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  2. Shoe (cards) - Wikipedia

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    A shoe holding four decks of cards with card cut (red) A dealing shoe or dealer's shoe is a gaming device, mainly used in casinos, to hold multiple decks of playing cards. The shoe allows for more games to be played by reducing the time between shuffles and less chance of dealer cheating. [1] In some games, such as blackjack (where card ...

  3. Baccarat - Wikipedia

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    Punto banco is dealt from a shoe containing 6 or 8 decks of cards shuffled together; a cut-card is placed in front of the seventh from last card, and the drawing of the cut-card indicates the last coup of the shoe. The dealer burns the first card face up and then based on its respective numerical value, with aces worth 1 and face cards worth 10 ...

  4. File:Dealer Shoe.jpg - Wikipedia

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    The Dealer Shoe used in many casinos Features: Clear acrylic Bevelled card dealing slot Plastic card wedge with heavy stainless steal roller File usage The following pages on the English Wikipedia use this file (pages on other projects are not listed):

  5. Blackjack - Wikipedia

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    The dealer's hand gets its first card face-up and, in "hole card" games, immediately gets a second card face-down (the hole card), which the dealer peeks at but only reveals when it makes the dealer's hand a blackjack. Hole card games are sometimes played on tables with a small mirror or electronic sensor used to peek securely at the hole card.

  6. Glossary of blackjack terms - Wikipedia

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    shoe A device used to hold multiple decks of cards, typically 4, 6 or 8. Cards are dealt one at a time from the shoe. shoe game A blackjack game dealt from a shoe. Shoe games typically use more than 2 decks. soft A soft hand is a hand that includes an ace valued as 11, as opposed to 1. split

  7. Euchre variants - Wikipedia

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    All is as in Cornish Euchre above except that a 31-card pack is used (3 "jokers" plus JAKQ1098). The 3 jokers are represented by three cards in the suit of spades, thus the trump ranking is: ♠ 4 > ♠ 3 > ♠ 2 > RB > LB > A > K > Q > 10 > 9. Dealer deals 5 cards each and turns the last. If it is a joker, dealer names trump before viewing any ...

  8. Card counting - Wikipedia

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    Basics. Card counting is based on statistical evidence that high cards ( aces, 10s, and 9s) benefit the player, while low cards, (2s, 3s, 4s, 5s, 6s, and 7s) benefit the dealer. High cards benefit the player in the following ways: They increase the player's probability of hitting a Blackjack, which often pays out at 3 to 2 odds (although some ...

  9. Woman Suspects German Shepherd-Pit Bull Mix Is Milking Her ...

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    So a broken paw would be a good excuse to soak up some more love. We know dog mom, Brittany Dishnow, was cracking up when her German Shepherd and Pit Bull mix Mazikeen posted up on the couch after ...