Mount Airy Casino hit by a team?

ArcticInferno

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#1
Mount Airy Casino now has a new sign on the table that says that
combined total wagers of a team may not exceed the table maximum.
That sign wasn’t there a month ago.
 

Sucker

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#2
So a ploppy isn't allowed to walk up & play two hands at a time, at table max? Sounds like this casino is just shooting itself in the foot!
 

pit15

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#4
ArcticInferno said:
Mount Airy Casino now has a new sign on the table that says that
combined total wagers of a team may not exceed the table maximum.
That sign wasn’t there a month ago.
Seeing how team members pretend not to know each other, how the hell do they enforce this?!
 

NightStalker

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#5
I've seen similar statements at few places

On enquiry with pit boss, no hidden partnership aggregate may go over table max. If they find that you are using a spotter/bp approach, then they have reason not to cash your chips.. You never know what to expect from an indian casino.. I've seen this sign mostly on hand held games which must have been hit in the past...
 

kewljason

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NightStalker said:
On enquiry with pit boss, no hidden partnership aggregate may go over table max. If they find that you are using a spotter/bp approach, then they have reason not to cash your chips.. You never know what to expect from an indian casino.. I've seen this sign mostly on hand held games which must have been hit in the past...
Mt Airy is not an Indian Casino, nor associated with or managed by an Indian Casino. :confused:
 

NightStalker

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#7
check the subject line

kewljason said:
Mt Airy is not an Indian Casino, nor associated with or managed by an Indian Casino. :confused:
No idea, I was talking about different Indian casino where I've seen this sign..
"I've seen similar statements at few places"
 

pit15

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#8
NightStalker said:
On enquiry with pit boss, no hidden partnership aggregate may go over table max. If they find that you are using a spotter/bp approach, then they have reason not to cash your chips.. You never know what to expect from an indian casino.. I've seen this sign mostly on hand held games which must have been hit in the past...
Except that's not a problem with a spotter/BP approach, because typically the spotter is betting table min!

Casinos are run by idiots.
 

NightStalker

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#9
I thought of it

pit15 said:
Except that's not a problem with a spotter/BP approach, because typically the spotter is betting table min!

Casinos are run by idiots.
but then BP normally bets the table max. It would be weird to bet table max- table min for BP
 
#11
moo321 said:
That's probably referring to back-lining, not blackjack teams.
Backlining? I hope so! :eyepatch:

I've seen in it a few places and I think it's just legalese for two players sharing one spot needing to keep the one spot under the table max.
 
#12
Mt Airy

I was there recently, during the week. I did not notice the signs .Most of the tables were $15 with one $ 10 table and afew $ 25 I would say 12-15 open tables with 3to 4 patrons at each.
With only three aisles to go down attempts at wonging were quite noticable , so I used the wong out at -1. spread of 12-1 with no problem , also no heat detected-- Depending on dealer surrender would be called out to the pit or not -- added 70 units after 2 1/2 hours

The place is small compared to ac and Foxwoods

Trip form NY was abou 2.5 hours -- coming back much longer due to night time construction on rt 80
 

BookerPA

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#13
AI, I was at Mt. Airy today and from what was explained to me, they mean a "partnership" as opposed to "team".

Last night at Mohegan Sun in Wilkes-Barre, player to my left had $50 bet and received two 8's versus dealer 5. Count was +3. He then split and and made 17 on first hand.

On the second 8, received another 8 but didn't have any more money to split. I told him I would take the split, which I did. He pulled to 17 on the second 8.

On my 8 I pulled a 2 and then doubled.

If he was betting more than half of table max, my double would have pushed my bet over table max in what they may view as a partnership. I may be wrong but I believe this is the situation they are addressing.

Then again, who knows what's going through their minds.
 

Zero

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#14
BookerPA said:
my double would have pushed my bet over table max in what they may view as a partnership.
I would be very surprised if this were the case. Traditionally, the table maximum only applies to the initial bet, not to splits and doubles. I would expect it to work the same way in this situation.

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BookerPA

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Zero said:
I would be very surprised if this were the case. Traditionally, the table maximum only applies to the initial bet, not to splits and doubles. I would expect it to work the same way in this situation.

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I agree, Zero. My point being that I didn't receive a proper explanation, and the no one seemed to have any plausible information about the term "Team".
Remember, this is the casino that was fined for not allowing LS, even though it's mandated by State regulations.
 

tensplitter

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#16
They wouldn't know a blackjack team if the MIT team hit them hard. So the spotters would bet $10 and the BP would still bet $1000 because the spotter and the BP "don't know each other". Big deal. But Mr. and Mrs. Highroller wouldn't be allowed to bet $600 each on the same tableeven though each bet is under the $1000 table max. That's a stupid rule.

And if you're not allowed to double or split beyond the table max, that's squeezing out even more from the highrollers as the advantage of doubling and splitting is lost for bets over $500, and somewhat lost for bets over $333 or $250. It only takes one occurrence for a highroller, and other highrollers at the same table, to stop going to that casino.
 
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