Signature Poker Night
Our most-booked format: six levels of No-Limit Hold'em aboard Pacific Empress, a learn-to-play session for the newcomers and a trophy ceremony on the foredeck as the city slides past.
160
Max players
14
Tables in play
6h
At sea
18:00
Gangway up
The night that made our name
The Signature is built for mixed crowds — half your guests will never have played a hand, and by the third level they're arguing about ranges like locals. A twenty-minute coaching session opens the evening, dealers keep the rulings friendly and the structure keeps everyone in the game until deep into the night.
Dinner lands in the level-four break, the bar never closes, and the final table moves under the glass roof of the Sky Salon so the rail can watch the river decide it.
Every element, engineered
Learn-to-play
Twenty minutes with our senior dealers before the first hand — nobody sits down lost.
Gentle structure
Thirty-minute levels and deep starting stacks keep social players alive all evening.
Dinner break
A proper seated course mid-tournament — the pause the room always needs.
Foredeck finale
The trophy is handed over outside, under the navigation lights, with the city behind.
No-Limit Hold'em, six levels deep
Freezeout format with one optional rebuy in the first three levels. Twenty-minute opening levels stretch to forty by the final table — fast early, serious late.
- 20,000-chip starting stacks, 30/40-minute blinds
- One optional rebuy through level three
- Final table under the Sky Salon glass
- Prizes for the top nine — trophy for the winner
How the evening runs
Board & learn
Arrival drinks on the promenade, then the coaching session for anyone new to the felt.
Cards in the air
First hand at 19:00 sharp. Table service runs quietly through the early levels.
Dinner & the bubble
Seated course at level four, back for the bubble — the loudest hour of the night.
Final table & trophy
Sky Salon for the last nine, foredeck ceremony, docking by half past midnight.
What's in the rate
Everything below comes inside the base rate — catering tiers and extras are itemised separately in your quote.
Compare all pricing- Pacific Empress evening charter, six hours
- Up to 14 tables, dealers, chips, cards and clocks
- Tournament director and floor team
- Arrival canapés and welcome drink per guest
- Engraved trophy and final-table photography
- Security, boarding staff and cleanup
Half our leadership team had never played. By midnight they were negotiating a rematch before the ship had docked.
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