In K-O does making insurance bets matter with 6/8 decks?

[21forme]

I've read the book and I'm confused. They provide a table showing that there's really no advantage to making insurance bets when the count is right, if playing with 6 or 8 decks. Elsewhere they call it the most important advantage in K-O. Am I missing something?

[Mikeaber]

Originally Posted by 21forme

I've read the book and I'm confused. They provide a table showing that there's really no advantage to making insurance bets when the count is right, if playing with 6 or 8 decks. Elsewhere they call it the most important advantage in K-O. Am I missing something?

With KO, you make the insurance bet at +3 regardless of the number of decks. Remember, you have an IRC that varies with the number of decks in the "shoe". And, to quote the authors, the Insurance Bet is the single most important advantage you get from KO.

[EasyRhino]

I've remember that same table, and my hunch would be that, yup, the edge from playing insurance alone has a less than .01% yield. But you know, combined with other strategy plays, and ramped better, it's still going to give you an edge.

[jtleon]

i think we seldom buy insurance using KO system in 6/8 decks coz IRC for 6/8 decks are -20 and -28 respectively, it would not be very often that the RC would be +3 and dealer's upcard is A. right?

[EasyRhino]

Well, it happens about as often as you need to start deviating from BS in general.

In my unscientific experience, this happens on about half of shoes where I need to start deploying max bets.