I’ll add one my comment for those that care. I’m a red chipper so I can get away with things a high stakes player could never get away with. I can spread from 1-20, even 1-30, on a single deck game and I won’t get a “check play”. If I only stay at the table for 2 hours or less, the pit doesn’t even watch me play. If someone did what I was doing playing green or black, they wouldn’t last long. How do I know? I told a higher stakes AP about my 6-5 game and he played it and got backed off and treaspassed in about an hour. I’ve played it for several years now when I’m in the area and never had a problem. But even I don’t camp out at it. I’m sure if I camped out for 8 hours spreading 1-30 on a single game, they would eventually back me off too.

Being a red chipper, I’m never going to make a lot of money but it’s worked for me. I’m not only playing for the money. It’s fun, relaxing and I enjoy the comps, and shooting the breeze with the ploppies, dealers and pit critters. The dealers and pit critters have given me some good pointers on what they look for when it comes to counters, and what they will tolerate.

I do enjoy single deck, even 6-5, due to how volatile the count is so I play it when I find good ones. It makes DD feel like a shoe game. A casino next to me recently opened a single 3:2 game I really like. My problem is I’m probably playing it too much. Like Flash said, you never know when there’s heat until there’s heat, or something to that effect.