The Effect of a Riffle on Table Game Profit
In table games, little procedures can cost a lot. Getting just one additional round per hour can lead to an increase in annual revenue of 3% or more. Efforts to speed up games usually focus on the dealers themselves. These front line employees are instructed to attract players to the game, make the game fun, and to deal as fast and accurately as they can.
Edge Sorting in Baccarat
An AP who wants to edge sort in baccarat is like a Sumo wrestler who wants to perform ballet: just because he wants to do it does not mean it is possible. In most baccarat games, the player doesn’t touch the cards.
The Effect of Cut Card Placement on Blackjack Profit
The methods used to protect against blackjack card counters are among the most costly managerial decisions many casinos make. Contrary to popular belief, there is not an army of card counters waiting to pounce at the first opportunity.
Card Counting the Lucky 8 Baccarat Side Bet
Lucky 8 (L8) is a baccarat side bet I first heard about on the Wizard of Vegas website in this thread. As the name implies, a Player/Banker final total of 8 is key to winning this bet.
Edge Sorting Casino War
And I am dumb to tell the crooked rose
My youth is bent by the same wintry fever. -- Dylan Thomas
Computer-Perfect Play against the Baccarat Tie Bet
In this post I am going to give the win-rate statistics against the Tie bet using computer-perfect play. In this analysis, I assume the AP is keeping track of the cards that have been played from the shoe.
My Single-Deck Blackjack Skilled-Cutter Fantasy
In this post, I wrote about exploiting advanced knowledge of the specific location of a Ten or Ace in the shoe.
Card Counting in Baccarat
From time to time the question of card counting in baccarat comes up. Because baccarat is dealt from a shoe, it follows that the odds for the banker/player/tie bets change as cards are dealt.
Card Counting Commision Free Baccarat Variations
There are two common commission free variations of the basic game of baccarat. Each leaves the drawing rules unchanged. Each pays winning Player bets even money, maintaining a house edge of 1.2351% on winning Player bets (assuming an eight-deck shoe). The key feature of these variations is that each has a payout reduction for a distinguished winning Banker bet.
Let Blackjack Card Counters Play
There is a common misunderstanding among surveillance, security, and management that blackjack card counters are among the top reasons that shifts lose money (or have a reduced hold). One floor manager said to me that: “they walk out of here with $600 to $800 each time.” The primary purpose of game protection is not to catch card counters.
Insurance pays 2.2 to 1
I received the following question from a reader:
Card Counting 7 Up Baccarat
Up until "7 Up Baccarat" (7UB), there has not been a variant of baccarat that is substantially vulnerable to card counting.
Edge Sorting, 101
Edge sorting is a method of advantage play that uses natural irregularities in the cut on the backs of cards to be able to identify certain groups of cards. By being able to identify critical cards, APs are able to improve their betting and playing decisions.
Hole-Carding Blackjack Shoe Games
Few who work in table games management and even fewer APs know that blackjack shoe games offer hole-carding opportunities. How could this even be possible?
Card Counting 2-to-1 Baccarat
There is a variant of baccarat that was brought to my attention last July. This version, called "2-to-1 Baccarat," is non-commission. It has a fairly significant twist in the rules. A three-card winning total of 8 or 9 pays 2-to-1 for bets on the winning side.