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Blackjack Heat Radar Part3
Heat is when a pit boss or floorman instructs the dealer to shuffle up on you, or to center-cut the next shoe. If this is the first time this has happened, you might continue playing, even through a few of these shallowly dealt shoes, as the pit may simply be testing you to see if this appears to bother you. This, however, is a countermeasure that literally kills your chances of profiting from that shoe, and it also sends a fairly strong message that your play is not trusted.
This may be less a test than a message that the boss has already made a decision about you. It may be the wisest decision for you to casually leave, and simply avoid playing whenever this boss is in the pit. Most experienced pros can tell when a shuffle-up is a test or a message. If you can't tell, then you've got to make a decision. Do you want to try to play through this intense surveillance, to see if you can stay in the game? If you do just get up and leave that might affirm their suspicions. How you handle this situation depends on many factors: Are you staying at this casino? Are you a comped guest? Do they know who you are? Did you get a player's card with your real name on it?
If you are just another face in the crowd, not a guest at their hotel, not known by name, you might find it best to hit the road quickly, and avoid that boss, that pit, and that shift, for some time in the future. If you are a known entity, then you may have to deal with the consequences sooner or later, especially if you are a comped guest.
Heat is when someone who isn't playing (and sometimes more than one), appears to take a strong interest in your play from behind you or manages to get into your line of sight just enough for you to know that you are under rather intense surveillance. This could be an even more unsettling variation of the pit boss glare, or if you are a high roller, this surveillance may be done with a lighter touch. The casino person observing you may even pose as another player at your table, betting the minimum, not saying very much. But somehow, you just know he was sent to watch your game, watch your eyes, and watch your bets and decisions. If you decide to call it quits, leave as casually as you can.
Heat is when you are personally told that your play is being restricted in any way—possibly your betting spread, or the maximum amount you may bet. If this type of countermeasure follows you around from table to table, assume that the jig is up. You have been identified as a counter.
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Blackjack Heat Radar
If you are going to get away with counting at high stakes, you must be sensitive to "heat." More and more these days, counters are identified by electronic surveillance, but there is almost always some sign that the guys on the floor suspect something before the heat comes down. This is a letter I received from a player a few years ago:
How does a card counter know when he's getting heat? I play at moderate to high stakes ($25 -$500), but I've only been doing this for a short time—a few weekend trips so far. I get very nervous whenever the pit boss seems to be looking at me, or even in the direction of my table. I do try to be friendly toward the bosses and floormen, and I believe I act like nothing is bothering me, but I often have the urge to bolt out of there as soon as any conversation with pit personnel is over. I feel like they are also just acting nonchalant when they're actually scrutinizing my play. A few times I have left tables for no other reason than the floorman came over and watched my table for a while, scribbling notes. I feel like he's recording what I'm doing and that I'd better leave before his notes get too detailed. I've walked out on a number of pretty decent games, and it irritates me whenever I feel I must do this when the count is high. I haven't had any trouble so far, but am I being too cautious? It sure would be nice to relax a bit more and hang in there when I've got an otherwise profitable situation.
I suspect that this player was being overly cautious, but I can't know for sure, not without having seen for myself if he actually had reason to feel uncomfortable. He might've loosened up just a bit and gotten barred. Perhaps his radar is working perfectly. Also, as I have never observed his casino play, I really can't judge if his style of betting is too obvious, or his demeanor too telling. Some players project their paranoia, and this in itself makes casino personnel suspicious.
Any player who bets in the $25 to $500 range may expect to draw pit attention and should assume that the eye in the sky is monitoring him. Once a blackjack player's bets go into the $100+ range he becomes a serious concern to the pit. Their primary concern with big players, however, is that they keep them as customers. They do not automatically assume such players are card counters, and most are not—most are actually big losers.
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