I have played millions of hands of vingt-et-un. I started working my way into the casinos when I was sixteen. I have enjoyed online 21, I have counted cards, and worked with a team for a short while. Given all that I have still lost a lot of money at vingt-et-un. The gambling halls have made it nearly impossible to defeat the house.
I still like the game and play on a regular basis. Over the years I have gambled on a variation of chemin de fer called "The Take it Leave it Method". You definitely will not get loaded with this tactic or defeat the casino, however you will have a lot of fun. This method is centered on the fact that blackjack appears to be a match of streaks. When you are hot your hot, and when you’re not you’re NOT!
I play basic strategy blackjack. When I don’t win I bet the table minimum on the successive hand. If I lose again I wager the lowest amount allowed on the successive hand again etc. As soon as I win I take the payout paid to me and I wager the original 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 win 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 bet. I keep betting this way "Take it Leave it etc". Once I do not win I lower the wager back down to the original bet.
I am very strict and never back out. It gets very fun at times. If you succeed at a few hands in a row your bets go up very fast. Before you realize it you are betting $100-200per hand. I have had fantastic streaks a couple of times now. I left a $5 table at the Palms a couple of years back with $750 after 45 minutes using this method! And a number of days ago in Atlantic City I left a table with $1200!
You have to comprehend that you can lose a great deal faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more exciting. And you will be surprised at the streaks you see gamble this way. Below is a chart of what you would bet if you continue winning at a five dollar game.
Wager 5 dollar
Take five dollar paid to you, leave the original $5 bet
Bet 5 dollar
Leave $5 paid to you for a total bet of $10
Wager $10
Take 10 dollar paid to you, leave the original 10 dollar wager
Wager 10 dollar
Leave $10 paid to you for a total bet of 20 dollar
Wager 20 dollar
Take 20 dollar paid-out to you, leave the first $20 bet
Wager 20 dollar
Leave $20 paid-out to you for a total bet of forty dollar
Bet $40
Take $40 paid to you, leave the initial forty dollar bet
Bet forty dollar
Leave $40 paid-out to you for a total bet of 80 dollar
Wager 80 dollar
Take eighty dollar paid-out to you, leave the first eighty dollar wager
Wager 80 dollar
Leave eighty dollar paid to you for a total wager of 160 dollar
Wager $160
Take $160 paid-out to you, leave the first one hundred and sixty dollar wager
If you left at this moment you would be up 315 dollar !!
It’s hard to go on a streak this long, but it often happen. And when it does you mustn’t alter and drop your bet or the end result won’t be the same.
