I have wagered on millions of hands of blackjack. I started working my way into the casinos when I was sixteen. I have enjoyed online vingt-et-un, I have counted cards, and worked with a team for a short time. Given all that I have still spent a lot of cash at chemin de fer. The gambling dens have made it very hard to defeat the game.
I still like the game and wager on a frequent basis. Over the years I have played a variation of chemin de fer called "The Take it Leave it Method". You will not get flush with this method or beat the casino, still you will experience a lot of fun. This method is based on the idea that 21 appears to be a match of runs. When you are on fire your hot, and when you’re not you are NOT!
I bet with basic strategy blackjack. When I lose I wager the table minimum on the successive hand. If I do not win again I wager the lowest amount allowed on the subsequent hand again etc. Once I hit I take the winnings paid to me and I bet the original bet again. If I win this hand I then leave the winnings paid to me and now have double my original bet 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 bet. I continue wagering this way "Take it Leave it etc". Once I don’t win I lower the wager back down to the original amount.
I am very disciplined and never "chicken out". It gets very thrilling sometimes. If you succeed at a few hands in series your wagers go up very quickly. Before you know it you are gambling $100-200/ hand. I have had great runs a couple of times now. I left a $5 table at the Palms a few years ago with $750 after 60 minutes using this technique! And a few days ago in Vegas I left a game with $1200!
You need to understand that you can relinquish a lot faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more exciting. And you will be astonished at the runs you witness playing this way. Here is a guide of what you would wager if you continue winning at a five dollar table.
Wager $5
Take five dollar paid to you, leave the initial five dollar wager
Bet $5
Leave five dollar paid-out to you for a total bet of 10 dollar
Wager ten dollar
Take ten dollar paid-out to you, leave the original 10 dollar wager
Bet ten dollar
Leave ten dollar paid to you for a total bet of 20 dollar
Wager twenty dollar
Take 20 dollar paid-out to you, leave the initial 20 dollar wager
Bet 20 dollar
Leave 20 dollar paid to you for a total wager of 40 dollar
Wager 40 dollar
Take 40 dollar paid-out to you, leave the first $40 bet
Bet forty dollar
Leave forty dollar paid-out to you for a total bet of 80 dollar
Bet $80
Take eighty dollar paid-out to you, leave the initial 80 dollar wager
Wager $80
Leave 80 dollar paid-out to you for a total bet of $160
Bet 160 dollar
Take $160 paid to you, leave the original one hundred and 60 dollar wager
If you left at this moment you would be up $315 !!
It is herculean to go on a run this long, but it will happen. And when it does you can’t deviate and lower your bet or the end result will not be the same.