el cortez SD shoe

[Mimosine]

SD is now dealt from a shoe, face down.

[shadroch]

It always been face down,hasn't it?

[EasyRhino]

Single deck from a shoe? That's just strange. Maybe the Cortez got tired of break-in dealers messing up the pitch game.

Do they use a cut card, or deal Rule of X?

[Mimosine]

Originally Posted by EasyRhino

Single deck from a shoe? That's just strange. Maybe the Cortez got tired of break-in dealers messing up the pitch game.

Do they use a cut card, or deal Rule of X?

RO6 with 2 or 3 people.

While heads up I couldn't keep track, but RO6 would also be a sure guess. I was too busy trying to shoe away other people who wanted to sit down with me. Now that is a skill and a challenge! Won tons heads up. When others sat down, the flow went down the toilet.

Won a bit while there. erased previous losses

Bailed out when the temperature rose.

[Mimosine]

Originally Posted by shadroch

It always been face down,hasn't it?

yes, but it used to be a pitch game.

[jimbiggs]

There are several dealers who no longer count Rule of X. They use the discard rack to estimate how many cards they have left and then make a decision on whether to deal another round or not. I had one dealer deal out 44 cards on one occasion. She was dealing a lot deeper than other dealers. This makes good oportunities for Grifter's Gambit since the number of hands played doesn't affect penetration. The drawback is that there are more rounds in negative counts and less rounds in positivie counts.

Just my thoughts.

[zengrifter]

The Consolidation Gambit always worked great for EC because they don't use Ro6. I used Gambit there many times under the careful watch of EC's most knowledgeable mgmt, like Wayne Starky. zg

[Sonny]

Originally Posted by EasyRhino

Do they use a cut card, or deal Rule of X?

I found a dealer that consistently gave 2 rounds to 4 people (two of which were me ). It sure beats 3 rounds to 3 people. It seemed like many dealers were estimating in my favor (and to the disadvantage of all the ploppies).

-Sonny-

[Knox]

Usually 50% pen but by shopping the dealers and with some timely tokes, you may do better.

Now if I could just get my wife to stop tipping $25 per hour at $5 tables...!!!

[BVUGrad2003]

Originally Posted by Mimosine

RO6 with 2 or 3 people.

While heads up I couldn't keep track, but RO6 would also be a sure guess. I was too busy trying to shoe away other people who wanted to sit down with me. Now that is a skill and a challenge! Won tons heads up. When others sat down, the flow went down the toilet.

Won a bit while there. erased previous losses

Bailed out when the temperature rose.

I was sitting at a table around 2am, and a super-newbie dealer is at my table. she was SUPER nervous, with an experienced dealer over her shoulder. Two straight decks, she almost doesn't shuffle when she "should".
PB comes over and asks her if she knows when to cut for 1 player. 5 hands. 2 players, is 4 hands. 3 players, 3 hands. 4 players, 2 hands.
Hope this helps