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Assuming an automatic shuffler was used, it brings up the possiblity that the Jh was in the deck at the start of the hand and was somehow lost when the deck was counted.

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No Shufflemaster. I don't recall whether there was one and it wasn't working or if they just didn't have one. Regardless, the card coulda been missing since the new deck was spread at midnight.

Which kinda brings us to the question of why dealers aren't trained to count down the stub now and then? Seems like this used to be common a few years ago and now I almost never see it. Maybe Shufflemasters have done to dealers what radar did to air controllers...they've forgotten how to work without the crutch.

'Course I once saw a new dealer count the stub at Sahara and the floor was so amazed and impressed he shouted out to the whole room something like "ATTENTION DEALERS: Here we have someone who knows procedures and is actually counting the stub!"