I have bet on millions of rounds of twenty-one. I started working my way into the gambling dens when I was 16. I have played online chemin de fer, I have counted cards, and worked as part of a team for a short while. Given all that I have still spent an abundance of bankroll at chemin de fer. The gambling dens have made it very hard to defeat the casino.
I still like the game and bet on a regular basis. Over this time period I have played a type of 21 called "The Take it Leave it Method". You most certainly will not get flush with this tactic or beat the casino, still you will experience a lot of fun. This tactic is based on the fact that blackjack appears to be a match of runs. When you’re hot your hot, and when you’re not you’re NOT!
I wager with basic strategy vingt-et-un. When I lose I bet the table minimum on the next hand. If I don’t win again I wager the table minimum on the next hand again etc. Once I hit I take the winnings paid to me and I wager the original bet 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 win again I take the payout paid to me, and if I win the next hand I leave it for a total of 4 times my original bet. I keep betting this way "Take it Leave it etc". Once I lose I return the bet back down to the original bet.
I am very disciplined and never "chicken out". It gets very thrilling sometimes. If you win a few hands in a row your bets go up very quickly. Before you know it you are betting $100-200per hand. I have had fantastic runs a couple of times now. I left a $5 table at the Palms a few years back with $750 after 45 mins using this tactic! And a couple of weeks ago in Vegas I left a game with $1200!
You have to understand that you can relinquish much faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more exciting. And you will be aghast at the runs you notice wagering this way. Here is a chart of what you would bet if you continue winning at a five dollar table.
Bet five dollar
Take five dollar paid-out to you, leave the original 5 dollar bet
Wager 5 dollar
Leave 5 dollar paid-out to you for a total wager of $10
Wager $10
Take $10 paid to you, leave the first ten dollar bet
Wager $10
Leave $10 paid to you for a total wager of twenty dollar
Bet 20 dollar
Take twenty dollar paid-out to you, leave the original 20 dollar wager
Bet twenty dollar
Leave $20 paid-out to you for a total bet of 40 dollar
Wager 40 dollar
Take 40 dollar paid-out to you, leave the initial $40 bet
Wager forty dollar
Leave $40 paid-out to you for a total bet of $80
Wager $80
Take $80 paid to you, leave the first eighty dollar wager
Wager eighty dollar
Leave $80 paid-out to you for a total bet of 160 dollar
Wager 160 dollar
Take one hundred and sixty dollar paid-out to you, leave the first one hundred and 60 dollar wager
If you left at this moment you would be up $315 !!
It’s herculean to go on a run this long, but it can happen. And when it does you can’t alter and drop your wager or the end result won’t be the same.