Everyone, just found this forum a week ago.

I live in SW PA and mostly play at The Meadows. They have a 6 deck shoe. 3 hand max split. Can’t resplit aces. Surrender is allowed. Double any two. I’ve been playing there for years. I use traditional hi-lo method and play basic strategy. My last visit was typical of most visits meaning the running count rarely going positive. I play between 2 to 3 hours usually and each shoe takes about 12 minutes. So let’s say 5 shoes in an hour. The first hour no shoes were positive running count. The second hour 1 shoe went positive for 2 rounds. The same in the third hour.

Is this typical of what you all see in other casinos?

Do you all just stick with the min bet when this happens and just play basic strategy with deviations to the negative counts?

Why does this happen time and again?

On The flipside i’ve noticed the dealer seems to win with Blackjacks and 20’s when the count does take a turn for the positive that I find myself reluctant to up my bet.

Your thoughts please.