http://www.vegas-blog.com/the-pit-boss/ Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:56:15 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.vegas-blog.com/the-pit-boss/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Joe Gomez Tue, 13 Dec 2005 18:21:27 +0000 http://www.vegas-blog.com/?p=7#comment-3 I write about gambling material and can tell you why the pit boss was so unfriendly. When Blackjack card counters play in teams they will station players at tables throughout the casino. They count cards while making minimal bets. When the deck gets very positive they then use some sort of hand signal to notify another player (called a "big player"). This new player will walk up to the table and usually make a large bet. When they win they frequently continue the large bets until the deck goes negative. If the deck stays good they may stay awhile. The gent who sat near you appeared to be a "big player" and the pit boss obviously thought you were his accomplice. They treat card counters very aggressively as they can no longer have them arrested but have lost huge sums of money to them in the past. I write about gambling material and can tell you why the pit boss was so unfriendly.
When Blackjack card counters play in teams they will station players at tables throughout the casino. They count cards while making minimal bets. When the deck gets very positive they then use some sort of hand signal to notify another player (called a “big player”). This new player will walk up to the table and usually make a large bet. When they win they frequently continue the large bets until the deck goes negative. If the deck stays good they may stay awhile.
The gent who sat near you appeared to be a “big player” and the pit boss obviously thought you were his accomplice.
They treat card counters very aggressively as they can no longer have them arrested but have lost huge sums of money to them in the past.

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