Originally Posted by
sd858duece
back in 2001 I used to count at all the indian casinos in san diego area... I would build fat stacks of chips then bet max bet on random freshly shuffled decks and just gamble sometimes I would win ridiculous amounts of money and sometimes I would lose ridiculous amounts of money but I would always leave a couple grand...
all the pit bosses knew I was counting but also liked the fact that I would put out max bets on freshly shuffled decks and gamble... I would just make sure I was still leaving with a little profit
I hate to tell you but putting max bets at the wrong time (such as right after the shuffle) will kill your edge enough to where you're not +EV anymore.
That's why the pit bosses tolerated it.
Similarly, they tolerate card counters who make incorrect (major) decisions and/or lose the count while playing.
This is especially true at bigger joints where they are more sophisticated at figuring out whether you are a +EV counter. At small Indian casinos, they tend to kick you at the slightest sign you're counting. Interestingly, -EV counters take these ejections as a badge of honor, and assume they're doing something right.
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