So I was off at my local casino this past weekend, playing a modified Basic Strategy and providing some much-needed financial support to the Mashantucket Pequot Indian Nation.
Red-chipping it at 2:00 am, we had a lively table going. A couple of people came to the empty holes, played a couple of hands (first time I've seen anyone split a pair of fives with a pile of green-chips) and left. We got to discussing the effect that such a player has on the game, with various opinions as to how a player joining or leaving in the middle of the shoe "destroyed the rhythm of the game", "ruined the flow" and "broke up the game."
Now I'm just a poor beginner (I'd like to think I'm better than the average ploppie) but I don't see mathematically why varying the number of players would have an effect.
So is it a matter of some number theory which I have not figured out yet?
Is it a superstition (and at 2 in the morning, I heard some wonderful ones)?
Or is it just "good manners" and not something a real BJ player would do?
(and if anyone cares, I actually managed to break even for the weekend after being deep in a hole at one point (mostly green-chipping with some $15 late-night BJ) _and_ got enough of their "frequent loser" points to get comped a most excellent meal.

