Interesting happening in a 2d game on the MS coast last night.
Had to sit at 3rd base, only open position. After a couple of hands, it became obvious we had a couple of ploppies in the middle of the table playing.
Next shuffle saw a bunch of 4-5-6 card hands dealt and before I knew it the TC was over +10. Had a 15 vs dealer 10 and stood. Dealer turned over a 6, drew a 5 (which I would have drawn) and hell broke loose. Ploppie-central complained for the next couple of hands. TC climbed further, I doubled my bet (lost the first hand) and got another stiff hand that the indices said "stand" on. Same song, second verse, dealer drew a winning card and the ploppy-pair erupted again. I was pretty tired of this by then. So I thought I'd see if I could come up with a solution.
Next hand, TC still sky-high, I get 20, to dealer's 6. Play gets around to me (now with my "big bet" out ($160) and I toss out another $160 and tell the dealer to "split 'em". Ploppies didn't notice until the dealer announced to the pit "splitting 10's". They look on incredulously as I draw two 10's to make two hands of 20, with $160 on each. The dealer turns over a 10, and draws a 3 to make 19, which beat their hands. Hell breaks loose again when they figure out that had I stood, the dealer would have busted. They announce they are not going to play and put up with this "crap" and away they go. Good riddance.
But all is not over. There is that deal of splitting 10's with $160 bets and the pit critter is standing there watching. I keep my big bet out as the count is still over +8 and play again. He keeps staring and I finally decide to ask "is there a problem?" He said "we are always on the lookout for counters, and your splitting 10's was a red flag." I said "Oh that. We had two morons that were continually complaining no matter what happened, and I decided to try to run 'em off." The dealer said "he's right, they were the biggest bunch of complainers I've seen." After that, the pit critter left, and things went well.
How's that for "cover"? Could I call that "ploppy cover"?? :)
Next time a ploppy complains, I'm splitting the 10's if the count is right. :)
