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giving advice, a player is signaling the floorman
that he's a smart player, and that's the one kind
of player the casino doesn't want at their tables.
They feel that gamblers should only be losers and
that no one deserves to win. But since smart blackjack
players can and do win steadily, floormen bar them
Simple. In other businesses this might be illegal,
but in the gambling industry it's a fact of life-a
crazy and unfair but one that astute players have
to live with.
Therefore, handling the floorman is of vital concern,
since he is the man who's going to make the first
move to bar you. When he comes around to the blackjack
table, you must act like all the losers around you.
Don't alter your bets downward after you win; no
loser does this. Raise and double your bets after
a win, only if the deck is neutral or favorable.That’s
what losers do; they raise their bets after a win
in twenty-one hoping to catch a rush.
If you have a big bet out and the cards are reshuffled
suddenly and without warning, leave that bet out.
Taking it down, lowering it, is a sign of a card
counter, and this is one of the key signals the
floorman picks up on. In fact, he may order a reshuffle
just to see what you are going to do about it, if
he suspects you of card counting.
At the casino craps table, whether you win or lose
makes no real difference to the floormen, for the
game is pure chance, except for the skill involved
in correctly managing your money and making the
best bets on the layout. The floorman will prefer
that you lose, but if you win a fortune, you won't
get barred In fact, you're encouraged to play again
at their casino, so that the casino can try and
get its money back. To encourage you, they'll offer
free room, food and drinks, and sometime women,
anything to keep you there to gamble again at their
tables. At the craps pit floormen are much more
friendly, though even here greed sometimes permeates
the air like poison. |
