Quote Originally Posted by Midwest Player View Post
Okay, assume you have a monster running count half way through a 6 deck shoe like RC +18 and TC +6. This is a max bet situation. So if the TC tends to stay the same and not decrease, then you can just quit counting and make max bet for rest of shoe.

I know I have seen TC drop very much on just a couple of hands already and I wouldn't want to max bet until the end.
Don's quote was "Bottom line: The tendency is for the TC to remain just where it is, on average."

The key words you are missing are "tendency" and "on average."

Norm also added to the explanation with his quote: "Because both the numerator and denominator change as you move through the shoe."

Both of those quotes should explain why you can't just quit counting at the mid point of a 6 deck shoe.