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Here PinkChip, I'll take a stab. I'm sure I'll answer one of these wrong by a technicality and someones going to call me out, but here it goes:
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PinkChip
I have a lots of questions to this, because I have no US casino experience, so how does this "playing rated" stuff actually work?
In Europe, I must show an official ID (like passport or driving licence) and pay a fee when entering a casino. And there is nothing like "comps".
1.) In the US, you can just walk into any casino, buy in and sit down at any table?
That's about it.
2.) Do they check if someone is aged 18 or 21 when he looks young? (But I'm anyway clearly older).
Sure do.
3.) Do you get asked by the pit boss if you want to get rated?
They say "Player Card?"
4.) Is it required to play rated in order to get comps?
I believe so.
5.) Do all APs refuse to play rated (I have read so many BJ books but every author seems to have a different answer to this)?
I think not. I think some AP's consider the comps off play as a bonus. Of course some probably cringe at the thought of using a players card.
6.) Is it suspicious to refuse to play rated?
I'l leave this one for one of the experts, as I 'd be flipping a coin as far as how to answer.
7.) Is it possible to play rated with a false name?
See answer to #8.
(In the movie "21", they show a driving license with a false name "Vladimir Stubnycki", but I guess it is illegal and difficult to create a false official document like driving license?)
I think the day's of fake ID's are gone for the younger folk. Now day's DL's have electronic barcodes and the Casino can scan this code and check databases. I'm sure if there's a will anything is possible though.
8.) Does it make sense to stay in a hotel-casino, playing rated there in order to get comped, but to play unrated in other casinos?
Sure, I guess...
9.) How does the pit actually track how much you have bet, in order to compute your comp level? Do they just coarsely estimate this?
My experience is limited here. They know what I buy in with, and then get the total of what I leave with when the dealer say's "Color up.. XXX amount going out"
(because they usually have no MindPlay table tracking all your bets to the last cent).
I really think you're over thinking things. Find you a beatable game and go kill it.
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