Hollywood: Question?

[Hollywood]

Your playing a 6 deck game. The count calls for a 6 unit bet.
The dealer shows an ace and the count drops even more with these cards out. So you take insurance.

You put up an additonal 3 units to insure your bet.
The dealer turns over his hole card and has Blackjack. You now get to keep you 9 units which is on the table in front of you.

However, during that hand the count went down even more and your new bet calls for a 10 unit wager.

Question: Would it be out of line to leave up the whole 9 units in front of you. Considering, that it's already out there?

Or would it be better camo to take the 3 back and let the 6 ride?

Thanks

Hollywood

[Don Schlesinger]

> Your [You're!!] playing a 6 deck game. The count >calls
> for a 6 unit bet.
> The dealer shows an ace and the count drops
> even more with these cards out. So you take
> insurance.
I assume you mean that the count goes up even more.

> You put up an additonal 3 units to insure
> your bet.
> The dealer turns over his hole card and has
> Blackjack. You now get to keep you 9 units
> which is on the table in front of you.

I know where you're going!

> However, during that hand the count went
> down even more and your new bet calls for a
> 10 unit wager.

Again, you mean that the count went up, not down!

> Question: Would it be out of line to leave
> up the whole 9 units in front of you.
> Considering, that it's already out there?

In my book (p. 106, #5, although insurance isn't mentioned, the principle is the same), I caution against doing this, but if you think you can get away with it, go for it!

> Or would it be better camo to take the 3
> back and let the 6 ride?

That's what I would probably do.

Don

[HOllywood]

> I assume you mean that the count goes up
> even more.

> I know where you're going!

> Again, you mean that the count went up,
> not down!

> In my book (p. 106, #5, although insurance
> isn't mentioned, the principle is the same),
> I caution against doing this, but if you
> think you can get away with it, go for it!

> That's what I would probably do.

> Don

Thank you Don.

Funny thing is I have an aversion to negative numbers. So I kind of have my own system for counting. I modify it to fit my needs.

I'm sorry about the way I said it. But, at the end, I meant what you said.

Your advice is well taken, and I will take the insurance bet back when this happens.

By the way I took it back when it happened the other day.
I figured better to be safe then sorry.

I'll tell you Don, when your only playing with blacks, getting that extra money on the table is tricky without being noticed.
One must be very very careful. The guys in the pit don't stop looking.

That being said, I wonder if the question should be asked with blacks in mind. Because going for $30.00 to $45.00 is not the same as going from $600 to $900.

Hollywood