I have bet on millions of rounds of chemin de fer. I started sneaking into the gambling halls when I was sixteen. I have played online twenty-one, I have counted cards, and worked with a team for a short time. Given all that I have still lost a lot of funds at vingt-et-un. The gambling dens have made it nearly impossible to defeat the casino.
I still like the game and play on a regular basis. Over the years I have played a type of chemin de fer called "The Take it Leave it Method". You definitely will not get rich with this method or defeat the house, nonetheless you will have an abundance of fun. This tactic is based on the fact that vingt-et-un appears to be a game of runs. When you’re hot your hot, and when you are not you’re NOT!
I play basic strategy twenty-one. When I don’t win I wager the table minimum on the successive hand. If I do not win again I bet the lowest amount allowed on the successive hand again etc. As soon as I hit I take the payout paid to me and I bet 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 wager on the table. If I succeed 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 wagering this way "Take it Leave it etc". Once I lose I return the action back down to the original sum.
I am very strict and never back out. It gets very thrilling at times. If you succeed at a few hands in a row your bets go up very quickly. Before you realize it you are wagering $100-200per hand. I have had awesome streaks a couple of times now. I left a $5 table at the Luxor a couple of years ago with $750 after 30 mins using this method! And a number of weeks ago in Sin City I left a table with $1200!
You need to 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 runs you see betting this way. Here is a guide of what you would bet if you continue winning at a $5 table.
Wager five dollar
Take $5 paid-out to you, leave the original $5 wager
Wager $5
Leave five dollar paid-out to you for a total wager of 10 dollar
Bet ten dollar
Take 10 dollar paid to you, leave the original $10 bet
Bet $10
Leave 10 dollar paid-out to you for a total wager of 20 dollar
Wager 20 dollar
Take $20 paid-out to you, leave the initial 20 dollar bet
Wager 20 dollar
Leave 20 dollar paid-out to you for a total bet of forty dollar
Wager $40
Take $40 paid to you, leave the original $40 wager
Wager 40 dollar
Leave $40 paid to you for a total bet of eighty dollar
Bet eighty dollar
Take 80 dollar paid-out to you, leave the first eighty dollar wager
Wager $80
Leave eighty dollar paid-out to you for a total bet of one hundred and sixty dollar
Bet one hundred and sixty dollar
Take $160 paid-out to you, leave the original $160 wager
If you left at this moment you would be up three hundred and 15 dollars !!
It’s difficult to go on a streak this long, but it does happen. And when it does you can NOT deviate and drop your bet or the final result will not be the same.