[Shuffle Machines]

Ellis;

Where does your 6% figure come from? Are you sure you don't mean .6%?

I have used a random number simulator and have never come close to 6% even with counting methods and playing one deck.

[Very interesting article.]

Hello NBJwannabe;

I worked in casino security for five years and I was able to watch many multiple deck games as I did the duties of my job. My estimate is that the average basic strategy player wins about one hand out of every three. In the casino I worked in, new cards were so poorly shuffled that players usually only won one hand out of every 4 with basic strategy. Dealers getting six and seven card 21s were common.

If you take the time to observe the blackjack games played in a real brick and mortar casino, I think you will see that the real results do not in any significant way reflect the computer simulations that counters use in their arguments.