Zach Black said:
The dealers for the double deck will move the cut card soon as you start spreading and winning to less than .50 pen. Can't camp out long. Mostly poor players, but I've seen a couple CC's at work.
I would add that, yes, you can be sweated for a $5-$40 spread in double deck: and I mean high-noon, dog-barking-in-the-distance type sweat. The type of sweat where the pit guy's breath whistles through your inner ear, and you can hear the pounding of his heart as he leans over you and his head swivels to watch every card.
The adage that red-chip players need not be concerned about heat does not apply when the betting limit is $100. Pit bosses, looking to justify their existence, may hawk your play just to look busy.
I wouldn't say "sweat shop" applies in most cases, but when two hands of $20 is a big bet in a joint, well ...
I suspect that the business model for the smaller places in Central City & Black Hawk is built on dip___ clientele flat-betting $10 and doubling hard 16s. Based on the abysmal play of many a Colorado resident, this is a sound business strategy.