> She told me she was at the Flamingo
> checking out the MindPlay tables and saw the
> dealers burning 6 cards at the start of a
> new shoe.

at the Longhorn on Boulder. They'll pull out the top card, look at the value, and then burn that number of cards. As you can imagine, they were burning ten cards most of the time. I haven't been back there in two years so maybe they still do it.

The shoe game at the San Remo (soon to be Hooters Casino) used to burn 6 cards off the top. They would often make up for it with a somewhat deeper cut so it didn't really matter, unlike the Longhorn.

And last, but certainly not least, is the famous Fitzgerald's DD game where they burn a quarted-deck before the first deal. Sure, they stick the cut card at 70% but then they burn the top quarter-deck. You're still left with a mediocre game, but you wouldn't notice unless you saw the burn.

Still, that mindplay move sounds a little suspicious. I think it?s best to avoid it altogether.

-Sonny-