I had an odd incident occur last week while playing on the lower end of the strip. I had just played 40 minutes at a table that was pretty unremarkable. The count never went very positive (a couple bets of 2 and 4 units) and never went negative enough to reach my departure point of tc -1, but it was my third session at this large casino (different tables and pits of course) so I headed for the door. I had booked a very tiny win for these 3 sessions.
As I headed for the door, I was approached by a guy, mid to late 30's. He was dressed casually and asked if I would be interested in attending a meeting about forming card counting team? I replied, "no, that I didn't think that worked". He then said, oh, it looked like you were counting cards back there. I replied that I had tried that a few years ago, but now just try to find a dealer that breaks more than average. He said oh, ok and I headed towards the door. End of story.
I still haven't figured out in my mind whether this guy was legit or not. If He was, approaching someone inside a casino certainly seems like an odd way to recruit and one that I have never heard of. But regardless of whether he was who he said or not, it was an eye-opening experience for me and served great notice that I need to do a better job of covering my tracks and being more alert.
Of course I have no way of ever knowing for sure (unless one of you wants to admit to being this person...lol) but am still curious and wonder what those of you more experienced than myself think of this encounter.
As I headed for the door, I was approached by a guy, mid to late 30's. He was dressed casually and asked if I would be interested in attending a meeting about forming card counting team? I replied, "no, that I didn't think that worked". He then said, oh, it looked like you were counting cards back there. I replied that I had tried that a few years ago, but now just try to find a dealer that breaks more than average. He said oh, ok and I headed towards the door. End of story.
I still haven't figured out in my mind whether this guy was legit or not. If He was, approaching someone inside a casino certainly seems like an odd way to recruit and one that I have never heard of. But regardless of whether he was who he said or not, it was an eye-opening experience for me and served great notice that I need to do a better job of covering my tracks and being more alert.
Of course I have no way of ever knowing for sure (unless one of you wants to admit to being this person...lol) but am still curious and wonder what those of you more experienced than myself think of this encounter.