> I have written to Cac and to Zenfighter, inviting them
> to look at this thread. If they have anything to add,
> they will surely post here.

> In the meantime, I saw nothing in Beyond Counting to
> imply that James was doing something different. When
> you take insurance early, you may or may not reduce
> variance. Clearly, if the r-a index is higher than the
> normal index, then taking insurance early has just the
> opposite effect: it increases variance!

> I understand all of your arguments, and I understand
> the concept of a person not playing the main hand but
> just taking insurance. Of course his results have
> nothing to do with the main hand. But, yet again, I do
> NOT believe that this is what Cac is doing.

> Either way, it will be great to hear from him here.

> Don

Thanks for bearing with me Don, I appreciate it! I look forward to hearing from Cac as well.

Rukus