anyone notice different dealers have different shuffle patterns
i started picking up on this after a few sessions - certain dealers always go through the cards in this real systematic way, and some just look like they're mashing them together with zero consistency. like, one guy will do this triple overhand thing every single time and the next just riffles and barely bridges. i get it's supposed to be random, but it makes me wonder if it actually changes the deck randomness or if the house just doesn't care because it evens out over time.
maybe it's just superstition but i feel like my luck swings more with certain dealers. hard to tell if it's variance or just that i'm noticing the shuffle difference after wins or losses. does anyone else track dealer shuffles or am i just overanalyzing?
I definitely notice those shuffle quirks at live tables too and it scratches my brain in all the same ways. For true randomness, the actual method does matter, but unless the shuffle is so sloppy that cards repeat in weird ways, most of the time any biases even out over hundreds of hands. Sometimes I do track patterns just for my own peace of mind, but honestly, what you’re picking up is probably variance doing its thing. If anything, I get more superstitious with a "lucky" professional dealer than suspicious of their technique. Ever see a legit bias actually impact play at your tables?
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