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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why would counting cards be forbidden? I feel like it's the same as using a phone calculator in the grocery store to calculate the best unit price. Is it because it's a casino and there are vastly different quantities of money at stake? As you can probably tell, I don't know much about casinos.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Its allowed. Using a tool to help you IS NOT.

Betting table max, 3 hands, out of nowhere is a big indication you're counting. It is, after all, a betting strategy.

And casinos stop it because if they allow it it could shut the whole place down. A business that loses money doesn't stay open for long.

I've been a shift manager at casinos for years. I can tell the counters a mile away. I can deal a shoe and tell you the count at any point. I don't kick em out, but I'll flat bet them. Say the betting spread is $5-$500, right? They've played 10 hands at $5, now they bet $500. I'll walk over and place a new placard on the table, $25-$25. They can only bet $25 a hand, no variation.

Anyone who's there to press an advantage will walk immediately. And then we'll make a dossier on them and it'll get shared, nationally.

Yep. It is like that. Would you expect less, c'mon.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That's sad man