What does "pk"mean?
CBJN lists a code "pk: Dealer looks at the index of the hole card under a 10." What does this mean? How is this different than the dealer checking for a BJ when the upcard is a ten?
CBJN lists a code "pk: Dealer looks at the index of the hole card under a 10." What does this mean? How is this different than the dealer checking for a BJ when the upcard is a ten?
CBJN lists a code "pk: Dealer looks at the index of the hole card under a 10." What does this mean? How is this different than the dealer checking for a BJ when the upcard is a ten?
At most casinos, the dealer uses a device to check for blackjack that does not allow the dealer to know what the hole card is. At "pk" casinos, the dealer actually looks at the hole card with his/her eyes, and therefore knows exactly what the hole card is.
AL...Would it be appropriate to ask if there are any Nevada Casino's that are "pk" Casono's?
Thanks, Jim P
Dealers check hole cards manually in some Nevada casinos. That is part of the information Current Blackjack News keeps track of. But don't buy the newsletter for just that information, because the pk casinos are out in the boonies; so you probably will not want to visit them anyway. No Las Vegas casino is pk.
Stanford Wong
Did they change that since the summer?
Of course he could be mistaken; or the situation could have changed since he last verified that detail. Will verify it myself for the next CBJN.
Stanford Wong
Dealers check hole cards manually in some Nevada casinos. That is part of the information Current Blackjack News keeps track of. But don't buy the newsletter for just that information, because the pk casinos are out in the boonies; so you probably will not want to visit them anyway. No Las Vegas casino is pk.
How about including the exploitable dealers in CBJN? It's nice to know about the peek or no peek info, but I think exploitable dealer info is more useful for advantage players. Thus I like to suggest an improvement to CBJN---A rating system for exploitable dealers should be added to CBJN. Here is what I like to see about the exploitable dealer info in CBJN:
1) Name of casino,
2) Types of dealers:
1 Holecard flasher
2 flashing shuffler
3 Ten bender
4 Ace bender
5 Deep cutter for tips
6 Reshuffler for tips
7 Card burner for tips
8 Loose griper & flasher
9 Santa Claus
10 Clumsy shuffler
3) Rating:
A) Excellent
B) Good
C) Average
D) Or None of the above
4) Shift, Name & description:
No can do �cause those dealers can lose their jobs! The advantage players get to search them out based on the given tips from CBJN. Or perhaps these info can be shown in Blackchip only. Hey I like to enroll in Blackchip just for that alone!
Putting the names of exploitable dealers, their shifts and casinos would result in these people probably disappearing from these casinos. CBJN can be and probably is purchased by some casino employees who would fire or retrain these people.
Furthermore, those of us who know of a few of these dealers will not share that information freely. Overplaying these dealers can result in an internal investigation concerning why their tables do worse over a long period of time compared to other dealers. I know it is hard work (and some luck) finding these dealers and I am not sharing easily.
