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- From: mbuck@fibers (Michael D. Buck)
- Newsgroups: rec.gambling
- Subject: Re: I got "counter-measured"! What went wrong?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.135928.672@fibers>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 18:59:28 GMT
- Article-I.D.: fibers.1992Nov23.135928.672
- References: <1992Nov18.120025.660@fibers> <lgqqedINNgju@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>
- Reply-To: fibers!mbuck@dg-rtp.dg.com
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- In article <lgqqedINNgju@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>, price@chuckles.Eng.Sun.COM (Chuck Price) writes:
-
- > It sounds like the dealer suspected you of counting, but not the pit
- > boss. According to your note, you didn't actually get barred, just
- > accused by the dealer.
-
- Maybe, but the behavior of the dealer(s) involved changed noticeably
- *after* they came back from break, as if a pit boss had told them
- things before they got back to the table.
-
- > So my first question is, were you tipping the
- > dealer regularly? Sounds like you won a lot, were you placing dealer
- > bets (ie, paying hush money? :-) Did you attempt to build a rapport
- > with him, since you were there, draining him, for 2.5 hours (hence
- > making him look bad to his boss)?
-
- I was probably not tipping well enough, I imagine, to have any
- effect on the dealer. Anyone have any general guidelines of how
- much (and how often) to tip at various bet levels?
-
- > Second question, were you playing too "smart"? Avoiding strong plays
- > like splitting tens and taking insurance (when it is advantageous)...
-
- Didn't really have an opportunity to do any of the "obvious" plays.
- The situations simply didn't arise.
-
- > Were you pulling back bets when the dealer shuffled?
-
- No.
-
-
- > When playing at the Flamingo, I play at slow times if possible, with
- > small ranges in bets, and attempt to strike up a conversation with the
- > dealer.
-
- I am working on the "converse with the dealer" part, but if our
- exchange goes back and forth more than two times, I find it
- difficult to keep the count *and* appear normal during conversation.
- I end up being noticeably slow in conversation. Like I said, I'm
- working on it....
-
- > Oh, and finally, I'd recommend only converting a small amount of your
- > table stake to chips at one time. Keeping just a few chips out, and
- > having to periodically convert money to chips is 1) a good way to
- > appear to be losing, and 2) potentially a good opportunity to squirrel
- > away winning chips. Having a large stack in front of you is not
- > a good idea, IMHO.
-
- Good idea. Only problem is when you pull out $20 to start with, and
- continually win. It makes it hard to find an occasion where you
- need to pull out more money :-). But, I guess I can deal with that
- situation, if it happens to me again. :-)
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