How Does a Shuffle Tracker Affect Others?

A shuffle tracker will also have an effect on other players, but that effect is more complex than the effects on other players by back-counting. This page contains a series of Blackjack shuffle tracking simulations to get a sense of the effect a shuffle tracker has on the results of a card counter unaware that the shuffle tracker is present. Six sims were performed. In each of the sims, there are two players: a card counter and a shuffle tracker. The card counter always plays in the same manner. The shuffle tracker varies his play and the counter’s SCOREs are plotted as follows:

Ø  I. Standard card counting, no tracking.

Ø  II. Bad slugs are cut to the end of the shoe. Good slugs are ignored.

Ø  III. Good slugs are cut to the top.

Ø  IV. Good slugs are cut to the second deck.

Ø  V. Good cards are cut to the third deck.

Ø  VI. Good cards are cut to the second deck and bad cards are cut to the end.

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