I had a guy join my $25 table and take markers for more than that. They treated him like royalty. He played part of one shoe (NMSE), made $8,000 profit, and left. It's all how you play it. The count did escalate precipitously to plus territory, but he had no way of knowing it would. I'd like to know if he would have stayed if that had not happened. He identified himself to me as a "degenerate gambler".
I did not believe him.