What I am about to say may shock some people who have ever been active as a big player with a blackjack team. But seeing as this will be a very tiny number of people then it really shouldn’t make a difference anyway.
In some instances then a big player is not well versed in advanced blackjack techniques. This allows people who are basically con men to lure people into financing them to play blackjack while using them as big players. The house edge at blackjack is so small that any large betting sequences are going to result in violent short term fluctuations.
If profits are divided over short term periods of time then the financial backer and big player is going to lose out significantly on this deal even if the “card counter” is genuine. Another ploy is to gamble with the big players money by signalling them in on marginal counts or even minor counts. You may say that this would be counter productive as losing money could drive the BP away. That would be true but the point is that the counter often feels that the shelf life of a BP may be short and wants to maximise their chances of being ahead.
Increasing volatility is one sure way to get in front in the short term and this helps any player who is trying to con a backer. I have heard of at least several cases of things like this actually happening. It is unfortunate for the BP but protecting themselves by only sharing profits over a much longer period of time should be implemented.
