Its Ross Perot! (nt)
for almost every casino card game say "the player is responsible for protecting his own hand". Likewise, the casinos are responsible for game protection...not the players.
Courts have ruled that the casino is responsible for protecting their games and that players are allowed to use any or all information they are able so see as a result of poorly trained dealers who unintentionally expose their hole card to players.
Courts have ruled that hole carding is not cheating...you can say it is all you want but it isn't.
are often not allowed to refuse service to anyone they wish. I seriously believe that eventually this will be the norm in most states and that the inherant unfairness of only allowing unskilled or uninformed to play blackjack is a violation of common law.
The casinos, by the act of advertising how easy winning is, by putting limit signs on the tables, are in fact making an open offer to everyone to come try their luck. This offer to wager should not be able to be changed based on who accepts. There are other countermeasures the casino can take against skilled players (half-shoeing is one example).
trolled on this very topic not too long ago with a different handle.
Collusion within a game of poker is definately unethical and most probably illegal ( however I am unaware of the facts). However holecarding requires no collusion so is neither unethical nor illegal, if on the other hand the dealer is colluding with the player to show his holecard that IS unethical and IS illegal.
