Just got off my favorite cruise line ship in sunny Florida. Short cruise, less than 7 days.

Cruising is the best getaway, no worries, meals when you want, lots to do, AND at a reasonable cost!

Also, you can play craps after a port day in the evening, and on sea days from lunch to the late hours at low limits.

As for the casino on this ship – the craps table was a dream one. 12 footer, dead bounce, nice microfiber surface. Odds 2X, no controlled dealer on top bets. Nice height.

Dealers were nice, no hassles.

Before the cruise, practiced daily for weeks, shot looked pretty good on the final practice session.

I had to really work on the pendulum swing AND the right amount of backspin for the dice to have a decent result. Thanks to all the advice from instructors and posters from this site. You really help.

First day: Table opens after dinner. I step up and introduce myself to the dealers. No one else playing!

Looks like good time to play slow and test the table and staff. After 3 rolls two other players show.

Crazy manners with these two, late buy ins, late betting etc. Quickly 7 out.

The dice come back to me. Table is almost full now.

I set the hardways, aim, and let the dice go —look great, nice numbers, little bounce back.

The "craps shooter zone out" starts, kept rolling for 40 minutes lots of great numbers many points. Filled the two racks in front of me. I did not count how many rolls when I was in the zone. Starting getting a few craps numbers and eventually 7’d out. Other players love me. How does he hit so many 8’s they ask?

I used proper GTC betting and tipping . Pressed 1 unit on each hit.

The RR’s also did very well, made some money on their rolls after the 5 count.

Dice come back to me again, three players wave the dice back to me. Let him shoot!

Had a nice 20 minute roll in spite of the arm jumble all over the other side of the table making late bets.

Lucky I am not too supersticious, bills all over the table when I am getting ready to shoot. Sometimes piles of ones and 5’s.

Made a little more profit and called it a night.

Day 2:

Table opens after dinner. First one there again.

Do the exact same routine, HOWEVER, THERE IS MORE REACTION WITH THE DICE????

Weird??? Not the same as the day before .

Since I was alone, I had plenty of time to adjust the landing angle down a little. That made the dice look somewhat better.

I stopped shooting for a few minutes as the regular players from the last session showed.

While I was waiting, the stick asked how I liked the table now????

He them proceeds to tell me they changed the felt this morning AND it was nice and tight now!!!!!!!

Has this ever happened to anyone else?

After my angle adjustment the new felt made no difference to me. Lots of 15-20 minute rolls that filled the rack.

Almost all the RR were really lucky and I made money on them as well . 2 chip refills!

I must have had some great rolls as a nice women at the end of the table kept asking me to marry her!

Day 2 summary, still $ ahead playing on the house money.

Note: One of the dealers would bend over and look at my set up about 10 inches from my hand. Never saw that before.

Day 3 to the end, some good wins but nothing like the first two days.

Played with the same 7 or 8 people the entire cruise .

Used some of my winning for BJ and Vp.

Looking forward to the March Class for a tune up.

I start out well but something changes the longer and the more sessions I play.

If anyone has any specific queastions about cruise craps PM me or use the site email.

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