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I feel like answering this will ID me to any spies on the site. One thing I can say is if the dealer suddenly gives you better pen put a tip out. Dealers try to figure out what will get you to tip. By only tipping to reinforce desired behavior you give them the chance to learn what you want and give as much of it as they feel comfortable doing. I am sure you can come up with appropriate comments to help the dealer understand without being explicit as to why. I am sure you can think of a number of reasons you might want the shoe to last longer that has nothing to do with AP. One I don't use much is this is probably my last shoe so couldn't we make it a long one. I have seen really good APs at working dealers get unbelievable pen. I got a dealer to cut so the shoe was dealt down to 6 cards heads up once. I know because the other dealer counted them when he finished the shoe after relieving her. I usually don't get that good of pen though. I do get some dealers to give me better cuts. I had one apologize for not being able to give me a better cut because the corporate suits where on site that day. I think most dealers probably know what we are doing. Some are happy to do what they are comfortable doing to help especially if you tip or they like having you around.
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