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ihate17
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100% penetration shoe!
Just a few days back I was at this table with a know it all type dealer and a high roller that followed all of this dealers advice on things like, how many hands to play, how much to bet and when to hit or stay. A couple of things were obvious to me quickly: The dealer did not count and had his own personal strategy. Basically it is a gimmick. If the high rolling fool happens to win, he tokes the dealer big and will come backi, if he loses then the dealer just moves on to find his next fish.
Thing is, this guy deals fast and I like that.
So he is so busy explaining things to his sucker that he burns a card without ever having placed the cut card in the stack. Both red cards are at the end of the shoe and we start playing.
Unfortunately, after the first several rounds the count has tanked so deeply that the chance of every getting a fairly positive shoe, even with 100% (or nearly) penetration, is so slight that I wong out. Of course some advantage might be gained if he does not realize his mistake till right at the end just by knowing how many little/big cards are left, but with a big early minus, I passed on playing.
Might have been fun.
ihate17
Just a few days back I was at this table with a know it all type dealer and a high roller that followed all of this dealers advice on things like, how many hands to play, how much to bet and when to hit or stay. A couple of things were obvious to me quickly: The dealer did not count and had his own personal strategy. Basically it is a gimmick. If the high rolling fool happens to win, he tokes the dealer big and will come backi, if he loses then the dealer just moves on to find his next fish.
Thing is, this guy deals fast and I like that.
So he is so busy explaining things to his sucker that he burns a card without ever having placed the cut card in the stack. Both red cards are at the end of the shoe and we start playing.
Unfortunately, after the first several rounds the count has tanked so deeply that the chance of every getting a fairly positive shoe, even with 100% (or nearly) penetration, is so slight that I wong out. Of course some advantage might be gained if he does not realize his mistake till right at the end just by knowing how many little/big cards are left, but with a big early minus, I passed on playing.
Might have been fun.
ihate17
jetace
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Dealer error can be a blast. I had one dealer who would flash the very edge of the whole card when she pulled it out of the shoe (seen from first base). I could barely tell when it was paint every once in awhile.
I took a lot of insurance bets that day, and was yelled at after hitting on an 18, but I knew the dealer had a 20.
Haven't ever seen her at that casino again. I hope my crazy play wasn't what gave her away and got her fired.
I took a lot of insurance bets that day, and was yelled at after hitting on an 18, but I knew the dealer had a 20.
Haven't ever seen her at that casino again. I hope my crazy play wasn't what gave her away and got her fired.
I'd agree with Ken on this one. As much as you know that you're going to lose with an 18 against a 20, how many ploppies do this? This answer is almost none!
When you hit an 18 (even a soft 18), you show that you either know more about the game than you should or you know more about the dealer's hole card than you should. Either is a dead give-away.
RJT.
When you hit an 18 (even a soft 18), you show that you either know more about the game than you should or you know more about the dealer's hole card than you should. Either is a dead give-away.
RJT.
