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Hi, I'm new to this forum and I was wondering if somebody could tell me how many decks Morongo uses, and what their penetration rate is. I thought it was six but I'm just double checking.
I've not been there, but a subscription to CBJN (available on this site) would answer that question.
Also, I use the KO count system and I was wondering what you're supposed to do when the dealer throws out the first card after every shuffle, and the changing of dealer shifts. Are you supposed to change the initial running count due to this (i.e. add or subtract one from the count)? Thanks for your time guys!
There is no difference from a burn card and a card behind the cut card, i.e., an unseen card is an unseen card. Burn cards serve only to reduce your penetration. For the KO count there is no effect because you have no true count conversion.
For a balanced count, burn cards would not affect the running count, but should be added to the number of unseen cards during the true count conversion.