Only stupid ignorant casinos do not shuffle up
Yes, it works and has been done at times not necessarily no mid shoe entry but that certainly makes it more attractive.
This though is not the reason I titled this reply "Only stupid ignorant casinos do not suffle up" because these casinos have never thought of what you posted.
I know a couple of casinos that will refuse to shuffle on a dead table even if a known loser requests it. So what happens, the table remains dead and I have watched when this casino is crowded, with people waiting to play at other tables, this particular table stay dead for more than 30 minutes.
It happens because:
Ploppies believe it was a bad shoe that cleaned out the previous players.
Ploppies do not like to play heads up with the dealer.
But if they shuffle up it removes the so called bad shoe stigma and if that one guy sits down others will follow and the table will make the casino money instead of sitting dead.
Finally, as a point of semantics. If the table is no mid shoe entry and they are mid shoe with no players, they should then stay without players forever or till someone decides that they should start a new shoe. I tried to explain this to a pit there and he turned his back on me scratching his head. Guess it went over his head but no entry means no entry to me, even if the table is empty. At least the dealer told me I had a good point.
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