Hello,
I play at a casino that is not open 24 hours. They use new decks (6 deck shoe) at the beginning of each day. They verify the decks, laying out all decks face up in order from 2-A by suit, then shuffle.
The thing is that the shuffle is not very good. It does an OK job, but I have noticed that the first few shoes after the new decks are opened often produce some very strange counts/results. Often, the shoes will finish with monster counts both negative and positive. I have seen more than once, a TC of +6 last for the entire shoe. I have seen a table (15 cards) with only 2s, 3s, and 4s.
This usually takes a couple of shoes and subsequent shuffles to filter out into a normal run.
Question: What is the implication of this for a card counter? Does it even matter? Is it a good thing or should it be avoided?
Many Thanks.
I play at a casino that is not open 24 hours. They use new decks (6 deck shoe) at the beginning of each day. They verify the decks, laying out all decks face up in order from 2-A by suit, then shuffle.
The thing is that the shuffle is not very good. It does an OK job, but I have noticed that the first few shoes after the new decks are opened often produce some very strange counts/results. Often, the shoes will finish with monster counts both negative and positive. I have seen more than once, a TC of +6 last for the entire shoe. I have seen a table (15 cards) with only 2s, 3s, and 4s.
This usually takes a couple of shoes and subsequent shuffles to filter out into a normal run.
Question: What is the implication of this for a card counter? Does it even matter? Is it a good thing or should it be avoided?
Many Thanks.