I have gambled on millions of rounds of blackjack. I started sneaking into the casinos when I was sixteen. I have enjoyed online twenty-one, I have counted cards, and worked with a team for a little while. Given all that I have still lost all kinds of cash at 21. The gambling halls have made it almost impossible to beat the house.
I still like the game and gamble on a regular basis. Over the years I have gambled on a variation of twenty-one called "The Take it Leave it Method". You won’t get flush with this tactic or defeat the house, nonetheless you will have an abundance of fun. This tactic is built on the idea that vingt-et-un seems to be a match of runs. When you are hot your hot, and when you are not you’re NOT!
I play basic strategy chemin de fer. When I lose I bet the lowest amount allowed on the next hand. If I lose again I bet the lowest amount allowed on the successive hand again etc. Once I win 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 wager on the table. If I succeed again I take the winnings paid to me, and if I win the next hand I leave it for a total of four times my original bet. I keep wagering this way "Take it Leave it etc". Once I don’t win I return the bet back down to the original sum.
I am very disciplined and never "chicken out". It gets extremely exciting sometimes. If you succeed at a few hands in a row your wagers go up very fast. Before you know it you are betting $100-200per hand. I have had awesome runs a couple of times now. I departed a $5 table at the Flamingo a few years back with $750 after 35 mins using this technique! And a few days ago in Macau I left a game with $1200!
You must understand that you can say good-bye to a lot faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more exciting. And you will be aghast at the streaks you notice betting this way. Below is a chart of what you would bet if you kept winning at a $5 game.
Bet $5
Take five dollar paid to you, leave the original five dollar bet
Bet 5 dollar
Leave five dollar paid to you for a total bet of $10
Bet 10 dollar
Take $10 paid-out to you, leave the original ten dollar wager
Wager 10 dollar
Leave 10 dollar paid-out to you for a total wager of 20 dollar
Wager $20
Take $20 paid-out to you, leave the original $20 wager
Bet twenty dollar
Leave 20 dollar paid to you for a total bet of 40 dollar
Wager 40 dollar
Take 40 dollar paid-out to you, leave the first $40 bet
Bet $40
Leave 40 dollar paid to you for a total wager of $80
Wager 80 dollar
Take $80 paid-out to you, leave the initial 80 dollar wager
Wager $80
Leave eighty dollar paid-out to you for a total wager of 160 dollar
Wager $160
Take one hundred and sixty dollar paid to you, leave the initial 160 dollar bet
If you left at this instance you would be up $315 !!
It is difficult to go on a run this long, but it can happen. And when it does you can’t deviate and drop your wager or the end result won’t be the same.
