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There are two types of shuffling machines: The "Shuffle Master Machines" and the "Continuous Shuffle Machine".

First, "Shuffle Master Machines" originally used 2 decks of cards. In general, these machines are using 6 and 8 decks of cards now. If you are lucky, you can find a 4 deck game with a shuffle machine, while 12-deck games have been phased out.

Some people think that the shuffle machine was introduced to simply "speed" up the game. This is partially true, since the shuffling of cards done by the dealers, manually, makes the game slower, and the casino is not earning money during shuffling.

There is another reason why the shuffle machine was introduced; before, when dealers were shuffling the cards, the high cards were carefully being watched by players, and they could track these cards while dealers were shuffling them. With practiced skill, and a keen eye, they could learn to know where the high cards were - but with the use of an auto shuffle machine, players can't see the movement of the cards; therefore, players can't track the high cards.

Now, the question of many new blackjack players is this: how do you play against "Shuffle Master" machines?

The first thing that they need to consider is to know which type of blackjack game this "shoe" is producing. This is before players do the buy-in. A shuffle master can produce three types of games. The two most famous types of game and the most favorable game to find is a neutral type, "Back and Forth", or the dealer breaking game.

If the shuffling machine is producing the "Back and Forth" here you have to use the standard basic strategy for playing blackjack. A good blackjack basic strategy is a beneficial skill that can help you increase your odds of winning.

An important point to remember, if you are playing with a shuffling machine, is that you should monitor each deck of cards, one by one. Take note that there are two completely different decks of cards, there is the blue deck and the red deck.

Each deck ought to stand on its own merits, and you do not use the barber poll from one deck color to bet on a different color deck.

The "Continuous Shuffle Machines" are the machines that pull cards out of the game to shuffle. This is from the decks of cards that the dealer is currently using in the blackjack game.

There is no way of knowing what cards are in the shuffling machine and what cards that the dealers are actually using. This machine is not favorable to players in any way at all.

More often than not, players prefer to play the neutral games, or the most favorable shuffling machine set-up.