I believe I had one "official" backoff during that stretch. That is what playing a large rotation of 30+ casinos, playing different shifts, and carefully keeping records of personnel involved, so as to avoid some after "unusual" events, can do for you.Originally Posted by Moses
But, while I only had 1 official backoff, I did have some situations that drew heat and I imposed my own backoff to a handful of stores, while things cooled down. In the end, I felt so exposed, I actually took almost two months off that summer, to let things cool down....a self imposed Vegas backoff. Have never done that before or since.
It has been my experience that heat and back offs aren't so much generated by winning. It is just about exposure. The big bets and more specifically retreating from those big bets are the problem. Winning or losing has less to do with it than showing your spread. That is the danger zone. Actually losing has always been more of a problem drawing heat than winning for me. I decided early on that the problem was that players, myself included, often think that losing buys them some sort of immunity, when it doesn't. So they (we) stayed longer, played longer and showed more of our spread (exposure). And the next thing you know heat and backoffs….often on the next visit.
So while I don't think winning particularly adds and problems, in normal cases, such an unusual occurrence that I described, may require different action, if you want to keep playing. I mean if you happen to be on a tear where you just seem to be winning a lot, winning most of your double downs and max bets and happen to register some bigger than "normal" wins in one or two store, or with one or two particular pit folks, you better take some action before they do....if you are concerned with longevity. Usually just a break of a couple months (cooling down period) will work. If it is a specific pit person, I may avoid them for 6 months. Detailed records is key.
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