Pen policy

[aslan]

I was at a very popular casino in AC and my friend was talking to a dealer about pen. the dealer confessed that in the area where we were, the pen policy was to cut two decks out of the six. Then she pointed across to another section and said that over there the pen policy was one and a half decks out of six. They had $50, and $100 tables 'over there'. They had $50, $25 and $15 tables where we were standing. It seems curious that the casino allows more pen for higher stakes. Is it that most counters are $25 or less betters? Or is it that higher betters are more savvy about the impact of pen on good cards coming out, whether or not they count, and would shun the tables if they had poor pen?

 

[Blue Efficacy]

Fewer hands per hour is more detrimental the higher the stakes. Also, lower stakes players are more likely to be "tapped out" thus meaning the casino will get x amount of dollars from those patrons regardless of how many hands per hour are played.

Also higher stakes tables are watched more closely, so APs are more likely to get caught there. To use an analogy they use saturation bombing on the lower stakes tables and precision bombing for higher stakes. Just my theory. I have seen only one non counter in my career ever complain about penetration. An older white woman.

 

[aslan]

Fewer hands per hour is more detrimental the higher the stakes. Also, lower stakes players are more likely to be "tapped out" thus meaning the casino will get x amount of dollars from those patrons regardless of how many hands per hour are played.

Also higher stakes tables are watched more closely, so APs are more likely to get caught there. To use an analogy they use saturation bombing on the lower stakes tables and precision bombing for higher stakes. Just my theory. I have seen only one non counter in my career ever complain about penetration. An older white woman.

I always make it a point to complain, saying that everybody knows that the good cards usually don't come out until the end. They never seem to take my remark as that of a counter.

Another curious thing when we were talking to this dealer. She said that the customer's cut is required to be more than one deck, not by casino policy, but by the gaming commission. I found that hard to believe. What stake do they have in where the customer cuts the cards?

 

[Blue Efficacy]

I always make it a point to complain, saying that everybody knows that the good cards usually don't come out until the end. They never seem to take my remark as that of a counter.

Another curious thing when we were talking to this dealer. She said that the customer's cut is required to be more than one deck, not by casino policy, but by the gaming commission. I found that hard to believe. What stake do they have in where the customer cuts the cards?

There is probably no stake, them's just the rules as laid out by the commission for dealing the game of BJ, players must cut at least one deck.

 

[aslan]

There is probably no stake, them's just the rules as laid out by the commission for dealing the game of BJ, players must cut at least one deck.

I sure would like to understand their reason.

 

[21forme]

I sure would like to understand their reason.

It's BS, like them telling you ID is required when you cash out less than 10K.

 

[Blue Efficacy]

I sure would like to understand their reason.

Probably a game protection thing, like if you can see the bottom card.