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Originally Posted by callipygian
They actually do this so people can't complain to the pit boss that the dealer misinterpreted them.
You'd rage quit a shoe before you ever had the chance to double a stiff. The true count would have to be like negative 6 billion.
I don't believe it happens at any count with a simple counting system like HILO. At very low counts we have less of a chance of busting, but so does the dealer. I believe it may come up in some multi-parameter systems which focus heavily on PE for single deck games, like if we have 12 vs. 6 and we know all the 9s are left and a lot of the Ts are gone.
I think it's much more likely you are a cheater than a counter (but most likely a ploppy) if you are doubling stiffs, or you have next-card information.