Best VP I've Ever Played

Quote: pew

International waters. 48 card deck?

Certainly possible, and I had TERRIBLE luck on the game, losing $500 very quickly, but I believe the game was fair. They were using IGT machines, and the cruise line (Crystal) is pretty high end, I don't believe they make much on the casino compared to cruise fares. Also I saw someone hit 4 Aces, and multiple people including my brother snapped the bonus quads meter while I was there.

Quote: JB

You should make sure the meters reset at the doubled amounts first:

50¢ denom: Four Aces should reset to $400 (not $200); Four 2s,3s,4s should reset to $200 (not $100)
$1 denom: Four Aces should reset to $800 (not $400); Four 2s,3s,4s should reset to $400 (not $200)
$2 denom: Four Aces should reset to $1600 (not $800); Four 2s,3s,4s should reset to $800 (not $400)

I would double-check these reset values for sure to see which denominations have the error; it might only be quarters that have the error.

Yes, I was asking for academic reasons, the cruise is over and I couldn't afford to play at that level anyway. I am 100% sure that the pay schedule was the same for all levels. It did not appear to be a mistake. On the last day I even commented to the pit critter who I had become friendly with that the VP paytable was very generous for a cruise and he agreed, so it may have been set that way intentionally.

I don't think that they are trying to maximize income from the casino, craps was 3x4x5x odds, BJ was $5 and 3:2 (and I think S17 but I could be wrong), etc.

Maybe that Dancer guy will make up a column on it!

Quote: bigfoot66

On the last day I even commented to the pit critter who I had become friendly with that the VP paytable was very generous for a cruise and he agreed, so it may have been set that way intentionally.

I don't think that they are trying to maximize income from the casino, craps was 3x4x5x odds, BJ was $5 and 3:2 (and I think S17 but I could be wrong), etc.

Regular 6/5 Bonus is generous on a cruise ship too, so he might think that's what they're offering. I would be shocked if it was actually intentional. Were any of the other VP games good?

Which boat? (PM if desired).

Quote: RS

Just remove all the A's. No way to hit four aces and no way to hit a royal. Although, players might start to get suspicious if they haven't seen an Ace is several hours of play...

I think you overestimate the astuteness/attentiveness of some people-- my favorite was when I was watching VP while waiting for somebody and they were playing JoB style on a DW game. Throwing out the deuces. Like an idiot, I tried to be helpful and point that out to get yelled at for my trouble.

Those who believe all cruise ships have bad pay tables on VP machines are wrong.
Yes, most of the VPs are pretty bad.
A few years ago, I went on a cruise and was surprised to find out they had FPDW at $1/$2 level.
I played at $2 level hit four deuces twice. No tax, no W-2G, so sweet!
It's even better than Las Vegas!

Nice find! Score one for the good guys. You know if you played the $2 denomination you would have came up ;) The Carnival Miracle had nothing like this.

Thanks! Unfortunately I totally bricked and won't be going on another cruise with them for a while, but it was a good find.