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Meet The Mechanics of Blackjack

The mechanic is the cheating dealer. He goes by an assortment of names, including: Seconds Dealer, Peek Man, Run-up Man, Deuce Dealer, Roll-over Man, or Turn-over Man, depending on his specialty.

The larger casino used to have a mechanic "on-call." Whenever a player was running hot, a mechanic was called in to cool him off quickly. This is no longer a house policy; however, these people are working, somewhere. They haven't deserted the profession or skill they worked so long to develop.

Some dealers, against the policy of the house, are dishonest. This type of dealer wants you to lose for one of two basic reasons. The first is that he may be sloughing-off money to an agent or confederate, and needs to win faster than normal from you the other players so that it will not look like he is losing for the house. The other basic reason is that he wishes to impress the pit bosses and staff that he is winning money for the house in order to hold his job or get a promotion. His techniques are similar to the house mechanic's.

Dealer's Who Count

One way the house takes unfair advantage of the player is to employ dealers who can count the cards. When the deck is rich, such dealers would reshuffle. If the deck is poor, they would keep it in action until it became rich.

It is unlikely that you will ever come across such a dealer. The reasons are obvious. First, counting cards, dealing, verifying the totals of each hand, making payoffs to winners and collections from losers, require just too much agility to expect from one human being. Only an exceptional person would possess such abilities. Since a dealer's salary is so low, why should he work at this trade if he could do better on the other side of the table?

Dealer's Instructions From the House

Like any employee, the dealer is instructed by his supervisors regarding the manner in which he is to perform his job. These instructions usually include:

1. The shuffle point - how far into the deck he should usually deal. 2. What to observe closely - including capping and other forms of cheating. 3. Special reshuffling instructions - when a big jump in bet size is made, or if a new player enters the game with a large bet. 4. Calling out large bets. 5. Calling out when changing large bills, changing chip denominations, and "money plays" (when there is no exchange for chips).