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So I was at a land casino here in Missouri last weekend playing a terribly addicting table game called Ultimate Texas Hold Em. I was on a progressive table not that this matters but here is my question about the use of
a card shuffling machine, Shuffle Master. Single deck- There are 5 spots on the table, players are dealt 2 cards down then the spread consist of 5 cards finally the deal has 2 cards dealt down.
Several of the players were questioning the use of the shuffle machine saying it somehow can control the dealers final 2 cards.
There was one man that counted out of 100 hands played the dealer won with 3 cards or a full house 48 times.
Now I am not a believer this can be controlled because how can the machine possibly know if players are going to hold or toss in the cards, some may go all in with pocket deuces while others may toss those in if the river turns nothing up in their favor etc..
So my question is does anyone else play this game and have you ever considered the Shuffle Master to be in the house favor? What I think would be a good idea is there be 5 lights in front of each player that would randomly blink off leaving 1 lite up, that would be the player who was dealt cards first. To me that would be fair since it first person dealt cards is always different...
Thoughts?
a card shuffling machine, Shuffle Master. Single deck- There are 5 spots on the table, players are dealt 2 cards down then the spread consist of 5 cards finally the deal has 2 cards dealt down.
Several of the players were questioning the use of the shuffle machine saying it somehow can control the dealers final 2 cards.
There was one man that counted out of 100 hands played the dealer won with 3 cards or a full house 48 times.
Now I am not a believer this can be controlled because how can the machine possibly know if players are going to hold or toss in the cards, some may go all in with pocket deuces while others may toss those in if the river turns nothing up in their favor etc..
So my question is does anyone else play this game and have you ever considered the Shuffle Master to be in the house favor? What I think would be a good idea is there be 5 lights in front of each player that would randomly blink off leaving 1 lite up, that would be the player who was dealt cards first. To me that would be fair since it first person dealt cards is always different...
Thoughts?