What is the significance of this call from a dealer?
Most casinos tend to call it out at $100. Some casinos just call it out if only using black or purple chips. I was once betting 6 greens with no attention. The count dropped so I only put out 1 black chip instead of 4 greens and now the pit was watching and recording each chip coming in and out.
I've been in small stores where green action is sweat. Can't remember whether or not they ever said, "Green plays!" or the like, but I did have the definite sense that green was the black of these small time stores.
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Happened to me one time at a very sweaty Native casino. I was thinking "Seriously? Green?" so the next hand (prior to being able to count) I chunked out two hands at two hundred each in black. I won both and they promptly had to close the game. Funny stuff.Originally Posted by Aslan
Cheques play isn't a bad thing. As previously stated, it usually means that the pit need to be aware of a large player (typically for rating purposes) or that large denomination cheques are being used. Black and above it doesn't matter where you are playing, the suits want to know where those are going. That call isn't just used in blackjack, "Cheques on the Don't" is a very common call in the craps pit and it's just for game protection and money tracking. If you start worrying about the call wouldn't you behavior change be more of a reason for them to watch you?
I once played at a $5 table and got check play call for $50 bet. I told the dealer it is nothing near $100 and she explained to me that everybody bet $5, mine is extremely high compared to others' so she has to call check play to notify the pit boss.
It's usually a $100 bet. In Downtown Vegas, crossing back and forth and getting "checks play" calls will definitely bring heat. So go 2x$75 if you can.
Also, many places call out "black action" on the floor, and unless you're in a high limit room at a high limit casino, "purple action" is always going to get called. These can bring heat. Bet 4 greens for a black to avoid this.
Something funny to relate to this: on my latest trip, there was a guy at the table who had a stack of greens about a foot tall; pit didn't seem to pay him much attention. I color up with a few blacks and the pit boss gives me the hairy eyeball. I guess they have selective eyesight.
Somewhat off-topic but if you don't want to get called for "change" in mid-play (i.e. trying to avoid "the call" by exchanging chips from the dealer), then swap chips with another player. I avoided a call by trading larger for smaller chips with someone at the table. You might even get away with leaving the table without coloring up with the dealer via this method.
It's usually a gift to the player, if he or she can make an acceptable profit at a maximum bet just under the "checks play" threshold. It's like saying "Here's the level at which our bureaucracy states that we must fill out a Z97\G13 form, so go ahead and blast away at an amount just below this level."
At some places, if you stay below "checks play!" threshold, you can spread away, invisible to management, for hours and hours.
This would be OK for coloring out (which is what I assume you're talking about), but if you're planning on continuing play then it becomes circular......you would have to take their cash and re-buy chips.
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