What happens at a blackjack table if every player refuses to cut the deck?

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I received an offer in the mail that if I use this person’s strategy at video poker, and play on machines that hypothetically return close to 100%, that I will be a winner every time, GUARANTEED! What is the deal here?

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Unfortunately, the video poker machines where I play are all 'tight.' Therefore, I have been considering going back to the $5.00 BJ tables. I try to count, most of the time, and I'd say I was 'fairly' proficient at it but I've always wondered.........if you had your druthers, which table seat would you like to have (first base, third base, anywhere, when you're counting). Does a different seat have 'any' advantage, at all?

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For the lowest casino advantage, which game do you recommend that I play, craps, baccarat or single deck blackjack?

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You mentioned that the odds are 40,000 to one of getting a royal flush when playing video poker. I also understand that it doesn’t necessarily mean that I will hit one if I were to play 40,000 hands. But, if I were play those 40,000 hands and get one, how much would it cost me?

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In Pai Gow Poker, what is the rank of the Joker when it applies to a flush? For instance, let’s say my five-card hand consists of an Ace, Jack, 7, 5, and four of hearts and the Joker to complete the flush. The dealer has an Ace, Queen, Jack, 4, and three of spades. Since the Joker can be used to complete a flush and also as an Ace, wouldn’t my hand beat the dealer’s being that my Ace, Ace (Joker) Jack bets the dealers Ace, Queen, Jack?

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I met a dealer who claimed that he could not only drop the ball within a certain section of the wheel, but on specific numbers. He even called out “get you bets down on the double zero because here it comes,” and it actually hit, which leads to my question, do you believe that a roulette dealer can put the ball in a specific number, and should I follow his advice when he tells us where to put our chips?

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Dear Mark,

In a recent column you mentioned cold decks and cheating. What does a cold deck have anything to do with cheating? Doesn’t a cold deck mean cards that are cold in respect to player having an unlucky night?
Dwight E.

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