Milestones and bucks nights

Private Celebration Poker

Fiftieth birthdays, bucks parties, anniversaries and reunions built around a private table that belongs to your group alone. Your dealer, your playlist, your rules.

From A$4,800 per group Up to 20 guests, evening charter
The experience

A party with a table at the centre

Private celebrations book the salon deck for your group alone. A dedicated dealer runs whatever your crowd enjoys, from a serious Hold'em freezeout to dealer's-choice nonsense where the birthday boy makes up the rules.

The format flexes to the guest list. Bucks parties run loud with a custom cocktail list and a roast-the-groom tournament. Fiftieths run slower with a seated dinner and a memorial trophy. Reunions get a rolling casual game that lasts all evening.

20
Guest cap
4h
Private deck
1
Dedicated dealer
Private Celebration Poker
What you get

Your group, your game

Private deck

The salon deck closes to other guests for your booking. Bar, sound system and outdoor terrace are yours.

House rules welcome

Dealer's-choice formats, custom trophies, roast rounds between levels. We have heard everything and judge nothing.

Food and drink package

Grazing boards, a staffed bar and a late-night toast service. Menus adjust for the occasion, from cocktail to seated dinner.

Guest wrangling

Our host manages boarding, seating and the schedule so the organiser actually plays instead of running the night.

Photo coverage

A photographer covers the room for two hours and delivers a shared gallery. The good ones make the group chat.

Trophy and keepsakes

Engraved trophy for the winner and a personalised chip set for the guest of honour to keep.

Included in the fare

Everything arranged before you step aboard

  • Exclusive salon deck for four hours including terrace
  • Dedicated dealer and host for the evening
  • Grazing boards and staffed bar package
  • Custom tournament format and engraved trophy
  • Two hours of photography with shared gallery
  • Personalised chip set for the guest of honour
Celebration formats play for fun money and prizes, so everyone at the table relaxes including the person who always loses.
How it works

From first call to final hand

01

Tell us the occasion

Birthday, bucks, reunion or divorce party. We have formats for all of them and none of them are the same.

02

Shape the night

Set the headcount, the game style, the menu and how rowdy the trophy presentation should be.

03

Board and play

Your group boards to a set table and an open bar. The dealer reads the room and paces the night.

04

Crown the winner

The final hand is played for the trophy. Toasts happen on the terrace as the city lights come up.

Best bucks night any of us have been to, and half the group had never played a hand. The groom still brings up the hand where he knocked out his best man.

Tom Vella
Best man, October booking
A typical evening

How the night unfolds on board

Every sailing is choreographed around the tables. Times shift slightly with the season and the vessel, but the rhythm below is the one our guests know well.

18:00: private boarding

Your group boards through the side gate to a set salon. First pour happens on the terrace.

18:45: cards up

The dealer opens with a quick rules refresher for anyone rusty, then the tournament runs to your format.

20:30: dinner break

Grazing boards land, the dealer holds the deck, and the speeches happen if your group does speeches.

22:00: trophy hand

Final table plays out for the engraved trophy, then the night moves to the terrace to finish.

Formats

Three ways to play a private celebration

Entry

Table reservation

A dedicated table inside a scheduled sailing for up to ten players, with drinks package.

A$1,900
Popular Signature

Private salon evening

The full salon deck for up to twenty guests with dealer, bar and grazing boards.

A$4,800
Premium

Overnight celebration

Salon deck plus cabins for the core group, late checkout and breakfast on the water.

From A$8,200
Private Celebration Poker atmosphere
Private Celebration Poker tables
Private Celebration Poker deck
Questions

About a private celebration

Yes, that is most groups. The dealer teaches as the night runs and the fun money format removes any pressure about losing.
Twenty on the salon deck. Bigger celebrations move to the themed casino format which handles up to 120.
Yes, and groups do. Anything legal and not a fire hazard boards with you. Our team helps stage the presentation.
That is the most common booking we get. Private deck means the noise stays yours. We set the line at dangerous, not at loud.
Four to six weeks is comfortable for Saturdays. Weeknights are often free inside a fortnight.
Limited seats per sailing

Give the occasion a table of its own

Tell us the date, the headcount and the occasion. We will send a format and a quote within one business day.