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Old May 20th, 2006, 11:06 AM
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Default Trip Report: Fort Myers BIG "M" casino boat

Last night i hit up the big M casion boat out of ft. myers FL. Im here visiting my parents. I was presently suprised with what i found. you drive nine miles out then you get 3 hours of playing time. The boarding fee is $10 and they have a live band/bar. If you get a players card you will probably get free admission on teh boat the next time you visit. Game is 6 deck (25min) 8 deck (10min). S17! DAS, Pen was dealer dependent 75-85%. No CSMS! They were using two shoes. a person would come along and reshuffle the cards that were just played through so they would be ready to go when the current shoe was done.No time was spent shuffling. Tables were about half full. DEalers dealt pretty fast too. I was only able to spread 10-100 in the eight deck game since i had only $1000 on me. At one point i was up $400 so i quit there. I tried backcounting some shoes but it was painful to backcount a 8 deck shoe. I did manage to play quite a few postive shoes. During one round everyone on the table had a BJ and the dealer had 20. I quit after that round! There was a lot of really really loud obnoxious drunks on board. Really shitty BJ players too. I heard many professors telling me how to never DD on 11 VS 10, and NEVER split 9's !! On a sidenote i split tens for the first time ever with a dealer 5 showing.
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Old May 20th, 2006, 11:37 AM
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Game is 6 deck (25min) 8 deck (10min). S17! DAS, Pen was dealer dependent 75-85%. No CSMS!
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They were using two shoes. a person would come along and reshuffle the cards that were just played through so they would be ready to go when the current shoe was done.
Would the person reshuffle the cards at the table or would they take them “in the back” somewhere and bring them back later?

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I tried backcounting some shoes but it was painful to backcount a 8 deck shoe.
I know what you mean. So they offer mid-shoe entry too, huh? That sounds like a pretty good game!

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There was a lot of really really loud obnoxious drunks on board. Really shitty BJ players too.
Was it crowded? Were there enough empty seats to Wong around?

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Old May 20th, 2006, 01:33 PM
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Would the person reshuffle the cards at the table or would they take them “in the back” somewhere and bring them back later?






Was it crowded? Were there enough empty seats to Wong around?

There was a small felt table next to 3rd base set up for the shuffling. It seemed like a pretty basic shuffle, although i was not paying much attention to it.



No it was about 50% full, you could have gotten a heads up game if desired. Yes you could wong in and out easily.
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Old May 27th, 2006, 10:53 PM
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I have been going on the big M for a couple years now since I live here locally. I am only a novice player who is practicing basic strategy. The past 8 times I have gone out on that boat I have come out ahead. Last Saturday the 20th I actually doubled my money and my brother came out $700 ahead. I play mostly for fun but even if I come out $20 ahead I feel I have stuck it to the casino.
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