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2) We assign a random number between 1 and 32,767 to each card.

3) The cards are then sorted in the order of the random numbers that are 'attached' to them,

4) We then throw away the numbers.

5) Finally, and as an extra measure, we seed the random number generator with the number of seconds that the computer has been running since it's last reboot.

6) The cards are then placed into a cyber-shoe where they CANNOT BE MANIPULATED BY ANYONE.

7) When your shoe has been depleted, this process is repeated and you are provided with another completely new shoe of cards, shuffled again in the manner herein described.

YOU unwittingly control whether you get a good shoe by taking (or NOT taking) the next available card. The next card will be the same next card whether or not you take a hit or stand! If you are lucky, it will be a card that will help you. But, our computer IS NOT INVOLVED in the selection.

People have made our programmers so sensitive that they have provided a shoe that is dealt to the BOTTOM so that YOU can ACCOUNT for every card and assure yourself that none are missing.

A hacker can't see that which doesn't exist. For that reason, the dealer doesn't have a "hidden" card but instead is dealt only after the player has received all of his/her cards.

This is how the cards are dealt in MONTE CARLO with one exception: if the dealer Blackjacks, only your initial bet is retained just as if the dealer had "peeked" and discovered the Blackjack prior to your additional bets that may have involved a double-down, split, etc. MONTE CARLO keeps all additional bets.

Players are more carefree with our credits because they are free. Everyone is more likely to bet the table limit (10% of the issued credits). This also means that a player can lose everything in a string of only ten bad hands.

We will give you additional credits when you do lose them but the additional credits are fewer and still subject to the 10% rule - a definite handicap when playing against others who are able to make larger maximum bets.

When you only bet the "max," you have deprived yourself of the opportunity of honing your skill at this game. You are just trying to be "lucky" and it is clear that the dealer usually has most of the luck in this game.

Our best players who are often in the winning circle will play many more hands because they MANAGE THEIR MONEY and play with their intellect rather than just try to catch a lucky streak.

To really "bend your mind" and use your intellect, try playing our MIND BENDER which is the closest you'll get to the interesting strategy of authentic tournament play. See the MIND BENDER for the specifics.

We play it LIVE so be prepared to first understand how to operate your computer so that you are able to make full use our INTERNAL MAIL system.

YOU MUST KNOW HOW TO RELOAD in order to properly communicate in REAL TIME, so CLICK HERE.

Some people will complain about receiving an "odd" screen that shows only the dealer's cards OR won't allow them to STAND or play their hand in a normal fashion. However, such problems are ALWAYS in the player's system and resolved only when the player clears his/her MEMORY CACHE. In a few cases, the player has had to re-install their Internet Browser.

See a more detailed page on ERRORS.

We do everything we can to keep people in the game. We even developed a way for players to get a second chance if they failed to advance or even if they entered Round One of a tournament that has already advanced into Round 2, 3, or 4.

We do that by using the MEDIAN SCORE. Go to MEDIAN SCORE for the specifics.

Our MARATHON METHOD allows each category of player to compete with only those of their own proficiency in the SAME TOURNAMENT. When the winners are determined, the "C" category (or newer players) are only scored against other "C" players. See MARATHON METHOD for the specifics.

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