Re:How the Powerball rules were tweaked to make the game an ...
by mikey_p on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @04:09PM
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Large shoe is actually more advantageous to card counting, and mechanical shuffling doesn't make a difference (but the frequency of shuffling does).
It's perceived the smaller shoes are better since they are easier to county, but with a smaller shoes the count can't swing as far one way or another, so with a large shoes there is a high probability of getting better odds.
The main thing they do is not play through the whole shoe, i.e. they shuffle before they get all the way through. This prevents the count from being allowed to swing as far as possible.
Re:How the Powerball rules were tweaked to make the game an ...
by gozur88 on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @08:02PM
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It's not just that, though. They will also shuffle if you substantially increase your bet, or if you're a new player coming in with larger bets. So even if you get a good count you won't be able to exploit it.
Re:How the Powerball rules were tweaked to make the game an ...
by Coincoin on Thursday January 14, 2016 @12:14AM
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Interesting. Counterintuitive but it makes sense.
I think the guy who explained it to me was talking about a combination of counting, pattern recognition and other such strategies, hence my confusion.
If you count cards on a small hand shuffled shoe, even with a basic system it is relatively easy for a player to have a fraction of a percent edge. Good players can have a few percent edges.
However, most casinos nowadays use large shoes and frequently (or even constantly) machine shuffle the cards. This effectively almost completely negate card counting.