I did not see three deck pen for any but the S17 8 deck. The H17 8 deck was better but hardly playable. The 6 deck which was unplayable two weeks before, was variable, and largely playable, The reverse was true of the 8 deck; two weeks ago it was playable. But because it is not H17 is not an answer-- NO 8-DECK GAME is playable (by card counting) with a three deck cutoff.
My guess is counters have ripped them to pieces whenever the pen was good, so their reaction is to punish everyone. Even the ploppies were complaining. "You're not giving us an equal chance to get the good cards, the aces and tens, by cutting out nearly half the cards, " they say. "Things don't have a chance to even out," they also say. Thank you. ploppies for your support! :toast: Even if you don't make any sense.