Quote Originally Posted by vegaskid View Post
A couple friends of mine were in Vegas recently and reported that they saw "No mid-shoe entry" signs on lots of single and DD tables, but rarely on shoe games. Isn't this exactly the opposite of what logic would dictate? Why would counters try to Wong SD and DD games with the count as unstable as it is? Is there another reason I'm missing to restrict mid-shoe entry on pitch games?
vegaskid,

In addition to Sonny's "sitting out hands" reason is this old standby: approach the table as the dealer is dealing the first round, and then decide to play only if the count is favorable. At some casinos I used to move from DD table to DD table doing just this.

Dog Hand