--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, lasvegaspilgrim@... wrote:
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> Indeed, will be a great show--he's been on Vegas Gang and Dr. Dave's pocasts--IIRC, he specifically instructed his blackjack dealers at the old Aladdin to cut off only half a deck off of a six-deck shoe--his rationale goes along with what you've already said
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I had never heard of that until I recently read it in his book. He says that during the 5-1/2 years at the Aladdin it had "one of the highest hold percentages in the State of Nevada per the State of Nevada Gaming Financial Reports, especially at blackjack."
And they cut off 26 cards at both their 6-deck games and their 2-deck!
It is unfathomable to me that this is not now standard procedure everywhere, but of course it certainly is not.
