On the last day, I got that table to myself and made up for the rest of the loss and then some. I nickel and dimed it back by playing a little every day as long as I could avoid the bad players.

On my first night of playing, I had a table full of idiots and I lost a considerable amount of money. So concede to the fact that it will happen unless you're lucky enough like I was one day to find a dead table where you can play head to head for a while. You can't yell at these people or tell them how stupid they are, or you'll get kicked out. There were a few who would ask questions and take advice, but most did whatever they felt like, showing no concern for their money or anyone else's on the table. I played nearly every day of the cruise and besides myself, I found one other person who knew how to play basic strategy. Realize that you will be playing with people who have never played before, some of whom don't even know the object of the game. Not worth playing.Īs far as the bad play is concerned, brace yourself before you get on the ship. Off the top of my head, I figured they were giving themselves about a 2% advantage over the player. No resplitting aces, no double downs except on 10 and 11 and no DD after splits. I was interested in the new single deck table I had read about on these boards prior to the cruise, so I picked up the rather large sign containing the rules for the table, read them, put the sign back down and walked away.

The mins went down when the casino was least crowded, such as during the day - supply and demand. There was always one $5 table, but most tables were $10. Split up to three times (four hands), including aces On the shoe games, the following rules were in effect:ĭouble down on any two cards, including after splits All tables were 8 deck shoes except one single deck game.

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