I have wagered on millions of rounds of twenty-one. I started sneaking into the casinos when I was 16. I have gambled on online 21, I have counted cards, and worked with a team for a short time. Given all that I have still lost all kinds of bankroll at blackjack. The gambling dens have made it basically impossible to defeat the game.
I still enjoy the game and wager on a regular basis. Over this time period I have played a variation of vingt-et-un called "The Take it Leave it Method". You certainly won’t get loaded with this method or beat the house, however you will experience a lot of fun. This method is founded on the idea that blackjack seems to be a match of streaks. When you are hot your on fire, and when you’re not you’re NOT!
I gamble with basic strategy 21. When I do not win I wager the lowest amount allowed on the successive hand. If I lose again I wager the table minimum on the subsequent 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 bet on the table. If I succeed again I take the payout paid to me, and if I win the next hand I leave it for a total of four times my original wager. I continue wagering this way "Take it Leave it etc". Once I lose I lower the bet back down to the original bet.
I am very strict and do not back out. It gets very fun at times. If you succeed at a few hands in series your wagers go up very quick. Before you realize it you are wagering $100-200per hand. I have had awesome runs a couple of times now. I left a $5 table at the Wynn a few years ago with $750 after 45 minutes using this tactic! And a couple of weeks ago in Atlantic City I left a table with $1200!
You need to understand that you can lose much faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more exciting. And you will be aghast at the runs you notice gamble this way. Below is a guide of what you would wager if you kept winning at a 5 dollar game.
Bet five dollar
Take $5 paid to you, leave the initial five dollar bet
Bet five dollar
Leave $5 paid to you for a total wager of 10 dollar
Bet $10
Take $10 paid to you, leave the first 10 dollar bet
Wager ten dollar
Leave 10 dollar paid to you for a total wager of 20 dollar
Wager 20 dollar
Take twenty dollar paid to you, leave the first $20 bet
Bet twenty dollar
Leave twenty dollar paid to you for a total wager of forty dollar
Wager $40
Take $40 paid-out to you, leave the initial $40 wager
Wager 40 dollar
Leave forty dollar paid-out to you for a total bet of 80 dollar
Bet $80
Take $80 paid-out to you, leave the first eighty dollar bet
Bet $80
Leave $80 paid to you for a total wager of 160 dollar
Bet one hundred and sixty dollar
Take one hundred and sixty dollar paid to you, leave the original $160 wager
If you departed at this point you would be up 315 dollar !!
It is hard to go on a streak this long, but it occasionally happen. And when it does you mustn’t deviate and lower your wager or the final result won’t be the same.
