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JoeU
07-06-2005, 11:27 PM
I'm 5 months away from my Cardplayer Cruise, and I was snooping around the Carnival site. I happen to come across this and thought I'd pass the link along.

http://www.oceanplayersclub.com/news/article.asp?nid=7

Finally, the cruise lines have caught on!

Joe
csuf_gambler
07-07-2005, 03:24 AM
i went to the link. theres not much info. i would be really interested. the card player cruises don't match my schedule
neotope
07-07-2005, 08:37 AM
Interesting out of the four ships Carnival ship that two of them are rather old and small compared to the rest of the ships.

I wish the Miracle had a Poker Lounge as I will be going on it in August.
Luv2DriveTT
07-07-2005, 09:03 AM
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i went to the link. theres not much info. i would be really interested. the card player cruises don't match my schedule

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Nor do they match your age group. /images/graemlins/smile.gif

just pulling your leg...

TT
JoeU
07-07-2005, 11:38 PM
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Interesting out of the four ships Carnival ship that two of them are rather old and small compared to the rest of the ships.

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Hopefully, this is just the beginning. I definitely would be interested in cruising more if they added poker rooms on all their ships.

I might make a phone call to Carnival in a few days just to get more info. If I do, I'll post the results here.

Joe
Delphin
07-08-2005, 10:41 AM
I cruised on the Grand Princess in February and they had a poker room. They had 1/2, 2/4, 3/6, 4/8 and tournaments.
tylerdurden
07-08-2005, 11:20 AM
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I cruised on the Grand Princess in February and they had a poker room. They had 1/2, 2/4, 3/6, 4/8 and tournaments.

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How brutal was the rake?
joshman1204
07-08-2005, 11:46 AM
I was just wondering the same thing. Judging by the price of alcohol and the awful rules at every game in the casino I would assume it would be something like %10 with a max of anywhere from $6-$8.
Delphin
07-10-2005, 02:21 AM
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I cruised on the Grand Princess in February and they had a poker room. They had 1/2, 2/4, 3/6, 4/8 and tournaments.

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How brutal was the rake?

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Wasn't too bad. 10% max $4.
csuf_gambler
07-10-2005, 05:22 AM
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I cruised on the Grand Princess in February and they had a poker room. They had 1/2, 2/4, 3/6, 4/8 and tournaments.

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did the tables have shufflers? how were the cash games? do they run 24 hours(are there players there constantly)?
neotope
07-10-2005, 10:38 AM
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did the tables have shufflers? how were the cash games? do they run 24 hours(are there players there constantly)?

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I've never been on a cruise ship with poker but I imagine they would keep the same hours that the casino does. The casino can only be open when the ship is in international water.
MicroBob
07-10-2005, 08:26 PM
Your best bet is to go on one of the specified Card-player cruises (and there's another company that does poker-cruises I think).

Unless you want to play 3/6 with slow dealers who don't know poker.
The Card-player dealers are pretty good...and obviously you're on a cruise with other poker players so there will be more games.

Don't be deceived by the fact that it's a poker-cruise though...I suspect the play is just as fishy as anywhere else even if it's not the PPM cruise-full-o-online-qualifiers.