Foiling the sequencing - asymmetry
For months I couldn't figure out why the dealers at the casino I regularly play at, after cutting the shoe in half, rotated one of the 1/2 shoe stacks 180 degrees before they shuffle. After studying up on this topic I think I figured it out. Boy, talk about foiling any sequencing there. By rotating the cards the pips are reversed on the asymmetric cards. Do you think this has any affect or would you have to go one step further and remember the position of the pips on the sequence cards too?
The shuffle is an easy track if you watch were they randomly place the four stacks (1/2d ea.) of unused cards into the discard stack. It seems to me that this shuffle, although easy to track for high card slugs, may be a poor choice for sequencing and ace location due to the rotation, would you agree?
BJC
I hope this is not too much detail for the public boards. If it is let me know and I'll delete the post.