Insurance is not working with my simple strategy.

[Skull]

Hey Norm, me again!

I designed a different Basic Strategy to test some things. I created some indexes using High-Low count system for a specific game in CVData and, afterwards, began substituting the indexes by a fixed decision in each situation.

After I was satisfied with my strategy, I began testing it.

I then decided to test insurance at different counts, never insure and always insure (I used -50 as the insurance index to do that).
I set the insurance indexes in the Insurance Decks Tables and told CVData to use it.

Well, I noticed NO difference whatsoever using the different insurance tactics, so I decided to investigate further by looking at the Hands Types Won/Lost statistical table.

There are NO numbers for the insurance in ANY of the situations!

Any idea what I might have done wrong?

Thanks in advance.

Best!

[Norm]

Do you have insurance turned on on the Rules page? Do you have No Indices turned off on the Strategy screen? If so, go to Tools-Export and send me an export.

[Skull]

Hey Norm!

I don't have "No indices" on the strategy screen in CVData, only at CVBJ. Actually, that's something I meant to ask you since a long time ago...

But I am pretty sure you found the answer anyway: I don't think I have turned on insurance on the Rules page!

I thought that you could always use insure. Are there blackjack games where you can't?

I am not at my computer right now, but as soon as I get to it I will check it. But I am 90% sure that's the problem...

Thanks a lot!

Best!

[Norm]

UK used to be insure BJ only; although the law now allows insure and some casinos have changed the rule. Double Exposure has no insure, for obvious reasons.

[Skull]

Thanks for the info and help Norm!