with all electronic tables, provided by PokerTek's rival, Lightning Gaming. This was not just idle chat; it genuinely was under serious consideration.
However, James has given me permission to quote him as follows on the final decision: "Aliante will have real dealers."
He also adds, "The entire building is gorgeous and the poker room is spectacular."
Photo above shot on August 5 by the good folks at Vegas Today and Tomorrow. See here for their Aliante updates.
Friday, September 12, 2008
Electronic tables nixed for Aliante Station
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Congratulations, you've had the most solid information on this evolving topic of Aliante & e-tables I've been able to get anywhere, even more so than some folks I know who work in some different boxes on the organization chart in the company. Thanks for the quality reporting work on this.
At least one casino in Vegas hasn't lost it's mind yet.
We're installing a single 10-person table and a heads up table from Lightning at Buffalo Thunder to be used solely for sit-n-go's.
It will be interesting to see them from the other side of the table since I've only messed with them from a player's perspective...
I'm actually surprised they didn't decide to open the room 8 seconds later than they are planning on.
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