Define "black action"
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ihate17
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checks play vs black, green, purple, etc action
Checks play is a level the casino has instructed their dealers to let the pit know when a player bets it. Play on a $50 or $100 table and you generally should not hear it on a $100 bet of 4 green but might hear it for a chunk of green around $500. Play 5 red at the Western and you will hear checks play.
On a red or green chip table where no one has been playing black, you will often hear black action if someone decides to put a black chip in play and the same dealer might have called out checks play for 4 green.
One is a bet level the other a color level which also indicates a bet level.
Of course one could throw in a racial or national identity thing with this. If they said Chechs play, it might mean that the Chech counting team is in the casino. As for black action, it reminds me of a funny instance where an African American friend of mine had a dealer wondering if he was upset or kidding around when after betting 6 or 7 greens he lowers his bet to 2 blacks and hears black action. He gets a pair of 9's vs a stiff, splits, gets a double and wins all bets announcing, "and that is what black action means!". He did it so straight faced that the dealer's look had me laughing inside.
ihate17
Checks play is a level the casino has instructed their dealers to let the pit know when a player bets it. Play on a $50 or $100 table and you generally should not hear it on a $100 bet of 4 green but might hear it for a chunk of green around $500. Play 5 red at the Western and you will hear checks play.
On a red or green chip table where no one has been playing black, you will often hear black action if someone decides to put a black chip in play and the same dealer might have called out checks play for 4 green.
One is a bet level the other a color level which also indicates a bet level.
Of course one could throw in a racial or national identity thing with this. If they said Chechs play, it might mean that the Chech counting team is in the casino. As for black action, it reminds me of a funny instance where an African American friend of mine had a dealer wondering if he was upset or kidding around when after betting 6 or 7 greens he lowers his bet to 2 blacks and hears black action. He gets a pair of 9's vs a stiff, splits, gets a double and wins all bets announcing, "and that is what black action means!". He did it so straight faced that the dealer's look had me laughing inside.
ihate17
The places I play won't say a word for a tall stack of green, but the moment a black chip goes out, they call "black action."
One time, I had about $250 in green out and the dealer kept paying me in greens. I asked him for black and he said he could give me black, but he was doing me a favor, because he'd need to tell the pit if he gave me black.
One time, I had about $250 in green out and the dealer kept paying me in greens. I asked him for black and he said he could give me black, but he was doing me a favor, because he'd need to tell the pit if he gave me black.
Mimosine
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in my relatively short career, i've seen all of these scenarios described. Two weeks ago someone was betting 3-400 in greens, the second he threw out 2 blacks, he got the "black action" call. When his greens reached a certain level "checks play" was called. This was at a place that handles a LOT of big action.21forme said:
there is some variation from casino to casino. At one low roller place, every time $100 is on the table black action is called out. EVERY SINGLE HAND - unless the pit comes over to watch.
ihate17's story was amazing, go read it if you got this far and missed it!
But then in the books about blackjack when they say black chip players do they mean guys that are always at least $100 in bets or people that may go into the black chip level for periods then back to lower amounts. I always had this idea of "black chip players" being the guys with the big bucks that were never below $100 at anytime.
And on this subject: I have sometimes stayed right below $100 just to not get the checks play call all the time. Does this make any sense. If the pit asked the dealer he would say the guy has been betting $90, it would just quiet things down.
And on this subject: I have sometimes stayed right below $100 just to not get the checks play call all the time. Does this make any sense. If the pit asked the dealer he would say the guy has been betting $90, it would just quiet things down.
Mimosine
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as per question one, it kinda seems like a semantical issue. if my max bet is $100, then i'll consider myself a black chip player, while others may not.Dopple said:
point 2: yes this makes sense, especially at a place where it will draw unwanted attention and decrease longevity. the pit will not interrupt the game to ask who is betting what. they could do it while a dealer goes on break, but I have NEVER seen this happen. notice that the pit will come by every so often to see what you're betting and how many chips you have. really no need to consult with the mindless dolt dealing the cards.
Ferretnparrot
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yeah whats up with that iv always considered myself a green chipper, but there was a time when i had a lot of money that i played 2 hands at 250 each does that make me....a.... purple chipper?
