Black Jack in the casino

[Slyfox16]

What kind of BJ games does Princess offer and do they use a continuous shuffle machine or a machine that shuffles 8 decks at a time?

[Mike45LC]

Our last cruise pre-Covid, on the Royal Princess:

 

One table was $25 minimum 3-2 BJ, Dealer must hit soft 17.  I believe it was hand-shuffled, but my notes do not show how it was shuffled or how many decks of cards.  Sorry for my poor note taking.

 

Two tables of 6-5 BJ, with a $6 minimum, Continuous Shuffle.  There was some stupid side bet to take that extra $1 bet, or you could play $6 and get paid only $7 for a blackjack, further reducing the pay from 6-5 to 7-6.  Or you could play some multiple of $5 to preserve the 6-5 payout.

 

One more table of BJ, this one a $15 table, 3-2 payout, Continuous Shuffle.  

 

There were two electronic BJ games, but I did not pay any attention to these.  

 

[coopco]

22 hours ago, Slyfox16 said:

What kind of BJ games does Princess offer and do they use a continuous shuffle machine or a machine that shuffles 8 decks at a time?

I don't gamble on the ship but my husband does. He says continuous shuffle. He can't remember the minimum but thinks it's $5, possibly $10 but he thinks $5. Can you tell it's been a long time since we've been on a cruise ship but we have 7 booked for the next year and 1/2.

[AZ Ocean Lover]

On the Majestic there wasn’t a bj table less than $10 min.