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    Quote Originally Posted by Freightman View Post
    So, did u bust on the 3 cards?
    Player - I busted when dealer, dealing seconds, accidentally gave me 3. Can I keep the best 2 out if 3?

    I have to find out the ruling on that one, which initially assume as a total burn. At that point, I would have verbally said something about not trusting this game and walking off. Depending in venue, and if behind, I may well have said more.
    No, they were three small cards and dealer had BJ.

    I requested it be a misdeal, but the dealer told me it wasn't while scooping up my cards and bet. I decided to not push it with the pit because it was the pit boss who often reminds me to not ask for free things. I just left.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fenix View Post
    No, they were three small cards and dealer had BJ.

    I requested it be a misdeal, but the dealer told me it wasn't while scooping up my cards and bet. I decided to not push it with the pit because it was the pit boss who often reminds me to not ask for free things. I just left.

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    That is do absolutely outrageous, you could never be accused by the critter if anything.

    ALSO, for everyone - dealer is not entitled to make any rulings. Fuck him. This is a call for the pit to make. If anybody screws you, let the pit do it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Three View Post
    I don't think they can back up the cards. LoL
    They sure as hell can burn the hand though.

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    No-one mentioned the player cut.
    Are you assuming that by sleight-of-hand he nullified the player cut ?

    Everything is possible, but the common use of two cut cards makes it more difficult for them.... plus the bottom cut card stops them dealing bottoms. IIRC Basic Blackjack has a fairly good section on cheating in pitch games.

    I have walked away once from from a suspicious SD dealer. Fit all the stereotypes, kept getting the right cards. I had a shoe swapped on me for a short shoe in the Caribbean while playing OU13, that's the only time I know for sure I was cheated.

    What worries me about cheating is that if they are any good, you won't know it (unlike the story below about a moron who felt he had to take pride in his work and display it). And as APs we're used to saying "hey, it's a great game - plus I'm losing - great cover - I'll keep playing"....



    Quote Originally Posted by moses View Post
    It's very rare. But there are still are few around. One dealer kept enticing me to bet more. I didn't simply because he was telling me I should. He just has that look of someone that's been around. As he got ready to shuffle, i ask him where the 10s were. For whatever reason, he flipped over and spread out the remaing cards. The 10s/Aces were all at the bottom. He'd just replaced the other dealer. It was about 10 minutes before a shift change which was an odd time to change. I just had a funny feeling a friendly game just turned unfriendly. So I stopped playing and waited for the beer I'd ordered.

    Another gent sat down and was playing blacks. I watched him absolutely get his ass handed to him. Dealer would entice him to bet large. The guy did and lost. I'd say he was down $4500 in 10 minutes.

    The waitress brought my drink and I was intrigued enough to watch another deck. Samething happens again. The players asks me to jump in. I said, "naw the Aces and 10s are all at the bottom." Dealer shuffled immediately and glared at me. I smiled and walked away.

    There were a couple of other instances but not as obvious. But odds are probably 1 in 1000.

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    I would have stopped and walked away also. The dealer should have brought the pit over, stated there was a misdeal and throw away the hand. You're not allowed to back up the cards as Tthree mentioned.

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    Quote Originally Posted by moses View Post
    " ... preferential shuffles are a dime a dozen nowadays."
    A repeated absurdity.
    Outside of Reno/Tahoe
    have you ever actually
    witnessed same?

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    Quote Originally Posted by ZenMaster_Flash View Post
    A repeated absurdity.
    Outside of Reno/Tahoe
    have you ever actually
    witnessed same?
    Zen this is happening at the Indian casinos i play, just last night 11 cards left before cutoff, monster count, placing my bet... nope early shuffle.

    then i wait for another good deck... boss sends new dealer over for dealer change wont complete the 2 remaining hands in the DD shoe.

    Another place has dealer changes on 20min rotation, i started stopwatch timing and when count is good they show up early and interrupt the shoe.

    The preferential shuffling also depends on the dealer, the same ones who give you bad penetration tend to do it.

    In the case of the early rotation, most dealers probably don't know why, one was telling me management sends out memos stressing that when they rotate to a table they interrupt the shoe immediately and do not allow another hand to be dealt as the policy. Why would this be policy? when casino know even ploppies hate their cards being interrupted and theoretically it cost the casino more money to interrupt a shoe. In SOME of these cases they have the deck count and house wants an early shuffle.

    Ive recently made friends with a counting dealer on the side, at one of these sweat joints, im treading carefully and will see what he has to say about their procedures.
    Last edited by hypercube; 08-15-2017 at 07:24 AM.

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    Hypercube,

    My (quasi) error.

    I actually do not consider Native American Enterprises
    casinos when I am talking about casinos.
    I am NOT justifying that. It is NOT intentional.
    Reservation casinos are on sovereign land. Enuf' said.

    My response to your post is two-fold.

    A. Why would you play there? Masochism? Using counterfeit cash?
    B. Why are you not revealing the name of this criminal enterprise?

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    Quote Originally Posted by ZenMaster_Flash View Post
    Hypercube,

    My (quasi) error.

    I actually do not consider Native American Enterprises
    casinos when I am talking about casinos.
    I am NOT justifying that. It is NOT intentional.
    Reservation casinos are on sovereign land. Enuf' said.

    My response to your post is two-fold.

    A. Why would you play there? Masochism? Using counterfeit cash?


    B. Why are you not revealing the name of this criminal enterprise?

    A:
    I am in OK working for a company away from family 50% and it is my only option. The other 50% of my time I am in another state with no gambling and there is nothing close by. I work a normal professional salary job and have family responsibilities which does not leave time for taking road trips for good games. My normal work day, i work 8-5, then drive an hour to a Indian casino, rotating the casino depending on day of week, play 2-4 hours, drive home. I do this everyday, then after 2 weeks I go home to work from home in another state and spend time with family.

    B:
    Whats the point, name any of the tribes, I've witnessed it happening at creek, osage, and cherokee.

    Despite bad rules, I am still showing consistent profitability. As a new player I am above EV with low variance, I am a bit concerned that I have yet to experience negative variance beyond one session, ill post a new thread about it.

    When it happened last night the other player from england commented this never happens anywhere in europe where they would allow a dealer change in the middle of a DD shoe. Every Indian casino in OK I've played the new dealer will not wait and will interrupt the shoe.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hypercube View Post


    When it happened last night the other player from england commented this never happens anywhere in europe where they would allow a dealer change in the middle of a DD shoe. Every Indian casino in OK I've played the new dealer will not wait and will interrupt the shoe.

    This happens everywhere I play except a store where DD is dealt face up out of shoe; the new dealer burns a card just like a 6 or 8 deck shoe. Hate it when count is high, love it when count is negative. Guess it evens out. Sometimes you can convince dealer to deal one more round when their relief arrives.

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    Thread seems a bit 3ish around here.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Three View Post
    Why would you have stayed after that?
    Waiting for pit to don a sandwich board that says "Hey counting dude, time to call it a day"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Three View Post
    Why would you have stayed after that? The casino basically said we know what you are doing and you have been here too long. If you don't take the not so subtle hint they can do a lot worse to you. If you take the hint and show you will play nice they may tolerate you for a long time. This is because if you play nice, you are only as big of a threat as they allow you to be. Most casinos can live with that.
    You are wrongly assuming this is being done specifically for me, instead of standard operating procedure, counters just happen to be the only ones who notice it being done. I do play nice and dont burn my stores.

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