HIT AND RUN SPECIALIST

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I have come to know a very experienced dealer in my local card room. Like many of the other dealers he regularly sits in as a prop to keep games going. Unlike the others though he is very good. This guy can often read players hands like they are face up. He plays in mostly 10/20 and below and hops around from table to table alot. He usually buys in pretty short (around 10 to 15 big bets). Once he doubles through he will find some excuse to change tables. Then when he buys in at the next table, he will pocket the profit and starts over. He is very entertaining and friendly at the table. He often softplays when he is way out in front and is never critical of very poor players. Many times he will turn his hand over to show a big hand and tell some one to "save your bet". No one else seems to mind that he is fleecing the whole room. I'm sure this hit and run strategy is out of necessity. It keeps the games from losing to many players and helps to hide his winnings. I'm sure with his skill if he sat at one table to long it would draw to much attention. He's a nice guy but I find pretty anoying to watch $ leave my table and go in his pocket.

Does anyone have any experience with hit and runners? Have any of you used this strategy yourselves? Is there a time and place that you should hit and run?

I guess I have been guilty of this once in a extremely loose and aggressive short handed 10/20 game. I was up $300 when the game became LAG. I nursed my $300 profit, seeing flops with these drunks until I caught a few hands. I cashed out shortly there after useing two more racks to carry my chips to the cage than I had bought in with. In my defense I had already played 10 hours before the table became maniacal.