Quote Originally Posted by ZeeBabar View Post
often I catch one empty, start playing and very shortly, looks like ploppies who did not want to play heads up, join and sit at table, making the number of spots go back up to 4 or more.
Simple solution that will work most of the time - don't try to be Mr. Popularity, succumbing to the will of the table in how to play your hand in the event of an index play. For example, 12v3, 16vT, and so on. If you took the dealer's bust card by hitting/standing against the advice know-it-alls next to you, maybe they'll avoid you in the future. Another one is switch back and forth between one and two hands to "mess up the flow of the cards."