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players don't know how to take advantage of the
floorman and what he can offer. In those casinos
where he’s not outwardly hostile to all winners,
a floorman is prepared offer certain amenities to
players.
This service really costs the casino nothing, since
they deduct the expense of free meals from their
immense profits. They satisfy their customers, who
will, in all probability, remain in a casino games
that comps them and be happy to play again at its
tables.
Few gamblers realize that they can get free meals,
free shows, and other courtesies from a casino they
give moderate action to. And a player betting with
$25 chips could ask for and probably receive a free
room as well. Why not! The casino wants this player
to be around its tables at all times, and there's
a great likelihood that a gambler will play at the
same hotel-casino he's staying at.
Card counters should be loath to accept a free room,
because if they're found out and barred in that
hotel-casino, the hotel has their name, and that
name will be given to all other casinos in Las Vegas,
and they risk being barred at all the casinos there.
Floormen are always hanging around the tables, and
anyone who is a big winner at twenty-one can expect
heat from the floorman. But there are effective
ways of dealing with that situation, which are discussed
in the section on how to disguise counting methods
in the page on blackjack.
The point is that the floorman is the one individual
who is going to put heat on card counters and he's
the one they're going to have to deal with. And
the floorman's antennae can be rather sharp, particularly
when one player gives advice to another constantly.
The only times we've been barred was when we played
with backers at the same table and helped them out
with some hands. These backers were individuals
who used their bankroll to stake my game, and when
they played with me and asked my advice, it was
as if a red light was shining over my head, an angry
red light that spun around spelling out "expert"
on one side and "card counter" on the
other.
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