Originally Posted by
kewlJ
While this there was no mention of ASM cheating that has been discussed in the last year or two, there is some tie in.
Throughout most of the video he talked about shoes with very high counts where the high cards never came out (presumably behind the cut card) . But towards the end he also talked about shoes where high cards came out right at the beginning. He called these walk-away shoes, which is exactly what a player should do. lol
But these two scenarios are also the result of clumping. A high card clump which can and does occur naturally, will result in both the scenarios. If the high card clump is cut after the cut card you will see a high count, where the high value cards never come out. BUT if the high card clump is cut into play, especially near the beginning, you will have all those 10 cards come out early (resulting in a lot of pushes) and then the remainder of the shoe strongly favors the house. Both scenarios strongly favor the house. So if you see these two things which do occur naturally, occurring at a rate that seems unnatural to you....Beware.
So like I said, this clumping can and does occur naturally. But I believe certain models of ASM have the ability, maybe slightly modified, to achieve this clumping, more than naturally. I recently saw mention that their is a ASM model that is only sold to Indian casinos, and jurisdictions outside the United States to avoid dealing with some of the legitimate casino commissions. Now I know, people will call me names and stuff, but the key is something I say earlier and people like Stealth said on another forum. And experienced player can just tell when something isn't right. Trust that.