Blackjack Gambling Tricks

...but betting green was heaven. The dealers were instructed not to make any conversions between different denominations of chips, but the faster ones often tried and failed, much to our liking. All the usual tricks worked — betting odd amounts, chatting during payoffs, placing new bets in circles after busting and waiting for the dealer to bust to pay the whole table, etc.
Here is a new trick. When the cut card came flying toward me, I fielded it cleanly and slid it under my stacks of chips. After the hand, another counter at the table failed to put up a bet. As the dealer waited for him, he uttered something about the cut card. I intoned, "Shut up and bet up." He quickly placed two more bets and we played on. After three rounds, I allowed the cut card to reappear. The other player was hysterical and ran to tell his friends what he had just seen.

Early Surrender
This one comes from Peter Giles:
I had not been to Henderson in over a year, so I drove out to investigate a new casino. When a new casino opens I am usually there to greet them. They usually have to pull dealers out of school before they have finished the course, and there are usually some defective slots. I did not expect much from this casino, it being so small.

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It was dealing two-deck blackjack. During the course of play I asked if I could surrender a hand. The owner was all for it, but said that if the dealer had an ace up, I had to surrender before he checked for a natural. The owner obviously did not know much about the game and thought that was to his advantage. He did not say what the situation was when the dealer had a ten up, but I had no trouble throwing in a hand before the dealer looked at his hole card.
The limit was $25, but if the owner was there he would sometimes let you play $40 or $50 if you were ahead and he was anxious to get his money back. He watched the blackjack game with grave concern if there was any substantial betting. He could count a little but was slow and unsure of himself. I liked to talk to him, keep him distracted, act a little goofy, and not vary my bets too radically.
When I left that club, I walked across the street to another casino that had surrender. Greedy for advantage, I asked the dealer if I had to surrender before she checked for a natural. She did not know and called over a floorman. He gave me the same answer that I had received across the street. I smiled and settled in for the afternoon.

Delayed Raise

This one comes from Bob Fisher:
I have come up with a betting camouflage technique that I have not seen in any book. I use it for any multiple-deck game. When the count turns good, I do not increase my bet immediately, but continue to bet the same amount for one more hand. On the next hand I jump the bet if the count is still favorable.

Logic: I suspect that many pit bosses are lazy when they look for card counters. Specifically they do not remember the count from round to round, but rather count the cards on the current round only, getting the change in running count. Such a lazy pit boss will not catch me.

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