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    Alcoholic Beverage at Blackjack Table

    Does having a beer with you at the blackjack table help prevent attention from pit? Does it make any difference?

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    Does having a beer with you at the blackjack table help prevent attention from pit? Does it make any difference?
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    Does having a beer with you at the blackjack table help prevent attention from pit? Does it make any difference?
    I played at T.I's DD games, both H17 and S17, while ordering various mixed drinks (G&T, Scotch and Coke - I can handle my alcohol to a certain degree while maintaining cognitive abilities), and only spreading very lightly, around 1-4 in green. It didn't help one bit. I was asked not to play eventually. Maybe that was because it was T.I, which is notoriously sweaty. It may work elsewhere.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TAGR View Post
    Does having a beer with you at the blackjack table help prevent attention from pit? Does it make any difference?
    It may buy you some time, but that's it.

    Another idea is to get a clear drink, like gin and tonic. Go into the bathroom, toss the drink and fill up with water. Most venues serve NAB drinks in a different styled glass, so a manager can quickly tell who has alcohol and who doesn't. This way, you have water in an alcohol glass.

    Only suggesting this in places where the drinks are free...lol. No sense tossing a great gin and tonic down the drain.

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    I read this idea in a bj book, too. But is it common to take a drink glass from table to table or even to a rest room? You could be observed at least by the ceiling cameras which are all around in a casino, maybe not in rest rooms but in front of their entrance.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PinkChip View Post
    I read this idea in a bj book, too. But is it common to take a drink glass from table to table or even to a rest room? You could be observed at least by the ceiling cameras which are all around in a casino, maybe not in rest rooms but in front of their entrance.
    You could order it somewhere else? Sit at the Video Poker bar, hand the waiter a dollar and ask for a drink. It'll probably work without any play, (it has for me, for non alcoholic drinks at least, but I feel he'd give me a beer if asked) then you can walk away. Won't help against the EITS if they're tracking you, but they're probably more focused on the dealers or the girl with the loose top.

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    I once did that. Took a beer bottle with tinted glass like Coors light and poured into the sink and filled it with water. I looked up in the mirror and the pit boss who was behind me with a surprised look. It turned out that it was a shared bathroom for players and employees. Needless to say I have been avoiding playing with that pit boss since.

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    Yes, when they don't yet survey you anyway and if the house is crowded, chances should be that no attention is generated because they have other stuff to do.

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    Drinking one beer or nursing a drink isn't likely to help you anywhere.

    Drinking many beers while playing will help your longevity in most places except the Las Vegas strip. Most regional casinos can't fathom the concept of a card counter that can pound beers.

    As for the major hotels on the Las Vegas strip, the boot directive comes from EITS and they could care less what your act is.

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