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NCL Getaway video poker and blackjack rules

We are planning a cruise on the NCL Getaway. While bad games on a cruise ship is the general rule, how bad are the rules? Any 99% VP? Is Blackjack a reasonable alternative? Are Blackjacks 3/2?

Just got off the Getaway. The VP is abysmal 94-96% and no progressives.
Black Jack is 3-2, $15 minimum, auto shuffle machines with 8 decks. Texas holdem $2-$5 no limit. I did not play, too many other fun things to do. The casino was packed every night-go figure. Saving my bankroll for Vegas!

Cruise ship video poker sounds horrible. I guess BJ is the way to go.

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On Monday, July 14, 2014 8:50 PM, “7711-jimma…@…net [vpFREE]” <vpF…@…com> wrote:

Just got off the Getaway. The VP is abysmal 94-96% and no progressives.
Black Jack is 3-2, $15 minimum, auto shuffle machines with 8 decks. Texas holdem $2-$5 no limit. I did not play, too many other fun things to do. The casino was packed every night-go figure. Saving my bankroll for Vegas!

Auto shuffle or continuous shuffle?

Cruise ship video poker sounds horrible. I guess BJ is the way to go.

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On Wednesday, July 16, 2014 2:53 PM, “Joseph Annechino floridagamb…@…com [vpFREE]” <vpF…@…com> wrote:

On Monday, July 14, 2014 8:50 PM, “7711-jimma…@…net [vpFREE]” <vpF…@…com> wrote:

Just got off the Getaway. The VP is abysmal 94-96% and no progressives.
Black Jack is 3-2, $15 minimum, auto shuffle machines with 8 decks. Texas holdem $2-$5 no limit. I did not play, too many other fun things to do. The casino was packed every night-go figure. Saving my bankroll for Vegas!

Continuous shuffle is beatable because of the buffer.

Please explain what “buffer” means. I always thought that continuous shuffle only affected card counters.

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On Thursday, July 17, 2014 2:35 PM, “nightoftheiguana2…@…com [vpFREE]” <vpF…@…com> wrote:

Continuous shuffle is beatable because of the buffer.

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I just got off the Celebrity Summit. VP was bad but BJ is 8 deck hand shuffled $10 minimum and dealer hits soft 17. BJ pays 3 to 2 except on the single deck game.

The csm article indicates that tracking a mere 16 cards out of an 8 deck shoe (416 cards) is effective. How can that be? It is less than 4% of the cards.

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On Sunday, July 20, 2014 4:03 PM, “hohoho…@…com [vpFREE]” <vpF…@…com> wrote:

I just got off the Celebrity Summit. VP was bad but BJ is 8 deck hand shuffled $10 minimum and dealer hits soft 17. BJ pays 3 to 2 except on the single deck game.