My home town is outside USA and unfortunately our local casino has installed shuffling machines for all BJ tables however Pontoon tables still work on manual shuffle with eight decks and removing all tens together with other slight differences. I have recently purchased Stanford Wong's Professional Blackjack and Blackjack Secrets together with Bryce Carlson's Blackjack for Blood. My question is are there any strategies of play or variations suited for Pontoon or do I need to stop wasting my time and money as many of the casino's around my area have adopted this automatic shuffling mentality. Also does Stanford Wong respond to any posts other than those involving administrational issues?