I was sitting at a $50 table in the Monte Carlo room recently, casually backcounting and waiting for a good opportunity to Wong in when I noticed a man with 50k in chips sit down next to a ploppy Asian and middle aged businessman. The businessman was losing hundreds of dollars, and was intermittently complaining to me about each of the terrible shoes. The count got to -18 pretty quickly, and didn't seem like going into positive territory any time soon. However, that is when the rich guy piped up. He started openly counting the shoe, and explained to the Asian woman about the benefits of it. The dealer didn't even say a word. The funny thing is, he started half way when it was EXTREMELY negative. He was saying things like, "Wow, we have an RC of +12, that means you have the advantage. Bet big". But really, his RC was way off the mark, it was still heavily negative. I'm not sure whether or not he was serious, and if he could actually count correctly or not. It wasn't anyone from this site, was it?! Haha. He must be some kind of whale, because he flashed his Black Signature Club card (The highest level member, by invite only), not to mention the stack of 5k chips he was ruffling. Some how I don't think his advice was going to rub off, as these players were betting $25-$50 on perfect pairs, which carries a 4% HE on an 8 deck game.