Mike Sexton

You can count Mike Sexton, the "Ambassador of Poker" himself, among those who feel the Exaclibur's move to an all-electronic poker room last week is a trend that is here to stay.

"I think it's the wave of the future, at least as far as low-stakes games are concerned," Sexton told Casino City on Wednesday. "It just makes so much sense for the casinos and I think once the players get used to it, this is something that could be seen in poker rooms up and down the Strip."

When students from Ohio State graduate, they usually go into a career that is within their selected major, but one Buckeye took a different road.

Mike Sexton, who attended The Ohio State University in the 1960s on a scholarship for the school's gymnastics team, is now a professional poker player and commentator years after leaving the campus.

"I've been fortunate both as a player and since I transcended over to the business side of poker now as a TV commentator on the World Poker Tour," Sexton said. "Life has been good for this Buckeye."

Sexton said he began playing cards at age 13 and continued to play a lot of cards while at Ohio State during his free time.