Re: Cruise ship poker?
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Hi all. I'm new to posting but have been lurking for a while now.
I'm going on a cruise later this month, but the ship's casino doesn't offer poker (my wife, bless her, got all excited for me after she booked the trip: "I asked, and they offer poker! It's called 'Caribbean Stud' or something like that."). I was thinking about taking some chips and seeing if anyone wanted to play some small-stakes NL tourneys.
Anybody seen this done or know if it is kosher?
-- Mike
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I was on a cruise to nowehere out of NY some years ago, and I recall an impromptu 7-stud game going in some room off the casino proper.
I doubt it would be sanctioned by the boat, but as I recall almost every ship has a "Card Room" for bridge, etc. No need to bring your own chips, just buy from the cage (better security that way). After the blue-haired ladies retire for the evening, you find an off-duty dealer and ask if he wants to make some $$$ dealing poker; cruise employees are noting if not responsive to an opportunity to earn a tip. You comandeer a table in the "Card Room" (that's what its there for: cards, right?) and play away. You might not even have to supply your own cards. Talk to management, they may be eager to please; once outside territorial waters anything goes. By the same token, know you won't have a floorman to settle any disputes. OTOH, skip the center-dealer if that proves difficult.
The only other thing I know about this is that the on the CardPlayer cruises, they say you have to be registered with them (and buy your cabin through them) to play in their room, which is also separate from the ship's casino. That may be driven as much by CP to protect their comission on cabin sales to poker players as anything else (i.e., you can't get on the boat from some discounter then play anyway).
Good luck, and have a good cruise in either case!
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