I just want to start this thread out by saying that I am currently a red chipper. My local store is H17, Double any card, RSA, No surrender. The good part is the penetration. Most dealers will cut off 1 deck out of 6. A few will cut off about 40-45 cards. However, I would eventually like to get to a table with S17 which are located in the high limit rooms. A couple quick questions.

Is there an increase in heat moving to the high limit room? On the regular floor they seem very tolerant of any spread I put out there. Also, the high limit room seems to be empty most of the time so I am worried that I would stick out more there.
I am not sure of the penetration in the high limit room. Is it worth it to give up say 5% deeper penetration to get better rules?

Thanks for your input.