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Thread: Checks Play, calling it in

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    Quote Originally Posted by counter19 View Post
    So I have played at a casino recently where I was spreading 1-10. My big bet is $100 and I get the "checks play" thing. When they say this, the pit boss goes to the phone, pushes a button, and quickly tells whoever is on the other line my spot at the table and my bet. This tells me that they routinely let surveillance know when someone is betting $100.

    Me no like this.

    I left the table after I showed my big bet twice in a row. What would you do in this circumstance? I was thinking about either pulling my bet down to $90 or always leaving after my big bet. Note: I play rated.
    This is DD by the way (though they do this too on 6 deck). 75% pen, DOA, DAS, NRSA, late surrender.
    I haven't had a problem yet but have been kicking their butts for a while now. I have been playing there for over a year, but I spotted the pit boss as he just finished writing (or perhaps reading) some notes about me on their screen (you can see the screen from outside). I could be wrong on the notes though. There may be notes for everybody for all I know and maybe they don't have anything to do with play.

    Regardless, I was thinking of not playing there for a while. It's hard not to though, I can't find rules and penetration better than this anywhere. Even on their 6D they cut off only 3/4 of a deck!
    1-10 spread on a $10 DD (from what I gather here) with solid rules, playing rated. You're reallllllllllllllllllllly pushing it, if they haven't figured it out already. With those rules, you could easily move to 1-6/1-8 and do just fine while flying under the radar with little issue. I just hope you're ratholing to the moon on a table like that. That's almost one I'd avoid because it sounds "too good".

    Quote Originally Posted by hitthat16 View Post
    A couple stores I play call out "green plays!" So annoying.
    Oh wow, that would get old very fast lol.

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    Why not go to 2 hands of 50 instead of throwing out a black and bringing attention? Shouldn't change the odds


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    Quote Originally Posted by Mikebeastmode View Post
    Why not go to 2 hands of 50 instead of throwing out a black and bringing attention? Shouldn't change the odds


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    I don't throw out black. I throw out 4 greens typically.

    I think that going to 2 hands in the middle of a 2D pitch game is more obvious or at least as obvious as betting $100. I could be wrong though.

    I have learned my lesson since starting this thread. I am going to simply bet 1 hand of $90. A 1-9 spread is enough, especially since they have surrender. I'm not going to go back to this casino for some time though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mikebeastmode View Post
    Why not go to 2 hands of 50 instead of throwing out a black and bringing attention? Shouldn't change the odds
    2 hands of $73 has the same RoR as 1 of $100. Why not bet 2 hands of $75 each. At 2 of $50 you are leaving money on the table.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tthree View Post
    2 hands of $73 has the same RoR as 1 of $100. Why not bet 2 hands of $75 each. At 2 of $50 you are leaving money on the table.
    You're right. As long as you aren't being called in it, you should bet that amount

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    If you leave after a big win you'll be put on a watch list. That's a counter's behavior. And if they watch you and see that you count cards then you're fukd. Lol. Either way. Make some small bets before you leave.

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