TOP 10

Ways to tell the cards are probably not Random

• 10. First all the Aces come out; then all the 2's; then all the 3's...
•  9. The dealer "forgets" to shuffle the cards.
•  8. The dealer brings in new decks from the Let-It-Ride table, across the pit.
•  7. The dealer peeks at each card before shuffling, tossing the Tens and Aces in the trach can.
•  6. You see a bar-code on the face of every card.
•  5. You see a bar-code on the dealer's forehead (whatever THAT means).
•  4. In a 5-player game, you see Straight Flushes in the dealt cards; in sequence, no less.
•  3. The dealer beats the Straight Flushes with 2 Royal Flushes of her own (after splitting pairs, of course).
•  2. The dealer uses a Basic Strategy crib-card as the shuffle-card.
•  1. The Shuffle Machine was made by Earl Scheib.