Key Tips to Shuffle Tracking
Among the advanced strategies used by veteran players in blackjack and baccarat is shuffle tracking. Many believe that this new technique is easy to learn and believe this strategy can be mastered with a little practice and can be better than card counting.
If you're interested in trying out shuffle tracking, here are several key tips to prepare you for the road ahead.
While it may be true that shuffle tracking is easier to execute than card counting, this doesn't mean that shuffle tracking is indeed easy to do. Compared to card counting yes but in itself, no!
You need to spend long hours practicing everyday if you wish to learn how to shuffle track as soon as possible. You need to be very patient with yourself because there will be times that you'll feel like throwing the decks of cards out of the window in sheer frustration.
You need to persevere. You need to feel desperate even in order to fully grasp the concept of shuffle tracking.
There is however one situation in which shuffle tracking will not do you any good at all. And that's when you're playing blackjack and baccarat online.
Remember the basic principle of shuffle tracking. The reason why there are "clustered cards" in the decks in use is solely due to the dealer's handling of cards. Do you think the computer dealer you're playing against online would commit the same mistake? Of course not or it wouldn't be a computer at all.
Hence, if you truly want to use shuffle tracking to help you win, don't play blackjack or baccarat online. Play it in the land-based casinos where the dealer is human and naturally prone to committing errors.
One thing you could do to make shuffle tracking easier is to surreptitiously study the discarded cards being thrown to the basket in the middle of the table. If you can successfully take note and estimate how many high cards are there, your job as a shuffle tracker would be much easier!
Do not by all means let the dealer catch you trying to track his shuffle. If he does, he would naturally be forced to take notice of his shuffling method and change whatever needs changing. Be subtle.
But just in case you get caught, leave the table, even at the expense of your pride and find another table to play at. That is, if the money you could win is that important to you.
We hope you enjoyed our article on shuffle tracking. Remember, practice is the only way to success. Good luck!
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