are you more likely to draw heat spreading 2 hands 1-8 unit or playing 1 hand 1-12 units when counts are favorable
depends on the pit critter.
...SPREADING from one hand to two hands is dangerous. Consistantly playing two hands with the spreads you mention shouldn't give you any more problems than one hand.
Cobbson
Virtually all Pit Critters will call the Eye for a skills check when you move from 1 hand to 2 hands at any kind of positive count.
I kid you not.
comparison. I'd guess that the 1-12 on one spot would get more heat than 1x1 to 2x4.
I agree with the comments to date, but have also found that the number of decks in play makes a significant difference.
As a general rule, I will rarely increase the number of hands on a double-deck game because of the potential heat, and because many places have a no-mid-shoe-entry rule which also does not permit you to go to multiple hands.
However, on a shoe game, I've never noticed any heat specific to playing multiple spots. This is especially the case if one or more of the following is true:
1) You don't wait until your max bet to switch to two hands.
2) You switch to two hands after losing a few hands to "change the flow of the cards" (although you probably don't want to state this specifically since justifying your actions is one of the things that draws their attention).
3) There are two or more other players at the table, meaning they are less likely to notice how many hands each player is playing at any given time.
4) You sometimes increase the number of hands when the count drops. For example, you bet 1x$100 at a high count, the count drops, and you bet 2x$25.
