To be honest with you Don, I sort of thought the same way but, not only in his book but in previous articles/info that he wrote he it seems to be clear that deviations early in the deck are not...
I see no reason whatsoever to not use any deviations until three decks are gone. You're clearly giving up opportunities. What's so special about three decks? When you have a sufficiently high RC to...
I make no deviation plays until the the 6 deck shoe has at least 3 decks dealt. At 3 decks dealt and the RC is +4 you take insurance.. At 3 decks dealt out 6 or 2 decks dealt out of 4 and RC is -4...
Here's an intuitive way to do these calculations that works most of the time, when comparing to the Hi-Lo indices, which are +3 for insurance and +1 for doubling 9 vs. 2.
Your IRC with Red Seven...
he states taking ins. at pivot +2. when using the advanced red seven count he shows ins. at +4 (after 3 decks are gone out of a 6 deck shoe). i am assuming he means ins. at pivot +2 regardless of...
Wait till it's about to end, see who the leader is, see how many points it would take the catch them, and compare to the cost of getting those points. Usually these end up not working because other...