--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Lisa" <viajo1964@...> wrote:
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> As I am not a BJ player..how are they able to tell that you are counting
> cards? I've always wondered.
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Mostly they do it by looking for bet variation. They figure anyone with a wide bet spread is a potential counter candidate. Then they'll typically have the eye watch the game for a while to see if the player's bet variations correlate with the count. If the correlation is good, then the player is highly likely to be a counter. Naturally, some casinos are fairly tolerant, and some are just downright paranoid SOBs.
As someone else mentioned on this thread, card counting is no guarantee of winning in the short run. Best realistic advantage is about 1%, and a player will have about as many losing sessions as winning sessions. Interestingly, everytime I have been tossed for counting I was LOSING at the time.
EE
