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Originally Posted by Double Down
As far as varying from basic strategy, It has always been my impression that changing it up is actually a sign of an amateur player, since they go more by hunch from hand to hand.
True, but it's obvious when an amateur does it because they change strategy entries that are not close. Like they waffle doubling hard 9 vs dealer 4 or standing on soft 17.
When you're using Hi-Lo (which is the most common system for surveillance to know) and you're consistently making the same changes in the same direction, it's very easy to tell.
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Originally Posted by PokerPlayingGamble
That is bad advice. Betting cover can be reasonable, but playing cover is not recommended. Casino staff generally can't tell a good play from a bad play anyway, and if someone knows what they are doing is hawking your game then a random misplay is not going to throw them off anyway.
If everyone only got to play at a casino once and only got banned or not, I would agree with you.
The problem with longevity is that suspicions can grow over time, and even short sessions from which nothing conclusive can be drawn immediately can be strung together if they have reason to put it together.
You are correct that any cover play will cost you money. But depending on how often you play and how sweaty the casino is, this can buy you longevity.
Look at it this way: if you don't split tens v d6 at high counts, you leave money on the table. Yet many successful counters I know avoid it because it's so suspicious that the cons outweigh the pros.