Shoes will almost always (KEYWORD ALMOST) always equal out. But it is very easy to have swings of + or -10 and + or -20, in favor of one side or the other. Use it to your advantage when it is happening as well as, right after it subsided.
For some reason it will run quickly up to 10 and reach a high of 20. At rare times it will go beyond 20, but not very often.
As a mean norm it will be right around the + or -10 count. Usually this will occur in the 1/3 to 1/2 area of the shoe, and hands 25 - 50's.
The correction (equaling out) will come either slowly or on occasion quickly. Here is an example of what I am referring to, that happened the other night. The players were ahead and the banker pulled the correction to equal itself out.
1s, 2s, 3s and a single 4.
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Then it happens.
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27 Players to 17 Bankers at hand 44.
And very often the dominant side that will lessen up, once it does, will usually win with only one or two hands only at a time. While the side that will catch up, usually does so in twos, threes, fours and occasionally fives, more than any other combinations.
In the example given, the banker came back super strong, with 3 Fortune 7's, both of the back the back ties were natural 8s and natural 9s, and there was also one three card players 0 with the banker having a three card 9, for a dragon bonus of 30 to 1. A complete and super dominant second half by the side that was weak prior.
Reference the positioning of the + -10/+ - 20. Not necessarily in a Section or meant as a Turning point, might very well be spread out over half of a shoe, etc.
I do not specifically mean + - 10/ + -20 will be all streaks or contained within one section.
The equalization I am referring to is over at least two sections as a norm, because I view almost all shoes as 3 to 5 sections and turning points.
FYI, if I divided up the above shoe into Sections, I would have the Sections with their Turning points as follows:
Section 1: Hands 1-24
Section 2: Hands 25-50
Section 3: Hands 51-64
Section 4: Hands 65-79
Hope that helps.
Thx alrelax for addendum example.
I agree as I quite frequently see one side get ahead by 10ish or so (usually early sections as u suggest), before reverting back(trailing side starts nicking into the leaders lead). I play a lot of 6-deck shoes and seldom see the 20ish difference. Obviously in these situations the trailer simply runs out of track and doesn't have room to catch up and finishes at a large deficit(though significantly less than 20), "typically".
Continued Success,