Your Inner Count

[MJGolf]

insurance any stiff will draw major attention in my experiences.i had more than 10x that the dealer said it out loud .just never the word. many more occasions they just look disgusted and very suspicious . i do not need the dealers to make comments to know what they are thinking .

I think you will find that insurance decision sometimes can be used AS a cover. I have had discussions with the dealer that we know it's "guessing" or betting on whether he has a face underneath. Sometimes I just tell him I have a feeling (high count); other times, "guess" that he doesn't have it (low count). We make it a game. Not everyone (players or dealers) have the attitude that insurance IS "insurance" for a good hand. Some do; some don't. (Of course taking even money on a blackjack is a different attitude). I have even enlisted players at the table to show me their hands in a pitch game, to see if they have face cards in their hands (so we have a group "guess" as to whether chances are dealer has a face or not). Helps me with count and in my decision. And anything that reflects I am gambling, guessing, or making a random decision assists in concealing that I am truly trying to make a "reasoned" guess based upon the count.

[Baberuth]

Good cover MJGolf

[Zach Black]

I think you will find that insurance decision sometimes can be used AS a cover. I have had discussions with the dealer that we know it's "guessing" or betting on whether he has a face underneath. Sometimes I just tell him I have a feeling (high count); other times, "guess" that he doesn't have it (low count).

Awhile back I was invited to play list of fine table games, after showing how good I was at "guessing". My last hand was an insurance decision with a table free of face cards.