On the 2 deck game at two related small casinos I visit, a thin cut (within 14 cards of the top or bottom) will trigger the dealer to riffle the deck and then offer the cut again.
Just wondering - is this a relatively common practice?
(I have seen some players use it to try and improve conditions if it's been several "tough" decks in a row. Regular shuffle is by automatic shuffler (MD2 or Deckmate).)
There is certainly a risk present, if the dealer is sloppy enough to expose the bottom card - a skilled cutter could steer the card to a particular spot and make a large bet on the first hand.
I could see steering a 5/6 to the dealer (hole card?), or steering a ten/ace to the player.
It's a fairly minimal risk, I'm just wondering if this is a common practice, or if these houses are being more paranoid than average.
(I would expect that it would be more common to simply re-offer the cut, saying "too thin, need to cut at least (x) cards".)
