A ploppy might be inclined to centre cut, so it wouldn’t make any difference. You or I might be inclined to front cut or back cut. So, if the shoe has been tampered with, we will either cut high cards out of play, or put them at the front of the shoe where they are coming out first, creating a negative count and being unable to take advantage.
Of course, if in shadier parts of the world, the house might be inclined to do this, a devious and insightful player expecting this ploy would be immediately able to discern if he’s cut shit or gold at the front of the shoe, and to teach the house a lesson accordingly.
That's a really nice reference and something I had forgotten was there. In the "old days," I used to reread Griffin from cover to cover every year, always discovering another hidden gem that I had missed in other readings, along the way. The irony here is that, in the same chapter, for the I18 study, I used a similar type of approach (pp. 89-90) for some of my calculations.
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