10% shuffle???

[JAque]

Is this standard for BJ casinos to shuffle after 10% of the deck is dealt?


JAque

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Rules from Party BJ

The game is available only in 'Real Money' mode.
The minimum bet in the game is $1.00 and the maximum bet is $200.00. Maximum bet applies for the initial bet of the game.
Eight decks are used and each deck has 52 cards.
The deck is shuffled after 10% of the cards in the decks are used.
The dealer draws a card on soft 17.
Maximum splits allowed = 3.
There is no limit on the number of cards that can be dealt to the dealer or a player. It is limited only by choice (by clicking on 'Stand') or the hand total being greater than or equal to 21.
If the dealer has a 10, Jack, Queen or King as the up card, it is possible he has a Blackjack. In this instance, the player's hand will lose except with another Blackjack. The dealer will check whether a Blackjack is possible and will collect the losing bet immediately if he does have a Blackjack.

[MicroBob]

It's not typical for live casinos (although the Continuous Shuffle Machines pretty much do this) but it is par for the course for online-blackjack.

Some places shuffle after every hand.


Just makes it virtually impossible to count-cards and turn it into a +EV game (especially if you never know when they actually shuffle and start anew...I have never played party blackjack, so I don't really know).



Side-note: Friend of mine who occasionally plays 1/2 on Party (and whom I implore to try to bring his see-flop % to below 50) got one of those 'comeback' bonuses for $20 or something since he hadn't played there in awhile.
He discovered the new Party BJ thing...did some progressive betting thing where he ramps-up his bets when he's winning...and turned his $20 into $1800.
Not bad.