a hole card play

can anybody tell me or fax me (309)416-7703 the right play when you can see a hole card?

thanks, blue eyes white dragon. actually, i have the book, but the book is sitting at home. i am on my trip(oversea) and can not get to it(it is always like this, isn't it?) and that is why i have asked to fax or e-mail the chart. i know i am asking too much, but can anyone help. thanks

With this sort of thing it is always good to have a look at the groups.google.com archives where someone has probably answered your question already.
The strategy in the link should serve as a reasonable generic bs.

Incidentally, hole-carding has become an increasingly difficult technique to practice due to the emergence of "fake" loaders, ie dealers who flash the hole-card knowing the value of the subsequent card will cause the gambler to make the wrong playing decision. This technique is probably legal.
Be extremely careful. If the flashing appears selective you may be the mark not the hustler.

I am constantly on the lookout and have yet to find a dealer who flashes me the card or even comes close.
I've had several dealers pay me the wrong amounts or pay me when I pushed or had 22 (although not as much lately) but have yet to find any hole-card flashers. I'm never gawking at them so I know they're not taking extra precautions or anything. But they are so darn protective of that down-card most of the time.
Are there really that many dealers out there who flash that bottom card?? just curious.

"Are there really that many dealers out there who flash that bottom card??"

You mean to say the "hole" card not the bottom.
It hardly ever happens. I wonder where(and how) John is getting his information about these flashing and faking acts performed by dealers.

It hardly ever happens.

Finding loaders is a very specialized skill. To do it full-time you have to spend hundreds of hours training the muscles of the eye to decode different blur intensities which normal players would not even notice. I agree, it is a somewhat overrated concept, very difficult for all but a large team with a good information network to carry off successfully. Just forget about trying to do it off the hoof as most do-this is something you'd have to spent your life at to make viable.

I wonder where(and how) John is getting his information about these flashing and faking acts performed by dealers

I keep on getting reports where exactly the same scenario is re-enacted-mysterious, statistically significant losses against dealers who flash very obviously, but only a certain % of the time. There is still 2% doubt in my mind that it may just be people imagining things or exaggerating their losses, but its only 2%.

Someone who is serious about spooking the hole card can buy a tachistoscope, which is a device that can flash images at varying speeds. With a tachistoscope you can train your eye to follow images and recognize them that other people would swear are just a blur. You start out at a speed that is comfortable, then increase it a notch, then get comfortable with that, etc., until you are up to dealer dealing a card from a deck speed. The air force pioneered the use of the tachistoscope, they have found that the human eye can recognize a complex image which is very small in as little as 1/500th of a second. If you do a search on tachistoscope in google you will find companies who sell them as well as a white paper which describes using a CRT as a tachistoscope, I believe you can buy software for this purpose.

I know someone who is very short who bought a tachistoscope and practiced every day for hours, when he goes to the casino he sits at first base and slouches in his chair (pretending to be drunk) and can usually catch the hole card.

Regards,
Steve

Of course if you're playing a game and the dealer accidentally exposes his hole card it's good to know how to play your hand, but your time would be better spent learning other techniques rather than scouting for a tiny percentage of dealers who might flash. Professionals acknowledge hole-carding as another trick in their bag to use if an opportunity presents itself. There are far more prosperous situations to be found in the casino on a regular basis.

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