Casino Burns Three Cards Before Dealing?

[LBJofP0kER]

At my local casino whenever a new shoe is ready to be played the dealers always take the first three cards and place them in the discard tray face down. How much of a disadvantage could this pose to a counter if their count can automatically be thrown off +/- 3? This is for a six deck shoe..

Thanks

 

[Automatic Monkey]

At my local casino whenever a new shoe is ready to be played the dealers always take the first three cards and place them in the discard tray face down. How much of a disadvantage could this pose to a counter if their count can automatically be thrown off +/- 3? This is for a six deck shoe..

Thanks

It doesn't "throw off" the count for a counter. Unseen cards of all kinds are treated exactly as if they were behind the cut card, and the overall effect is just 3 cards less penetration.

On the flip side, if you can get the dealer to show you those cards it increases the effective penetration by 3 cards.

 

[rrwoods]

At my local casino whenever a new shoe is ready to be played the dealers always take the first three cards and place them in the discard tray face down. How much of a disadvantage could this pose to a counter if their count can automatically be thrown off +/- 3? This is for a six deck shoe..

Thanks

Don't think of it as your count being "thrown off"... it's exactly the same as if those cards were behind the cut card. Just don't count them and you're fine.

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[13Counter]

I'll take that over than where they hand shuffle 8 decks 3 times at the Venetian in LV..