Heat in PA?

[Baberuth]

That's HEAT

A tactic to warn you that the eye is now going to review your action. Good move to leave. Should the review show you are a counter (it should), the pit will get a pat on the back from surveillance and you should avoid that pit for a while.
Sounds like this a tactic taught pitts when they have an anon winning some dough. Hard to say what would have happened if you been playing with a card and using a good cover plan. This is always the debate, anon or card and it can vary from store to store and shift to shift.

 

[aslan]

A few months ago, I had a pit boss at the Hollywood casino in Grantville walk up to me and ask me for my name after I had been playing for about an hour and was up about $600. I gave her a first name (fake) and she then asked me why I didn't have a player's card. I told her that I was from out of state (not true) and didn't get to the casino often enough to use a card (also not true). She then walked over to another pit boss and had a conversation with him, after which he picked up the phone and appeared to be making a call upstairs while staring directly at me. I decided that was enough and cashed in. I continue to play there, but with less frequency and for shorter periods of time. I was frankly a bit surprised to get heat for being up a modest amount at a $15 table, but I guess they view a win as a win.

If you went from flat betting to a large bet and one of them saw it, they might suspect you of counting.

If a counter watched your play for a while, they would know you were a counter. A counter cannot fool another counter unless they know they are being watched and deliberately mix it up.

If you are counting and they know it, $600 today, and maybe $6,000 tomorrow. Why take the chance?