Not a bad idea!
However, do you mean going back to $10 if I later decide that this strategy is not for me or do you mean going back to $10 in the same session? If you go back to $10 in the same session, your spread has just gone back to 1-10, has it not? It would seem that at least the majority of your bets would need to be $20 with only the occasional $10 to maintain the illusion of this spread.
The dealers? Hmmm…I'm a little skeptical. After playing there for so long, I would think that the dealers with an ounce of common sense would know why. Some dealers though are straight up air headed. I don't think they're all in the "know" and many are just robots doing a job with tasks of which they don't appear to understand.
But, I could be wrong. After all, my job is to give an act. They may be doing the same. It's safe to say that I should just assume that they all know and play with a healthy degree of caution. I'm not going back there for a while anyway.
Last edited by counter19; 01-27-2015 at 05:30 PM. Reason: redundant adverbs
After your response I am pretty sure I didn't understand what you were thinking they knew. My answer was they know why the call is made. Around here most dealers know you are counting. Most don't care. If you are a pain in the arse they care but only about the pain part. They may help the casino take action on the counting part to deal wit the pain part.
1. It sounds like you're doing this the right way. But only ask as a last resort. Try to figure it out on your own by watching first.
2. Watch everything. And I mean everything. Dealing procedures. Card procedures. Procedures on carnie games. Dealer rotations. Which floor people are dual-rates (also dealers)?What is the hierarchy? What warrants a call to surveillance? Who writes comps? Which suits are paranoid? Which suits are sharp? Which suits are morons?
3. Read as much as possible about the environment. Understand how casinos operate. What makes them happy? What makes them scared?
The Cash Cow.
It's not a sure thing but bet $20 when the floor is watching, especially when you buy in and hand him your card. He'll record your base bet as $20 and you can then drop down to $10. Many times he'll be too busy or just too lazy too change it. Put the $20 up when he checks the table. It doesn't have to be all the time. Put even more in the circle while the dealer is shuffling. Just don't forget to take it down like I have - unless you know a blackjack is coming.
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