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Flash During the Wash
In the simplest application, following a wash, the cards can be flashed as they are squared on their sides. ' This technique—shared with me by a dealer who worked the baccarat pit for mariyqrekrs—starts with a packet of cards on their side. The fingers of ■ the hand holding the cards twist in opposite directions, thus fanning the cards (Fig. 19). The hand holding thef cards remains stationary for two to three seconds ' as the other hand keeps moving back and forth, ^s if squaring them. A small slug is memorized by the agent during this . move.
As different slugs hit the layout/cheaters might only catch a small part of the slug, yet still have a huge advantage. If a qUick slug was memorized during this flash that consisted of 9, 3, 5,7, K, and 9, and a round is played with the 9/3,5, and 7 in order (four cards depleted from the slug), the cheaters are still a big favorite betting the banker on the next hand.'.(They, will start their hand with a nine1 while the bank starts with a zero (the king). These scams doht'ilways have to work perfecdy itp be successful, or to make money.
Peek Stack
Although its possible for the dealer to look into his riffle and memorize cards as they fall, a more subde method involves an agent peeking the riffle from behind. The dealer never has to lbok down at his shuffle. Here's the technique used with the dilution shuffle. The dealer breaks the eight decks into two piles, four decks to the right and four decks to the left.
At this point, not a single card's position is known.
The dealer grabs from both piles, shuffling one card on top from the left packet. This card is flashed to the agent sitting on,the dealer'? right (Fig. 20). The packet is pushed forward, then half is taken with the right hand as the left hand takes a grab from the left.
Again, the left hand shuffles one card on top. This Fig. 20 - The peek stack
In the simplest application, following a wash, the cards can be flashed as they are squared on their sides. ' This technique—shared with me by a dealer who worked the baccarat pit for mariyqrekrs—starts with a packet of cards on their side. The fingers of ■ the hand holding the cards twist in opposite directions, thus fanning the cards (Fig. 19). The hand holding thef cards remains stationary for two to three seconds ' as the other hand keeps moving back and forth, ^s if squaring them. A small slug is memorized by the agent during this . move.
As different slugs hit the layout/cheaters might only catch a small part of the slug, yet still have a huge advantage. If a qUick slug was memorized during this flash that consisted of 9, 3, 5,7, K, and 9, and a round is played with the 9/3,5, and 7 in order (four cards depleted from the slug), the cheaters are still a big favorite betting the banker on the next hand.'.(They, will start their hand with a nine1 while the bank starts with a zero (the king). These scams doht'ilways have to work perfecdy itp be successful, or to make money.
Peek Stack
Although its possible for the dealer to look into his riffle and memorize cards as they fall, a more subde method involves an agent peeking the riffle from behind. The dealer never has to lbok down at his shuffle. Here's the technique used with the dilution shuffle. The dealer breaks the eight decks into two piles, four decks to the right and four decks to the left.
At this point, not a single card's position is known.
The dealer grabs from both piles, shuffling one card on top from the left packet. This card is flashed to the agent sitting on,the dealer'? right (Fig. 20). The packet is pushed forward, then half is taken with the right hand as the left hand takes a grab from the left.
Again, the left hand shuffles one card on top. This Fig. 20 - The peek stack