Exception?
sabre said:
Again uncrowded being a key point here. Yes, you lose hands if someone can't play. But if there's an open table nearby, you now have two people playing heads up due to NMSE, rather than one table with two players. More total hands will be dealt. You also eliminate people jumping in and buying chips at random intervals during the shoe.
Not to mention you no longer have your rich ploppy getting disgusted by the yahoo who jumped in for one hand and stole his BJ.
I strongly suspect that NMSE in the high limit rooms is a very +EV decision for casinos.
Dealing the cards is the +EV decision.
Ummmm, all the players buy chips in order to lose their money. So it's tough to say this slows the game down.
Most players do not like playing alone, many times you will see full or near full tables next to a lonely dealer. Take a friendly survey of the civilians next time you play. They don't like to play alone because they lose faster.
Walk up and play an empty table that allows mid shoe entry, see how fast you get company.
The scenario you present is rare. OK 1 table is in play, the new player walks up and plays the other empty table. Now there are 2 tables in play, if a another player walks up he has to wait.
If you play in casinos that offer no mid entry you will constantly see people waiting to play. The casinos have civilians wait to play because of their fear of counters. This is a mistake for casino management.
When do many people play? Lunch breaks, before dinner, before the show, until the wife returns, until tired when they wait the casino loses money.
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