aslan said:It is disheartening to see. 8-deck games on the promenade just outside the high roller area. H-17 games by the Poker room. Oh, Borgata, how thou hast fallen!
Still a fine place, comfortable, friendly, laid-back for your card counting pleasure-- be tasteful and use a little camo if you will. Still has the best clientele and the friendliest pit anywhere. But, oh, did I wait in that long line for a paper thin Nationals baseball jacket that they will send me UPS in two weeks? San Boyd, I want to talk with you. Does anyone know-- is he still alive?
That's ASLAN, not Asian, Flash.... yes, because last year they gave away a very heavy and warm NFL Superbowl jacket which kept me very warm many cold days this winter. Thanks for asking.FLASH1296 said:
asian,
Did you think that they were giving away (anything) without a sound reason to do so ?
I don't play the HL room, which may be sweaty-- I don't know -- but my style of "play all" with convincing cover and patiently waiting for the "long plus counts" seems to slide easily under their radar. I enjoy the play, the conversation, the socializing, and don't mind playing a break/even game until the good times come.Polarbearsolvent said:Interesting... I have been noticing that the Borg has been pretty sweaty lately. Seemingly they are being more vigilant, even with cover.
Then again, I have also been moving on to greener pastures and as much as I miss the environment (and the reasonable comps) the Borg is nowhere near the best place to play (for me at least).
Once in a while you run into a knowledgeable pit person, even at the Borgata. I played the other day for more than 12 hours, almost consecutively, and had no problem spreading from 1 x 1 or 2 x 1 to 2 x 8 which I find sufficient for my purposes, Of course, I did have the patented Aslan Holistic Invisibility Distribution Engine (HIDE) engaged and working at all times.WABJ11 said:I would have to agree with Polar that the Borg has been getting sweatier. Never have had a problem there, with "checks play" almost always just getting a nod from the pit.
But on my last trip out there (last week) I played one shoe before the pit came over and started harassing me with comments like "oh why are you making a big bet at the end of the shoe?" Dealer shows an Ace and I take insurance cause its like +10, but he doesn't have it. The pit goes "He should have had it with your system." I got outta there quick. I'm use to things like this happening at Trump and Resorts, def not Borg. Maybe they hired some laid off pit critters from neighboring properties? Who knows?
I played in three different pits, the two outside the high roller room, and the pit by the cashier. I played at five or more different tables and experienced no heat whatsoever.moo321 said:Yeah, the Borg is pretty sharp these days. Which shifts were those incidents, and which bosses if you guy can mention it?
You do have to give the pit credit, they do keep track of black chips. The pit came over to my table and the dealer said, "One is there [pointing to me] and one left," thus causing me thereafter to stuff my pockets with greens instead of blacks to avoid the appearance of a winner.pit15 said:Eh, most dealers at borgata don't even bother calling checks play or purple action.
Yeah, I stand around the table for a while then come in betting 500 bucks, but that's not really all THAT unusual at borgata, and the amount of time I spend at one pit is far too short for them to even remotely have a chance at evaluating the play.
If anyone's willing to take some heat, there's a good way to prevent the H17 tables from spreading.
False Drop.
Buy in big with cash at the H17 pit, play very little or not at all and move on. IF enough people do this the drop goes through the roof, but the hold will remain the same as if just ploppies played.. Result = hold % goes way down and borgata decides the H17 tables suck.
Probably not a good idea to do this repeatedly unless you're already so hot there you can't play there anymore and just want to piss them off. In that case, go buy in for as much cash as you have on you (and you WILL ctr so just take the ctr), go to the cage, cash out, then go back to the table, and just keep doing that until they trespass you. If anyone's actually going to do that, let me know. If I have a game available there at the time I'll bet more then I usually do while they're busy bouncing you
not ratholing black should be a given though. I figured that one out quickly before I started playing black.aslan said:You do have to give the pit credit, they do keep track of black chips. The pit came over to my table and the dealer said, "One is there [pointing to me] and one left," thus causing me thereafter to stuff my pockets with greens instead of blacks to avoid the appearance of a winner.
You right, they don't do it to keep you from ratholing blacks, but it has the same effect; that is, if you do, they will know it. Employee theft has long been the main concern of surveillance, although years ago, customers had a heyday in cheating the casinos.pit15 said:not ratholing black should be a given though. I figured that one out quickly before I started playing black.
Borgata is far more liberal with actually paying in black during the course of play then most places though.
Any AP who's played in a casino for any serious amount of time should know they track the big chips. Though they don't do it to prevent ratholing as their primary reason. If they didn't bother tracking purple/orange at the table, then the dealers who do things like steal chips (and there's been TONS of those cases) would be palming off an orange instead of a green, and you can see how that would be a problem. A lot of times if you're betting big the pit watches closely not because they're nervous there's something going on with you, they want to make sure the dealer is paying things right. Most of the time the casino's more worried about their own employees then the players.
That's a blanket statement and is often not true. I pulled $1300 off the table in black at one casino and no one noticed. There are a number of casinos where I'll rathole black.pit15 said:not ratholing black should be a given though. I figured that one out quickly before I started playing black.
I should've said IN MOST CASES.moo321 said:That's a blanket statement and is often not true. I pulled $1300 off the table in black at one casino and no one noticed. There are a number of casinos where I'll rathole black.
MAYBE ok as a generalization to be tested at your particular joint.
I agree. Even in lower limit pits I've noticed an inability to track black chips when players are betting with them frequently. When no one is betting blacks, the only ones that "go out" are the cash ins by players, or payoffs using blacks, both under control of the dealer. I those cases, the pit keeps exact count.pit15 said:I should've said IN MOST CASES.
There's opportunistic situations to rathole black, and maybe if you play in high limit pits where the min bet is 100 they don't track them that carefully.