Front Loading? as cover? Suggestions!!

I am fairly new to the BJ counting scene with just a couple of months under my belt. My question is on Front Loading (I believe that I am using the right terminology here). An Example..using Single Deck.

Instead of playing a spread of $5-$25 (1-5 spread) with $5 to start the deck, why not lay a $25 bet on the first hand, then move afterwards with a positive count(say to $50-$75)or down with a negative count (to $5). This will give you a 1-10 or 1-15 spread, with the cost being the long term loss on the first $25.

Assuming a 99.5% game with a full deck, you will lose 12.5 cents on each of those $25 bets, compared to 2.5 cents for a single $5 bet......thus...the cost is 10 cents per shuffle (for a $25 start compared to $5). This is only $3-$5 per hour (30-50 shuffles per hour)...and would this enable you to spread 1-15 with alot less heat?????

I ask this question of the more experienced players out there...any Ideas????

Thanks.

Front loading is another term for hole card play. See the glossary to your left near the bottom of the page.

Starting play at less than your minimum bet is a frequently used cover style. Several books mention it, and Stuart Perry used it in Blackjack Diary.

I am sure that many here incorporate it in their play, and can supply you with finite numbers.

Good cards, -T-

Your idea is certainly valid and not at all new. But, if you think that, once you DO put $5 on the table and then, eventually, $75, that it won't be noticed, you're wrong!

Don

right once you bet 5, they'll notice your $75. In Las vegas at DD I
could get away with a 9 to 1 spread ($45 tp $5) as follows. My initial bet would be $20 (4 chips ) if the true count went up tosay +1 or +2 I'd leave the bet out there at +3 I'd add a chp (5 chips )
at +4 iand I lost the bet I'd slide a prepaired stack (4 red on a green ) thats again 5 chips but it $45. more than half the time they
would not notice the green on the bottom. I'd have to correct the payout. Some times they do notice and its "green action", depends
on the casino, the lighting, the difference in chip colors, etc.
Oh, if it droped in TC I'd remove 1 or two chips. When by advantage
was between +/- .5 % I.e between TC of 0 and 1, I'd randomly play
between 1 and 3 reds.

Cheers, JD.