Cut Rich Slug to Top

This scenario does not apply to this particular shuffle since you cannot cut a slug to the top that is already there. But as it does apply to some shuffles, I will include it here. Select the “Cut rich slug to top” option in the NRS Calculator. Enter Shoe size (6), Track Zone size (.75) and Play Zone size (1.5). Hit calculate and we get 2.625 pseudo-decks and a multiplier of -1.5. Round 2.625 to 2.5 decks. If we have a count of -10 in the TZ, at the start of the deck, we have an Initial Running Count of -10*-1.5 or +15. We divide by 2.5 decks for a true count of 6. At the end of the 1.5 deck Play Zone, we subtract the IRC (15) from the current running count and play normally.

Cut Rich Slug to Middle

Cutting a good slug into the middle of the shoe is handled in the same manner as cutting to the top by most trackers. However, you can gain some additional advantage by using an extension to NRS. Here we enter Shoe size, TZ size, and PZ size as in the above example. We also add the slug outside the PZ. This is the number of cards cut in front of our PZ. So, if we cut one deck in front of the PZ, we enter a 1. Again, we get the pseudo-decks and multiplier. But we also get an adjustment factor. This is used to include the extra knowledge we have gained by seeing the deck of cards prior to the PZ. Normally, when we enter the PZ, we would set the Initial Running Count to the running count of the TZ times the multiplier -1.4 (or -1.5 for ease). If we want to adjust for the extra information, we would add the running count of the first deck times the adjustment to our IRC.

 © 2009 Norman Wattenberger