I have bet on millions of hands of chemin de fer. I began sneaking into the gambling dens when I was sixteen. I have played online vingt-et-un, I have counted cards, and worked as part of a team for a short time. With all that said I have still lost an abundance of cash at vingt-et-un. The casinos have made it almost impossible to defeat the house.
I still like the game and play on a regular basis. Over the years I have gambled on a type of twenty-one called "The Take it Leave it Method". You most certainly 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 blackjack seems to be a game of streaks. When you’re on fire your hot, and when you’re not you’re NOT!
I wager with basic strategy twenty-one. When I lose I bet the table minimum on the successive hand. If I lose again I bet the table minimum on the next hand again etc. As soon as I profit I take the payout paid to me and I wager 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 payout 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 do not win I lower the bet back down to the original bet.
I am very disciplined and never "chicken out". It gets very exciting at times. If you succeed at a few hands in series your wagers go up very quickly. Before you know it you are betting $100-200/ hand. I have had awesome streaks a few times now. I left a $5 table at the Luxor a few years back with $750 after 20 minutes using this technique! And a few months ago in Macau I left a game with $1200!
You need to understand that you can squander a lot faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more exciting. And you will be amazed at the streaks you see playing this way. Below is a guide of what you would bet if you continue winning at a $5 table.
Wager $5
Take 5 dollar paid to you, leave the original 5 dollar bet
Bet 5 dollar
Leave $5 paid-out to you for a total bet of 10 dollar
Wager ten dollar
Take $10 paid-out to you, leave the first $10 bet
Wager ten dollar
Leave ten dollar paid to you for a total bet of 20 dollar
Bet 20 dollar
Take twenty dollar paid to you, leave the initial twenty dollar wager
Wager 20 dollar
Leave twenty dollar paid-out to you for a total wager of $40
Bet $40
Take forty dollar paid-out to you, leave the original 40 dollar wager
Bet 40 dollar
Leave forty dollar paid to you for a total bet of 80 dollar
Wager 80 dollar
Take 80 dollar paid to you, leave the original $80 wager
Wager eighty dollar
Leave eighty dollar paid-out to you for a total wager of one hundred and sixty dollar
Bet $160
Take one hundred and sixty dollar paid-out to you, leave the initial 160 dollar wager
If you departed at this point you would be up 3 hundred and 15 dollars !!
It’s hard to go on a run this long, but it often happen. And when it does you mustn’t deviate and drop your wager or the final result won’t be the same.
