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Wow,
While heat meters are good for pointing out plays that "raise the heat" translating those to the real world is somewhat more problematic.
As a starter, you should realize that all heat is not created equal. The need for the pit to watch a 25 year old nerd betting 2X500 is much higher than his need to watch a 65 year old nicely dressed guy with blonde on his arm. You can extrapolate to your own circumstances and see where you fall on the persona heat meter!
Next, heat is caused first by opportunity - The pit/surveillance has to be watching which is the reason for "black action", "table max" and "checks play" by the dealers to alert the Pit. With the occurrence of a heat event, the Pit will likely place a call to surveillance to evaluate your play. Remember, surveillance has a few people to watch a very large number of activities. It is highly unlikely that they are camped at their station watching you raise your red chip stack to $80. They will watch when told to watch.
Now you have real heat. - Your betting will be correlated to the count to determine if you are moving your money with the advantage. Your specific plays may be evaluated to determine if they were index plays, insurance, A7 plays and others will be prime suspects. If you are determined to be a "skilled" player and this can range from novice - basic strategist - card counter, then your play history, if they have it, can be reviewed to determine what the disposition should be. Generally this ranges from nothing to the firing squad, with back off's, trespass and maybe detention in between. They likely are using software and are entering your specific plays into their system and it will determine if you are a vermin.
And last, as ZMF says, you never have heat until you do, then it's too late.
Luck is nothing more than probability taken personally!
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