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While I initially thought that he and Sun should be able to keep their money (I assume she was paid handsomely for this?), after thinking about it more, I reali
by blhack 10y ago
While I initially thought that he and Sun should be able to keep their money (I assume she was paid handsomely for this?), after thinking about it more, I realize how livid I would be to find out that the casino had done this to better their own odds.
I think that the situation is maybe slightly more complicated than it seems at first glance.
To those who didn't read the article: the backs of the cards were not perfectly symmetrical, so by asking the dealer to rotate the cards so that some were oriented one way, and some were oriented the other, eventually they were able to get themselves an advantage by knowing some data about the value of those cards before they were flipped.
Although I guess if everyone knew about this asymmetry (both casino and player), then perhaps observing it would just become a part of the skill aspect of the game?
Really interesting!
- harryh 10y agoThere are no decisions the casino makes in the game of baccarat where they could gain an advantage by knowing what the face down cards are. So there is no situation in which you could be "livid" as you describe. I'm not 100% sure, but I'm fairly certain that this is true for every casino card game. As the casino is handling the cards the games are designed such that the card handlers can gain no edge by surreptitious looking at the value of face down cards.
- blhack 10y agoAh, I am not a gambler, so I'll definitely admit some ignorance on this.
- nommm-nommm 10y agoThe casino didn't do anything to better their own odds.
- Dylan16807 10y ago>I realize how livid I would be to find out that the casino had done this to better their own odds. That's because the casino is supposed to tell you what they're doing. A casino making decisions based on secret criteria is very abnormal. But the player almost always does so.