I have bet on millions of rounds of twenty-one. I started working my way into the gambling dens when I was still underage. I have bet on online 21, I have counted cards, and worked as part of a team for a little while. With all that said I have still spent all kinds of money at chemin de fer. The casinos have made it nearly impossible to beat the game.
I still enjoy the game and wager on a regular basis. Over this time period I have played a variation of 21 called "The Take it Leave it Method". You certainly won’t 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 vingt-et-un seems to be a game of streaks. When you are on fire your on fire, and when you are not you’re NOT!
I gamble with basic strategy vingt-et-un. When I lose I wager the table minimum on the successive hand. If I lose again I bet the table minimum on the successive hand again etc. Whenever I win I take the winnings paid to me and I wager the initial wager 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 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 continue betting this way "Take it Leave it etc". Once I lose I lower the bet back down to the original value.
I am very disciplined and never back out. It gets extremely enjoyable sometimes. If you win a few hands in series your bets go up very fast. Before you know it you are gambling $100-200per hand. I have had fantastic streaks a couple of times now. I departed a $5 table at the Palms a few years ago with $750 after 20 minutes using this tactic! And a couple of days ago in Vegas I left a table with $1200!
You need to understand that you can give up a lot faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more thrilling. And you will be surprised at the runs you notice playing this way. Here is a chart of what you would bet if you kept winning at a 5 dollar table.
Wager 5 dollar
Take $5 paid to you, leave the first 5 dollar bet
Wager $5
Leave five dollar paid to you for a total bet of $10
Bet ten dollar
Take $10 paid to you, leave the first ten dollar bet
Bet ten dollar
Leave 10 dollar paid to you for a total bet of $20
Bet 20 dollar
Take $20 paid-out to you, leave the initial 20 dollar wager
Bet $20
Leave $20 paid-out to you for a total wager of $40
Bet $40
Take 40 dollar paid to you, leave the initial $40 bet
Wager $40
Leave forty dollar paid to you for a total wager of $80
Bet 80 dollar
Take eighty dollar paid-out to you, leave the original $80 wager
Bet 80 dollar
Leave $80 paid-out to you for a total wager of one hundred and sixty dollar
Wager 160 dollar
Take one hundred and sixty dollar paid-out to you, leave the initial $160 wager
If you departed at this point you would be up $315 !!
It’s herculean to go on a run this long, but it often happen. And when it does you can’t alter and lower your wager or the end result will not be the same.