Machine vs Hand Shuffle

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is that sometimes you get careless dealers who riff them high so you can see the bottoms as they fall into place. i just watch for a clump of big or small cards and cut accordingly.

I have found dealers that don't protect the shuffle at all. You can see the paint go by as they shuffle. If the shuffle looked like a lot of paint you knew that section was very face card rich. The face card poor parts you wouldn't notice hardly any paint. You needed multiple face cards going by in short order to even see paint. It was hard to quantify but I would cut them to the top or note where they ended up if someone else cut. Then you bet big into the clump or clumps. One time I had to take a break when the huge clump of face cards wound up behind the cut card. I was told I missed the shoe from h*ll.

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I have found dealers that don't protect the shuffle at all. You can see the paint go by as they shuffle.

I wish I found a BJ dealer that didn't protect the shuffle very well but then again considering my skill level I don't think I would be able to properly exploit such an opportunity in BJ. Poker is a different story, I will destroy many players in the field if the deck is not getting properly protected in that game. Funny that this thread came up because I was actually working on the mechanics of the poker deal/BJ deal last night. I'm close to perfecting it to where no one gets the luxury of seeing any cards against my deal.