black jack tables

[cassandraeidyia]

So, I have a questions about black jack tables.
I have this habit of sitting out a round or two when I have had bad cards dealt
consequtively.
Never did I have a problem with this until another player complained about me
to the casino manager recently at a casino in New York state.
The casino manager thus told me that I cannot sit out of any games and
have to play every game as long as i am sitting at that table.
My question is if this is a rule of blackjack tables? or does this
vary with casino.
I suspect that there is no such rule because no dealers have ever said that
I cannot sit out of games.

Any help or comments would be greatly appreciated!

 

[john]

you ran into "that person"

You know the person that has a problem with everything. The one who blames his "bad luck" on everyone else. That guy didn't know how to play blackjack and felt better about things when he was blaming you. No, this isn't a rule in blackjack. If you are counter, you may be cautious about who is observing you, though. Most of us, counters want to be virtually invisible so you may re-think your strategy. If you only count a few times per year, then I wouldn't worry about it because the event isn't likely to happen too often. I can't speak from experience, though since I don't ever sit out hands. If you want to sit out hands, go to the bathroom or something. Actually, I have done this and the ploppies don't mind it much. If you play enough blackjack, you will run into these people every now and then.

There was a woman once who didn't want me to sit down at the table because the cards were finally running good. She was very scarey so I went to another table. I

 

[gehrig]

sitting out/wonging in or out...

once at the stratosphere on a dd game, a backcounter wonged into a deck at a plus 2 true count. he received a snapper. immediately the pitstiff and dealer comiserated with me... the 'stiff said: "that guy took your blackjack". that added miles to my cover.

i'd likely say something like: this guy only plays when all the little cards come out...is he one of those guys who can memorize the cards ? to wit, don't wong into my table 'cause i'll blow your cover while enhancing my own. same as i don't jump into a game where i detect another counter. that does neither of us any good. and if you can't detect another counter faster than surveillance and/or pit game supervision with their other duties, you belong back in "triple a" ball.

 

[phantom007]

SEATS are for PLAYERS ONLY!

I have seen this sign on more than one BJ table over the years.

As far as a "Rule", I do not know, but it makes since that they would not want you to order Delivery from Domino's on your cell phone, then have it delivered to your BJ table, then sit there and eat it. Since casino's are private clubs, certain rules they can "make up" as long as these rules are not otherwise discriminatory.

Conversely, I have never seen a cute little 21 y.o. Blond sitting by her 60 y.o. BJ-Playing Barney-losing "uncle" be asked to leave the table for another player. However, I have often seen, especially during peak times, Non-Player(s) sitting by a Red-Chip player be asked to vacate their seat for players...seems to happen most often to young blacks, both male and female.

Hmmmmmm!? ACLU anyone!

Certainly it is common for both Pro's and Ploppies to Sit out a hand or two...the Pro's of course, when the Count has tanked...the Ploppies when they have lost several in a row, someone left the table, someone entered the table, or the dice from the craps table next over just hit him/her in the hear.

As to your post, I had a similar experience playing SF21 in LV 2 years ago. I played two hands in neutral and Pos. Cts., dropping to one hand in Neg. Cts. After about an hour of doing this, PC came over and said "I had to play two hands throughout that deck". She did not answer when I asked "what if I only have enough $ for one hand".

SOLUTION........of course........BEER!

By now, I was already 3/4th tanked. Start with 2 hands, press up when the Ct. was Pos., and GO PEE when the Ct. dropped. I had been and continued to consume beer at a rate to make every 5 minute bathroom breaks not only believable, but OFTEN needed!

Did not walk away a big winner that session, but got lots of free beer.

phantom007.