ihate17
Well-Known Member
ratholing
First off, if you color up say, $3,000 and go immediately to the cage, then cash out about $3,000. If you ratholed a few hundred, cash them in later, no one calls the pit on a couple of hundred in green unless you are playing at a place similar to the Western.
Do not rathole black, purple or yellow chips. At most places the pit is keeping track, best they can, of these chips. If by chance they see you putting some in your pocket, they may give you credit for every chip they can not account for. Putting them in your pocket is really no big deal, people do this all the time, but expect to get credit for them.
So what do you rathole?
It depends upon your betting level and your reason for ratholing. I believe you will never hide a big win or loss from the pit and there is no reason to really try. I use the technique of ratholing mainly in several casinos where I play often and am known. Here the most dangerous thing for my longevity is lifetime win. My act has worked there long enough that the computer saying that I have taken X from them is a concern. Now if I know I am making $100 per hour in this place my goal is very simple. I need to rathole win, lose or draw, at least $125 per hour, so in the long run my lifetime will show a loss.
None of these casinos really track green chips. People come in with green or leave with green constantly. Ratehole green or if you are a red chip player, rathole red.
Some of the best times are when players leave and color up. Guy gives the dealer $300 in green and puts his additional couple of green chips in his pocket, you can pocket two chips easily. New player comes in with chips, throw one in your pocket. Do not keep your chips in organized, exact piles. Hard for the pit to know if you have 17 or 18 chips in a pile. Go to the restroom leaving your chips on the table, take a green for company.
Do not get caught! The pit understands that some players will pocket high denomination chips. They are just putting them in their so called vault, saving them. But if the pit sees you pocket green or red, they will wonder why. It is up to you to figure out when to do this and how not to get caught.
ihate17
First off, if you color up say, $3,000 and go immediately to the cage, then cash out about $3,000. If you ratholed a few hundred, cash them in later, no one calls the pit on a couple of hundred in green unless you are playing at a place similar to the Western.
Do not rathole black, purple or yellow chips. At most places the pit is keeping track, best they can, of these chips. If by chance they see you putting some in your pocket, they may give you credit for every chip they can not account for. Putting them in your pocket is really no big deal, people do this all the time, but expect to get credit for them.
So what do you rathole?
It depends upon your betting level and your reason for ratholing. I believe you will never hide a big win or loss from the pit and there is no reason to really try. I use the technique of ratholing mainly in several casinos where I play often and am known. Here the most dangerous thing for my longevity is lifetime win. My act has worked there long enough that the computer saying that I have taken X from them is a concern. Now if I know I am making $100 per hour in this place my goal is very simple. I need to rathole win, lose or draw, at least $125 per hour, so in the long run my lifetime will show a loss.
None of these casinos really track green chips. People come in with green or leave with green constantly. Ratehole green or if you are a red chip player, rathole red.
Some of the best times are when players leave and color up. Guy gives the dealer $300 in green and puts his additional couple of green chips in his pocket, you can pocket two chips easily. New player comes in with chips, throw one in your pocket. Do not keep your chips in organized, exact piles. Hard for the pit to know if you have 17 or 18 chips in a pile. Go to the restroom leaving your chips on the table, take a green for company.
Do not get caught! The pit understands that some players will pocket high denomination chips. They are just putting them in their so called vault, saving them. But if the pit sees you pocket green or red, they will wonder why. It is up to you to figure out when to do this and how not to get caught.
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