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Re:A casino card shark’s first time getting caught by hodder on Saturday May 09, 2020 @12:02PM (#23125849)
Yup. As I was reading along, I thought a) this story is complete fiction, or b) of course they were caught.

I’m no casino regular but every single one I’ve been into in my life use large 6-8 deck shoes and reshuffle as it hits about 2 decks. Counting just isn’t profitable anymore unless you are blatantly obvious about it.

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Re:A casino card shark’s first time getting caught by icelancer on Saturday May 09, 2020 @02:39PM (#23127282)
Large shoes are not unbeatable. In some conditions an 8 deck shoe is better than a 6 deck shoe. Penetration does matter though, a 25% cutoff would be pretty brutal.

>> Counting just isn’t profitable anymore unless you are blatantly obvious about it.

Game selection is a big part of it. You might be looking at large corporations. Plenty of small shops to beat.

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