{"id":4668,"date":"2013-06-15T06:30:28","date_gmt":"2013-06-15T06:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/2013\/06\/15\/blackjack-heat\/"},"modified":"2013-06-15T06:30:28","modified_gmt":"2013-06-15T06:30:28","slug":"blackjack-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/2013\/06\/15\/blackjack-heat\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackjack Heat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- Original Post Content --><br \/>\nDom,<\/p>\n<p>\tI&#8217;m in Vegas and playing Double Deck BJ.  After the first shoe, the Supervisor comes over and said the VP of Operations wants me to only flat bet. I had only played one shoe and was slightly up. I asked why and she said because that&#8217;s how we want you to play. Has anyone ever had this happen to them?<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>Replies:<\/h3>\n<div class=\"migrated-reply\" style=\"border: 1px solid #eee;padding: 15px;margin-bottom: 15px;border-radius: 5px\">\n<p><strong>Posted by:<\/strong> Pointman on June 15, 2013, 2:22 pm<\/p>\n<div>I hope you don&#8217;t mind me answering since you wanted to direct this to Dom. But Yes, I know of people this has happened to. <\/p>\n<p>\tFlat betting is one technique that the casino uses to stop you from playing BJ.  In essence, they have told you that your game is too good and they don&#8217;t want your action, in a very nice way. Because of the way you described the event and limited details, it probably was due to your accumulative win. Casinos keep track of winnings\/losing\u2019s per player and per type of game. When your winning reaches whatever their threshold is, they will stop you from playing.  <\/p>\n<p>\tYou&#8217;ll have to write this store off for a while. You can probably go back in six months or so if play on a different shift and play unrated.  Make sure you note what your appearance was at the time of the flat betting. (color\/type of shirt, pants, jewelry, shoes&#8230; yes shoes etc). You don&#8217;t want to wear anything like that when you go back. <\/p>\n<p>\tIf they do recognize you and tell you that you were flat betted, just say you must have misunderstood, you thought it was for that day and leave.  <\/p>\n<p>\tIf this place you played is a chain store, don&#8217;t be surprised to find your Flat betted at the other places too. If your still on your trip, I would not play in this chains casinos at all. (No Craps or nothing if you plan to try to go back in the future to play BJ)  <\/p>\n<p>\tOne other thing about Flat betting. The casino is telling you that they don&#8217;t want to kick you out. You probably play other games and their ok with that. They just know you have an advantage in BJ and are unwilling to give you a game you can beat.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"migrated-reply\" style=\"border: 1px solid #eee;padding: 15px;margin-bottom: 15px;border-radius: 5px\">\n<p><strong>Posted by:<\/strong> Guest on June 15, 2013, 2:37 pm<\/p>\n<div>Thanks Pointman.  That&#8217;s good advice.  I didn&#8217;t feel any heat up until they told me they wanted me to flat bet.  It caught me off guard, because I had never had any heat.  I have read that they are using computers to determine if you&#8217;re playing with an advantage and I think this is what happened to me.  They were very nice, and didn&#8217;t provide any reason, only that is how they wanted me to play.  Unfortunately, it was a chain, a large chain, so that knocks off some pretty good games, but I&#8217;ll just kick their #$%*@ at other games.  \ud83d\ude00<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dom, I&#8217;m in Vegas and playing Double Deck BJ. After the first shoe, the Supervisor comes over and said the VP of Operations wants me to only flat bet. I had only played one shoe and was slightly up. 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