I have gambled on millions of hands of twenty-one. I began sneaking into the gambling halls when I was 16. I have bet on online chemin de fer, I have counted cards, and worked as part of a team for a short time. With all that said I have still spent a lot of bankroll at chemin de fer. The gambling halls have made it basically impossible to defeat the casino.
I still like the game and wager on a regular basis. Over the years I have gambled on a variation of vingt-et-un called "The Take it Leave it Method". You definitely will not get loaded with this tactic or beat the casino, however you will have a lot of fun. This method is founded on the idea that blackjack appears to be a match of runs. When you are on fire your hot, and when you’re not you are NOT!
I gamble with basic strategy blackjack. When I lose I wager the table minimum on the next hand. If I do not win again I bet the table minimum on the successive hand again etc. Once I win I take the payout paid to me and I bet the initial bet again. If I win this hand I then leave the winnings paid to me and now have double my original wager on the table. If I succeed again I take the winnings paid to me, and if I succeed the next hand I leave it for a total of four times my original bet. I keep wagering this way "Take it Leave it etc". Once I lose I return the action back down to the original bet.
I am very strict and never "chicken out". It gets very thrilling sometimes. If you succeed at a few hands in sequence your bets go up very fast. Before you know it you are betting $100-200per hand. I have had awesome streaks a couple of times now. I left a $5 table at the Paris a number of years back with $750 after 20 minutes using this method! And a couple of days ago in Sin City I left a table with $1200!
You have to comprehend that you can say good-bye to a lot faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more exciting. And you will be aghast at the streaks you see playing this way. Below is a chart of what you would wager if you kept winning at a $5 table.
Bet $5
Take $5 paid-out to you, leave the first five dollar wager
Wager five dollar
Leave five dollar paid-out to you for a total bet of 10 dollar
Bet 10 dollar
Take $10 paid to you, leave the original ten dollar wager
Bet 10 dollar
Leave ten dollar paid-out to you for a total bet of 20 dollar
Bet $20
Take twenty dollar paid to you, leave the original twenty dollar wager
Wager 20 dollar
Leave 20 dollar paid to you for a total bet of $40
Bet forty dollar
Take 40 dollar paid-out to you, leave the first forty dollar wager
Wager 40 dollar
Leave 40 dollar paid to you for a total wager of 80 dollar
Wager $80
Take eighty dollar paid to you, leave the initial 80 dollar wager
Wager 80 dollar
Leave 80 dollar paid-out to you for a total bet of $160
Wager $160
Take $160 paid to you, leave the initial 160 dollar wager
If you departed at this point you would be up three hundred and fifteen dollars !!
It’s difficult to go on a streak this long, but it can happen. And when it does you can’t deviate and lower your bet or the end result won’t be the same.