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You know it's pointless, I know it's pointless, but they don't, and to them its not.

If they 'think' a deck change will change their luck, then it will probably help their attitude, hence their play might improve a bit (relative to themselves).

Plus, if a deck change slows the game down, a few hands will be missed, thereby slowing down the losses of the average losing player.

So for them a deck change makes sense, as does a 'move into the hot seat' and over-tipping their 'lucky' dealer.

So when you try to convince some poor losing fish that a deck change is pointless, you are wrong.

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Aha yes.

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You know it's pointless, I know it's pointless, but they don't, and to them its not.

If they 'think' a deck change will change their luck, then it will probably help their attitude, hence their play might improve a bit (relative to themselves).

Plus, if a deck change slows the game down, a few hands will be missed, thereby slowing down the losses of the average losing player.

So for them a deck change makes sense, as does a 'move into the hot seat' and over-tipping their 'lucky' dealer.

So when you try to convince some poor losing fish that a deck change is pointless, you are wrong.

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Aha yes.

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I don't say anything, but I still fight a strong urge to kick the requestor in the nuts.

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do you happen to be an azn male that plays at commerce or hawaiian gardens?









seriously, if you arent leveling then you are a retard.

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I would just ask for a table and/or seat change. I never ask for a new setup unless I see some physically damaged cards.

Asking for a wash typically doesn't slow the game too much and is another option.

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I guess if you asked the dealer to give the deck a quick riffle shuffle before putting it into the shuffler, you would not really come across as unreasonable.

[/ QUOTE ] This would be extremely unreasonable and I will not do it, and if you ask my floor they will tell me not to do it.

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Agreed on this point. There are procedures put in place and if a place has a shuffler, the procedure will undoubtedly be to either wash or don't wash and insert in shuffler. Dealers are not allowed, generally, to alter the shuffle procedure by adding to or subtracting from what rules are already in place. If they aren't shuffling or washing them before being put into the shuffler, that is 100% of the time going to be the procedure in said room.

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Eh, maybe my room is more casual than most, but I've never had a problem doing a quick scramble or riffle if the person asking is friendly. By and large this takes about two seconds of my time and is +EV all around. But if the person requesting is an a-hole, then, yes, I'll revert to, "sorry, sir, we're not supposed to do that."

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Out of curiosity, what kind of shuffle did you do, to compare results with a machine shuffle? I would guess you performed the standard RRSR, but I still thought I'd ask, to make sure.

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Standard RRSR but without our room's standard scramble first. To be fair, there was perhaps a little bit of clumping here and there (like suited connectors split up by some other card), but you had to look for it and it wasn't anything that should make any sort of difference on play.

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I was playing at a 1/2 NL live game in a local casino-within 15 minutes-I was dealt the same hand 3 times. Jack/6. (not the same suits each time) They play with 2 decks, and an auto shuffler. Would it be wrong to ask for a deck change in that situation?

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If you ask for a deck change for no reason at my table, I will hate you forever. Perhaps you can live with that outcome.

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lol, what's funny is that big time pro's do this kind of thing too. I think I read on Barry's site that Johnny Chan asks for deck changes all the time...Or is it dealer changes? Either way, same level of superstition.

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I guess if you asked the dealer to give the deck a quick riffle shuffle before putting it into the shuffler, you would not really come across as unreasonable.

[/ QUOTE ] This would be extremely unreasonable and I will not do it, and if you ask my floor they will tell me not to do it.

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Except at Harrah's properties where it's REQUIRED that they do a single riffle before putting the deck in the contraption. In which case, asking them NOT to do the riffle would be met in a similar fashion.

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cards fall like that all the time.

to ask for a deck change after only 15 will make u seem superstitious to some at the table, and obnoxious to the rest.