I have wagered on millions of hands of blackjack. I began sneaking into the gambling halls when I was 16. I have played online chemin de fer, I have counted cards, and worked with a team for a short while. With all that said I have still lost a lot of money at twenty-one. The casinos have made it very hard to beat the game.
I still like the game and wager on a frequent basis. Over this time period I have wagered on a variation of vingt-et-un called "The Take it Leave it Method". You won’t get loaded with this tactic or beat the house, nonetheless you will experience an abundance of fun. This method is centered on the fact that vingt-et-un appears to be a match of runs. When you are on fire your on fire, and when you are not you are NOT!
I bet with basic strategy blackjack. When I lose I wager the lowest amount allowed on the next hand. If I lose again I wager the table minimum on the next hand again etc. Once I profit I take the winnings paid to me and I wager the original wager again. If I win this hand I then keep in play the winnings paid to me and now have double my original wager on the table. If I win again I take the winnings paid to me, and if I win the next hand I leave it for a total of 4 times my original wager. I continue wagering this way "Take it Leave it etc". Once I don’t win I lower the bet back down to the original bet.
I am very disciplined and never "chicken out". It gets very enjoyable on occasion. If you succeed at a few hands in a row your wagers go up very quickly. Before you realize it you are betting $100-200/ hand. I have had fantastic runs a couple of times now. I left a $5 table at the Paris a few years ago with $750 after 45 mins using this technique! And a couple of weeks ago in Las Vegas I left a table with $1200!
You have to understand that you can lose a great deal faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more thrilling. And you will be aghast at the runs you notice wagering this way. Below is a chart of what you would wager if you kept winning at a five dollar table.
Wager $5
Take $5 paid to you, leave the original $5 wager
Bet 5 dollar
Leave five dollar paid-out to you for a total wager of 10 dollar
Bet ten dollar
Take $10 paid-out to you, leave the original ten dollar bet
Bet ten dollar
Leave 10 dollar paid-out to you for a total bet of twenty dollar
Bet twenty dollar
Take twenty dollar paid to you, leave the original twenty dollar bet
Bet twenty dollar
Leave $20 paid-out to you for a total bet of 40 dollar
Wager $40
Take forty dollar paid to you, leave the initial forty dollar wager
Bet 40 dollar
Leave forty dollar paid-out to you for a total bet of 80 dollar
Bet 80 dollar
Take $80 paid to you, leave the original 80 dollar wager
Wager $80
Leave $80 paid-out to you for a total wager of $160
Wager one hundred and sixty dollar
Take 160 dollar paid-out to you, leave the first one hundred and sixty dollar wager
If you left at this point you would be up three hundred and fifteen dollars !!
It’s hard to go on a run this long, but it can happen. And when it does you can’t deviate and drop your bet or the final result won’t be the same.