I have played millions of rounds of vingt-et-un. I started working my way into the gambling halls when I was still underage. I have gambled on online blackjack, I have counted cards, and worked with a team for a little while. Given all that I have still lost all kinds of money at chemin de fer. The casinos have made it very hard to defeat the game.
I still enjoy the game and gamble on a frequent basis. Over this time period I have enjoyed a type of 21 called "The Take it Leave it Method". You certainly won’t get flush with this method or beat the house, nonetheless you will experience an abundance of fun. This method is founded on the fact that chemin de fer seems to be a match of runs. When you’re on fire your hot, and when you’re not you are NOT!
I wager with basic strategy blackjack. When I lose I bet the table minimum on the successive hand. If I lose again I bet the table minimum on the successive hand again etc. Once I hit I take the payout paid to me and I bet the original wager 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 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 wager. I keep betting this way "Take it Leave it etc". Once I lose I lower the wager back down to the original value.
I am very disciplined and do not "chicken out". It gets very fun sometimes. If you win 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 runs a couple of times now. I departed a $5 table at the Flamingo a number of years ago with $750 after 60 mins using this technique! And a couple of weeks ago in Vegas I left a game with $1200!
You must understand that you can lose much faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more thrilling. 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 table.
Wager five dollar
Take $5 paid to you, leave the original $5 bet
Wager 5 dollar
Leave five dollar paid-out to you for a total bet of 10 dollar
Wager 10 dollar
Take 10 dollar paid-out to you, leave the first 10 dollar bet
Wager $10
Leave 10 dollar paid-out to you for a total wager of twenty dollar
Bet $20
Take 20 dollar paid-out to you, leave the original 20 dollar bet
Bet 20 dollar
Leave 20 dollar paid-out to you for a total bet of forty dollar
Wager $40
Take forty dollar paid to you, leave the first 40 dollar wager
Wager 40 dollar
Leave $40 paid-out to you for a total wager of 80 dollar
Bet eighty dollar
Take 80 dollar paid to you, leave the initial eighty dollar bet
Wager eighty dollar
Leave 80 dollar paid-out to you for a total wager of $160
Wager $160
Take one hundred and sixty dollar paid to you, leave the initial 160 dollar bet
If you departed at this moment you would be up 3 hundred and 15 dollars !!
It is iffy to go on a streak this long, but it can happen. And when it does you can’t deviate and lower your wager or the end result won’t be the same.
