• @[email protected]
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    1 year ago

    Don’t casinos use something like seven decks simultaneously to make card counting super hard to impossible?

    • @Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In
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      1 year ago

      Usually yes, but some casinos do offer low deck shoes as a way to attract players.

        • @Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In
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          71 year ago

          Not really. Counting cards is easy.

          2-6 = +1

          7-9 = 0

          10-Ace= -1

          Bet more when the running total is positive.

    • @Telodzrum
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      141 year ago

      It’s not impossible, a big shoe just makes it much more difficult. There are a not insignificant number of people who make a living gambling at casinos with varying degrees of success.

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        51 year ago

        It makes the initial state of the shoe harder to determine. And it makes it more obvious when people are sitting around watching the tables to infer that state.

    • Fogle
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      41 year ago

      If you’re using a random number of decks what’s even the skill? You might as well go to a slot machine

      • JackbyDev
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        41 year ago

        That’s the thing, they don’t want skill to be involved. It’s gambling. The house wants to win.