Card clumping

Read that computerized stratagies are ran random, That cards clumped togerther would cause counters frustration.Id try to find key cards and increase my bet and bet minimum other wise.However Im still a novice and wound probaly just find another table. do you think there is a valid reason because of clumps to leave a table.
For instance when?

Card clumping theory is complete nonsense, not to be confused with shuffle tracking or sequencing. I say that because some of the terms used by clumpers are similar in nature to those used by trackers and sequencers, although they mean entirely different things.

Don't waste your time or your money with clumping nonsense.

Where can I read about sequencing?

I also have difficulty differentiating between the two. A short explanation would also be nice.

Thanks.

..my Get The Edge At Blackjack. It has the longest treatment of sequencing available anywhere, which it makes three and a half pages long. Also Snyder's almost unobtainable ST series covers it.
The problem with sequencing in the classic sense is that the casinos have largely caught on to it and have taken counter-measures. You need a new twist to get away with it these days.

So what is the difference in the two .. clumping and sequencing. I understand, for the most part, the clumping theroy.

If you please, maybe a brief explanation. I'm not opposed to buying books, I own my fair share, but I kinda hate to buy that book for the 3.5 pages only. Getting the info from Snyder's board isn't practical as the post busters there don't accept my mail anymore. :)

Thanks again.

You need clumps for tracking to work !!

espoused by Jerry Patterson and others that says that the non-random shuffle creates or maintains clumps of big and small cards which render card counting ineffective. The authors propose that the play of blackjack and the pickup routine done by dealers creates clumps of big and small cards which casino shuffles are designed to maintain (to the detrement of players). This has been demonstrated by other authors (Arnold Snyder and Stanford Wong) to be nonsense. (see Wong's Professional Blackjack Chapter 15 on Shuffles).

It is important to note that even a 100$ complete and random shuffle will create clumps of big and small cards. Clumps are part of randomness. Random does not mean evenly distributed (think about the fact that a freshly opened pack of unshuffled cards are evenly distributed but not random).

Sequencing is an advanced technique that should not be discussed on a public website.

I do understand the theory of clumping. I read the book while standing in the aisle of Barnes and Noble one afternoon. [Hey, they don't care!] Since there is not a lot of math involved it's a pretty easy read. :) I guessed I missed the 3.5 pages concerning sequencing.

But my question did center around sequencing. I respect the idea of a non-public board discussion.

If any one would like to email me, maybe a short Word Doc, it would be appreciated.

SR