This sort of cheating was reported to me from a fellow counter: The dimensions of the cards were modified! Specifically, the width of low cards and aces was larger than the width of the tens and middle cards. That way, the dealer during the shuffle, by taking smoothly cards from the middle of the packs he was shuffling he grouped the cards in two categories aces-low and tens-middle. The final riffle which was normal, clumped the shoe into four parts (1.5 deck each) two of which was aces-low and the other two was tens-middle. If you played the aces-low packets you doubled down and you always got a small card while dealer?s low cards almost never busted. If you played the tens-middle packets the table was full with 20?s and pat hands, no blackjacks, no doubles. The guy figured it out relatively fast and left with a dramatic, thought teaching, experience.

With this incident in mind the fellow counter visited another casino in which he had a strange feeling as he was watching the cards falling down on the table. It looked like the tens followed tens but he didn?t notice any of the procedures he encountered in the previous casino. Anyway, he stopped betting, made some statistical observations and started asking fellow counter and capable cards cheaters. One of the card cheaters he asked, told him about cards with magnetic fibers.

So, my question is: Has anyone of you heard about cards with magnetic fibers or is this a myth of a ?know-all? card cheater?

When I first heard about these magnetic fibers I laughed. But after reconsidering, I believe it is not difficult for someone to create such cards. Even if someone could put in the cards dust of iron, these cards would tend to stick with each other during the riffle.

If any of you have heard that this kind of cards really exist, I would really appreciate it.

Thanks,
Hermit