I’ve never played Baccarat before, but can the house actually cheat if they knew what the cards were?
In black jack the house has to hit on certain numbers. In poker they have no control over the action, they just deal the cards. In both of those games the house wouldn’t have a direct additional advantage even if they knew which cards were which. Is the mechanics of baccarat different?
Occam’s razor says no one noticed what must be incredibly subtle tells before on what was assumed to be identical backers. In the article Ivey had to request certain cards to be uses, vs the casino always using them, knowing there was an issue with the cards.
Heck one has to wonder if there was an error setting up the plate or something at the press or in preparing the files. As one who has done plating before, off setting something a fraction of an inch is incredibly easy to do.
