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- Feb 13, 2015 Good luck to you. Casinos are usually a very small part of a cruise ship's profits and the ship has no incentive to make better rules. After all, where else you going to gamble. In Las Vegas you can walk next door for a different casino. On a ship, you have one and only one choice. They have little incentive to offer great deals.
- Are there high stakes tables in a cruise ship casino? Very few cruise ships offer truly high stakes gambling. On some ships, like select Royal Caribbean ships, if enough high rollers want to play a high stakes game, the pit boss may arrange a game. But for the most part, tables are limited. Are there poker, blackjack or slot tournaments in the casino? Most cruise ships with a casino will offer tournaments of some kind.
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WBGamble
I'm not the most technologically inclined and couldn't even find the darn search function. Anyways, I will be cruising in the not so distant future, and wondered if anyone had updates on the conditions for at least the major cruise lines. I wonder if they have the same conditions ship-ship within the same company. I'll start with my past experience.
Carnival Splendor
Continuous Shuffle-H17-DAS-No surrender- No RSA- BJ paid 3-2 Minimum was $6. There was quite a bit more action then I was expecting, several players were playing blacks every night for multiple hours.
Carnival Splendor
Continuous Shuffle-H17-DAS-No surrender- No RSA- BJ paid 3-2 Minimum was $6. There was quite a bit more action then I was expecting, several players were playing blacks every night for multiple hours.
FleaStiff
Good luck to you. Casinos are usually a very small part of a cruise ship's profits and the ship has no incentive to make better rules. After all, where else you going to gamble. In Las Vegas you can walk next door for a different casino. On a ship, you have one and only one choice. They have little incentive to offer great deals.
sodawater
I can confirm that Norwegian's 'Breakaway' mega-ship does not offer pai gow tiles :(
beachbumbabs
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I can confirm that Norwegian's 'Breakaway' mega-ship does not offer pai gow tiles :(
Yeah, I've talked to NCL about not having any Fortune PGP, though they do offer the base game; they don't want the exposure for the high-odds payoffs. They also find that, although they've worked hard to offer better, 'more Vegas-like' games than the other cruise lines, they don't try to offer games that only serious gamblers want to play. So tiles don't have enough casual gambler appeal for them to go to the effort of training their dealers and offering it.
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I do think NCL is offering the best casino opportunities overall, and would recommend them over Carnival's offerings. However, I can't give you specifics about their BJ offerings. They do hold daily (sometimes twice daily) BJ tournaments that are fun. Those may not reflect what their table rules are, but for them it was 6 deck S17 3:2 DAS D10-11 RSA LS .If the House lost every hand, they wouldn't deal the game.
Romes
I would also be interested if we could compose a sort of 'by company' breakdown of anything recent. I'm probably going on a cruise in a few months (looking in to booking soon) so any cruise with a BJ game out of a shoe would be quite nice =).
100xOdds
What's the craps like on the Breakaway?Craps is paradise (Pair of dice). Lets hear it for the SpeedCount Mathletes :)
RaleighCraps
What's the craps like on the Breakaway?
I was on the Getaway (newest Breakaway class) last March, and the craps was 3-4-5x odds. I would expect Breakaway has the same game.
Here is the trip report
http://wizardofvegas.com/forum/off-topic/other-casinos/17520-craps-on-the-ncl-getaway-cruise/#post342472
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I recall taking a cruise on Princess Cruises- The Norwegian and they dealt their Blackjack out of a shoe. Had one table open during the day with usually only one person playing. I couldn't tell you about the rules or penetration. I wasn't into Blackjack at that time.Wanda Wilcox: “I can’t stand people. I hate them.” Chinaski: “Oh, yeah?” Wanda: “You hate them?” Chinaski: “No, but I seem to feel better when they’re not around.” Barfly, starring Mickey Rourke
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If I operated a casino on a cruise I'd offer great rules, but we wouldn't be playing with a full deck.
JohnnyQ
Anyways, I will be cruising in the not so distant future, and wondered if anyone had updates on the conditions for at least the major cruise lines.
See this post with some info on Norwegian Cruise Lines:
http://wizardofvegas.com/forum/off-topic/other-casinos/15785-worst-slot-club/
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I think the best game they had was probably Blackjack, but I don't remember their specific rules.Vegas Casino Blackjack Rules
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Hi all. Recently went on a 7 day cruise and wanted to give a data dump on what I experienced as a way of introducing myself.
My wife and I played all but the last night. There were about 6 blackjack tables - 2 were single deck (paying 6-5) and the rest were 8 decks (paying 3-2). They were all 'dealer hit on soft 17.' The limits were pretty small. They had a $3 table most of the time and a $6 table. They would also open a $10 table as things got busy. There were two tables that would have a $25 min with a $300 max that would be available but usually not being used. The max limits seemed moe a suggestion than a hard and fast rule in that there were times I bet $250 each on two different hands and split with no raised eyebrows.
I found most nights I could go head-to-head on the $25 table and never have any company. I think two or three times I played with one or two other people.
The penetration was about 75% (6 decks out of 8). Though 2 sessions I hit dealers that cut to 7 decks!
Overall, it was a very positive experience with no heat even though we walked away with over $1,500 for the week.
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A little about myself. My wife and I saw the movie '21' when it came out and it sounded interesting. I am a member of Mensa and my wife was looking for a Christmas gift for me on the Mensa web site. She found 'Mensa Guide to Blackjack.' I read it, memorized the tables, learned the hi-lo system and headed for the casinos on New Years Day. We are pretty close to one of the main gambling sites. We spent most of Jan at the $10 tables with groups of people.
Then I bought and read 'Blackbelt in Blackjack' and 'Burning the Tables in Las Vegas.' I am now at the chunky green tables and trying to play mostly head-to-head. Our bankroll is doing pretty good (slowly growing) and we get a chance to go to the tables about 2 or 3 times a month.
Thanks for a great web site. I look on here every chance I get to see if there is something new to learn.
My wife and I played all but the last night. There were about 6 blackjack tables - 2 were single deck (paying 6-5) and the rest were 8 decks (paying 3-2). They were all 'dealer hit on soft 17.' The limits were pretty small. They had a $3 table most of the time and a $6 table. They would also open a $10 table as things got busy. There were two tables that would have a $25 min with a $300 max that would be available but usually not being used. The max limits seemed moe a suggestion than a hard and fast rule in that there were times I bet $250 each on two different hands and split with no raised eyebrows.
I found most nights I could go head-to-head on the $25 table and never have any company. I think two or three times I played with one or two other people.
The penetration was about 75% (6 decks out of 8). Though 2 sessions I hit dealers that cut to 7 decks!
Overall, it was a very positive experience with no heat even though we walked away with over $1,500 for the week.
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A little about myself. My wife and I saw the movie '21' when it came out and it sounded interesting. I am a member of Mensa and my wife was looking for a Christmas gift for me on the Mensa web site. She found 'Mensa Guide to Blackjack.' I read it, memorized the tables, learned the hi-lo system and headed for the casinos on New Years Day. We are pretty close to one of the main gambling sites. We spent most of Jan at the $10 tables with groups of people.
Then I bought and read 'Blackbelt in Blackjack' and 'Burning the Tables in Las Vegas.' I am now at the chunky green tables and trying to play mostly head-to-head. Our bankroll is doing pretty good (slowly growing) and we get a chance to go to the tables about 2 or 3 times a month.
Thanks for a great web site. I look on here every chance I get to see if there is something new to learn.
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