I have played millions of rounds of vingt-et-un. I started sneaking into the gambling dens when I was sixteen. I have wagered on online chemin de fer, I have counted cards, and worked as part of a team for a short time. Given all that I have still spent a lot of cash at blackjack. The gambling halls have made it very hard to defeat the house.
I still enjoy the game and bet on a regular basis. Over this time period I have enjoyed a variation of 21 called "The Take it Leave it Method". You won’t get loaded with this method or defeat the house, nonetheless you will have a lot of fun. This tactic is based on the idea that chemin de fer appears to be a match of streaks. When you’re hot your on fire, and when you’re not you’re NOT!
I wager with basic strategy 21. When I don’t win I bet the table minimum on the next hand. If I don’t win again I wager the lowest amount allowed on the successive hand again etc. Once I profit I take the winnings paid to me and I wager the original wager again. If I win this hand I then keep in play 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 succeed the next hand I leave it for a total of four times my original wager. I keep wagering this way "Take it Leave it etc". Once I don’t win I lower the bet back down to the original value.
I am very disciplined and never "chicken out". It gets extremely thrilling on occasion. If you win a few hands in sequence your bets go up very fast. Before you know it you are betting $100-200/ hand. I have had great streaks a couple of times now. I left a $5 table at the MGM a few years back with $750 after 60 mins using this technique! And a couple of days ago in Vegas I left a table with $1200!
You have to comprehend that you can relinquish a lot faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more exciting. And you will be aghast at the streaks you witness playing this way. Below is a chart of what you would bet if you kept winning at a five dollar table.
Bet 5 dollar
Take five dollar paid to you, leave the initial $5 wager
Bet five dollar
Leave $5 paid-out to you for a total bet of $10
Wager ten dollar
Take $10 paid to you, leave the initial 10 dollar bet
Wager ten dollar
Leave 10 dollar paid to you for a total wager of 20 dollar
Wager 20 dollar
Take $20 paid to you, leave the initial 20 dollar bet
Wager $20
Leave $20 paid to you for a total bet of $40
Wager $40
Take forty dollar paid-out to you, leave the initial $40 bet
Bet $40
Leave forty dollar paid to you for a total bet of 80 dollar
Bet $80
Take $80 paid-out to you, leave the first 80 dollar wager
Bet 80 dollar
Leave eighty dollar paid-out to you for a total bet of one hundred and sixty dollar
Wager 160 dollar
Take $160 paid-out to you, leave the initial $160 bet
If you departed at this moment you would be up 315 dollar !!
It is hard to go on a run this long, but it can happen. And when it does you mustn’t alter and lower your wager or the end result won’t be the same.
