I have played millions of rounds of vingt-et-un. I began working my way into the casinos when I was sixteen. I have gambled on online blackjack, I have counted cards, and worked as part of a team for a short time. With all that said I have still spent all kinds of money at blackjack. The casinos have made it very hard to defeat the house.
I still like the game and wager on a regular basis. Over this time period I have played a type of vingt-et-un called "The Take it Leave it Method". You won’t get rich with this method or defeat the house, still you will have a lot of fun. This tactic is centered on the fact that chemin de fer seems to be a game of streaks. When you’re on fire your hot, and when you’re not you are NOT!
I play basic strategy twenty-one. When I don’t win I wager the table minimum on the successive hand. If I lose again I bet the lowest amount allowed on the successive hand again etc. As soon as I hit I take the payout paid to me and I bet the initial bet 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 succeed again I take the payout paid to me, and if I succeed the next hand I leave it for a total of 4 times my original bet. I keep wagering this way "Take it Leave it etc". Once I lose I return the wager back down to the original value.
I am very strict and never back out. It gets very thrilling at times. If you succeed at a few hands in a row your wagers go up very fast. Before you realize it you are wagering $100-200/ hand. I have had fantastic runs a few times now. I departed a $5 table at the Paris a few years back with $750 after 20 mins using this tactic! And a couple of days ago in Atlantic City I left a game with $1200!
You must understand that you can give up much faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more enjoyable. And you will be amazed at the streaks you notice betting this way. Below is a guide of what you would wager if you kept winning at a 5 dollar game.
Wager $5
Take five dollar paid-out to you, leave the first 5 dollar wager
Wager $5
Leave $5 paid-out to you for a total bet of ten dollar
Bet ten dollar
Take $10 paid-out to you, leave the first 10 dollar bet
Bet ten dollar
Leave 10 dollar paid to you for a total wager of $20
Bet twenty dollar
Take 20 dollar paid to you, leave the initial $20 wager
Wager twenty dollar
Leave 20 dollar paid-out to you for a total bet of 40 dollar
Wager forty dollar
Take 40 dollar paid-out to you, leave the initial $40 bet
Wager forty dollar
Leave 40 dollar paid to you for a total wager of eighty dollar
Bet 80 dollar
Take $80 paid-out to you, leave the first eighty dollar bet
Bet eighty dollar
Leave 80 dollar paid to you for a total bet of 160 dollar
Wager one hundred and sixty dollar
Take one hundred and sixty dollar paid to you, leave the first 160 dollar bet
If you left at this instance you would be up $315 !!
It is difficult to go on a streak this long, but it occasionally happen. And when it does you can’t deviate and drop your bet or the end result will not be the same.