Does the Casino Rate Speed of Play.

Just to clarify: what you mean is that the OTHER players should be making the side bets and taking away from dealer's shuffling time, while the Comp Hustler simply plays the BlackJack hand rather than side bets. ??

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Just to clarify: what you mean is that the OTHER players should be making the side bets and taking away from dealer's shuffling time, while the Comp Hustler simply plays the BlackJack hand rather than side bets. ??

The more bets the dealer has to settle, the less hands per hour are dealt. These tables can and do slow to a crawl which is great for the flat betting basic strategy player trying to build comps. A heads up player with a fast dealer could play four or five times the hands risking four or five times the money, but they will both get the same amount of comps.

Yes, okay. That is what I was pretty sure you meant, but the first time I read your post I thought that you were actually advocating that a Comp Hustling Blackjack player should himself be making those high house edge side bets. It might even be better to play at a fast table than to constantly make the bankroll depleting side bets.

The main thing is that floorpeople have to enter the rating into the computer in a quick and easy manner and while capturing rate of play information might be fine in some perfect world its neither fine nor acceptable in the often hectic pace of a casino where game protection is more important than accurate rating of players or shaving of comp points.

It is to the Comp Hustler's advantage to play at a slow table and anything that slows the rate of play is good. An inherently slow dealer, side bets that have to be serviced, newbies that need explanations, etc. will all be great boons to the Comp Hustling player. The computer has ONE stored value in it for rate of play and only if the player truly pisses off the floor person will any adjustment be made to the comps and that will be done by an adverse adjustment to the "average bet" figure.

Its generally said "don't play for comps" but I also see no reason to throw away comp points. Its like the roulette players who choose a double zero wheel when a single zero wheel is open just a few steps away. Those roulette players are throwing their money away at a higher house edge needlessly. Its the same thing. If in one casino there are two tables side by side that are otherwise more or less equal but one is a fast rate of play and one is a slow rate of play, you might as well take advantage of the slow rate of play and earn more comp points for dollars actually risked against that same house edge.