kcchiefsfan1982 said:
I am really considering raising my bets to the following:
-1,0,+1 = $10
+2 = $50
+3 = $100
+4 = $200
Sorry, I am a little late to the discussion. I don't like this spread at all. First as Don said, the very first jump that they will see $10 to $50 is too big.
There should be like a $25 @ +1. A TC of +1, really is made up of the whole bucket from +1 to +2, so even for s17 shoe games, it is just slightly +EV (for the bucket) and ok to raise. More importantly it smooths out the ramp.
I also am not crazy about a spread that goes through 3 colors, like red, green, black and they will start paying you in black after a while, even if your $200 is made up of green. I guess you can ask them for green only, but then you amass a huge pile of green and THAT draws attention.
The other thing about inserting that $25 wager at +1 is from that point on you can move to the next level by just taking a winning hand and adding to the original bet. THAT is a very natural way of increasing.
I am going to offer a little tip based on what I do. You may choose not to do it, but I am just sharing. When you buy in, the pit comes over and records your buy-in. They also record your first hand or two wager. So for your spread, they are going to record $10. So if at anytime they come back and you are wagering $200....boom, they instantly know your spread. Even if you are only to the $100 level, they instantly know what you have spread so far.
So what if you make your first wager $25 just for the first round or two. That is what they will record. You can drop back down by the second or third hand and this won't have cost you much (pennies actually). So then they come by again and see you wagering $100 or $200 and they are not seeing that large spread because they recorded your first wager as $25, not $10.
Just something to think about.