Dear
Mark,
When a pit boss brought in new cards on our blackjack
game, a friend I’m with tells me to lower my
bet on the first shuffle. Does it really make any
difference? John D.
Whether
I answer yes or no, John, it’s still bound to stir
an argument among purists on both sides of the issue.
First, a study I recently read stated that a new deck
of cards only becomes random after it’s been shuffled
seven times. It’s also my experience that most
casinos only require a dealer to shuffle, even with
a new deck on
the game, from three to five times. So why are these
statements important? Because, when a new deck of
cards arrives on your game fresh out of the box,
it comes in a predefined order (A-K hearts, A-K
clubs, K-A diamonds, K-A spades), which contains
10-value card clumps not completely broken up by
the initial shuffle.
So though my answer leans towards yes, albeit mildly,
I do confess I also back off until the second shuffle—which
should make the cards as random as they can be.
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