Choose your evening’s budget.
Decide what you’re comfortable spending on the fun before you sit down. Keep the trip home, dinner and tomorrow’s plans out of the chip stack. A losing streak isn’t a request to raise your limit.
A little action with Sailor Mark
Your first mistakes
can be free.
Five casino games, ready to play. Practice with imaginary chips before you pull up a chair on the ship.
Choose your game ↓My stamps & leaderboard →Pull up a chair.
Choose a table. Tap to play.
BlackjackHit, stand, double or split.Play blackjack 
Ultimate Texas Hold’emAnte, Blind and a little nerve.Play Hold’em 
Three Card PokerThree cards. Make your call.Play poker 
CrapsPick your bets. Roll the dice.Play craps 
RoulettePlace your chips. Spin the wheel.Play roulette Illustrated practice tables · Play or learn · Imaginary chips
Sailor Mark · Casino
A Little Action
with Sailor Mark.
Come for the fun. Bring a little strategy.
I want you prepared before you pull up a chair. Partly because I want you to enjoy yourself. Partly because I’d love some company that doesn’t split tens or stand on eight against a dealer’s ten.
New to the tables? You’re welcome here. We all start somewhere, and imaginary chips are a wonderful place to make your first mistakes.
We’re here to have fun, and leaving with more cash than we brought would be lovely. The cards make no promises. Let’s at least give our decisions a fighting chance.
A little preparation
Before you buy in.
Know what a unit means.
A unit is your chosen base stake. If one unit is $10, two units are $20. In the trainer, units are imaginary. At the table, doubling and splitting need additional money.
Ask before the first hand.
Check the minimum, blackjack payout and house rules. “I’m new. Can you walk me through this?” is a perfectly good opening line. Dealers can explain the game and the table procedure.
Available now · Test version
Start with blackjack.
Hit, stand, double or split. Practice a quick 10-hand round, take the 20-hand challenge, play without a limit, or revisit the decisions you missed.
Choose your simulated units before each deal. Your strategy score measures the decision, while simulated winnings and losses are tracked separately.
- Default dealer stands on soft 17.
- No surrender. Aces may be resplit, up to four hands.
- Insurance offered against a dealer ace.
- Quick Play skips the feedback pauses.
These are the trainer’s current settings, not a verified list of every ship’s table rules.
Make the right move.
Even when the cards don’t cooperate.
Watch · Then take a seat
A little practice.
A little action.
Watch my blackjack reel, then try the practice table yourself. Imaginary chips. Real decisions. Plenty of chances to say, “Let’s try that again.”
Have a friend who’s joining you at the tables? Share the reel and get a little practice in before you sail.
Watch & comment on Instagram ↗Your seat comes with a passport
Who’s making ship happen?
Collect game stamps, take the weekly rules challenge, and see how you compare with the crew. Choose a nickname to join the public leaderboard, or keep your progress private.
My stamps & weekly leaderboard →Read the felt
The little print
deserves a look.
A lower minimum doesn’t tell you everything. Check what the game pays and what you’re allowed to do.
A $10 winning natural blackjack pays $15 at 3:2 or $12 at 6:5, plus your original stake back. Same hand. Different return.
Ask the dealer:
- Does blackjack pay 3:2 or 6:5?
- Does the dealer hit or stand on soft 17?
- When can I double? After a split too?
- Can I resplit aces? How many hands?
- How many decks, and how are they shuffled?
- What do the side bets pay?
Ship-specific table photos are still to come. Mark will confirm the posted rules aboard before adding a table-by-table comparison here.
Don’t be that sailor
Good company is part of the game.
I’ll make a joke about splitting tens. I won’t make a newcomer feel unwelcome. Ask questions, learn the signals, and give people room to enjoy themselves.
Joining mid-shoe? Ask the dealer whether you can join. Let the table procedure lead.
Keep the advice invited. Ask before coaching a stranger, keep your hands off other people’s chips, and let the dealer explain the signals.
Keep the blame off the table. You’re responsible for your decisions. The person beside you isn’t responsible for your losses.
Take the break. If it stops feeling like entertainment, step away. The ship has plenty of other ways to have a good evening.
Your casino passport is open
Practice. Collect. Compare.
Earn a stamp after five completed rounds at each game, collect all five for Casino Explorer, and try the weekly ten-question challenge. Join the nickname leaderboard if you like. Imaginary chips. Permanent bragging rights.
My casino stamps & leaderboard → · Explore the stories behind the ink →