Hello everybody:

Here's an incident that I keep mulling over. Perhaps some of you can help me.

A while back I was playing in one of the nicer Station casinos in Las Vegas. The place was dead at the time. There were only a few players. I sat down at a $25 double deck table. I was the only player. The pit boss was chatting me up, perhaps because he really had nothing else to do. Whatever the case, once I started playing he ignored me. The dealer was quite young and seemed to be new judging by her nervousness.

My standard betting unit is $50. At this table my plan was to come off the top for 50 and then drop down to 25 during neutral and negative counts. I would bet true count minus one for positive situations. I planned on a short session.

It took some time before I got a good count. As soon as I pushed out $200 the dealer seemed confused and clumsily and awkardly pressed something on a touch keypad that was set up for the dealers on their side of the table. I lost my last couple of big bets. I collected my chips and hit the door.

Was the dealer communicating to the eye in the sky when my bet reached 200? Or is that some procedure they have just to track larger bets? Or was I worried about nothing? I haven't been to this place since this event. Does anybody know what I'm talking about here? Thanks in advance for any help.

Jackie Chiles