I have enjoyed millions of hands of twenty-one. I started sneaking into the gambling dens when I was 16. I have gambled on online twenty-one, I have counted cards, and worked as part of a team for a short while. With all that said I have still lost a lot of bankroll at vingt-et-un. The gambling dens have made it very hard to beat the house.
I still like the game and play on a regular basis. Over this time period I have enjoyed a variation of vingt-et-un called "The Take it Leave it Method". You will not get rich with this method or beat the house, still you will experience an abundance of fun. This method is built on the fact that blackjack appears to be a match of runs. When you’re on fire your hot, and when you’re not you are NOT!
I bet with basic strategy twenty-one. When I do not win I bet the lowest amount allowed on the subsequent hand. If I don’t win again I wager the lowest amount allowed on the successive hand again etc. Whenever I win I take the winnings paid to me and I bet the initial 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 continue wagering this way "Take it Leave it etc". Once I do not win I return the wager back down to the original sum.
I am very disciplined and do not back out. It gets very enjoyable on occasion. If you win a few hands in series your bets go up very quick. Before you realize it you are gambling $100-200per hand. I have had fantastic streaks a couple of times now. I left a $5 table at the Wynn a number of years ago with $750 after 45 minutes using this tactic! And a number of days ago in Sin City I left a game with $1200!
You must understand that you can squander much faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more exciting. And you will be aghast at the runs you notice gamble this way. Below is a guide of what you would bet if you kept winning at a five dollar table.
Bet five dollar
Take five dollar paid to you, leave the initial $5 bet
Wager 5 dollar
Leave 5 dollar paid-out to you for a total wager of 10 dollar
Wager 10 dollar
Take 10 dollar paid to you, leave the original ten dollar bet
Bet 10 dollar
Leave $10 paid-out to you for a total bet of 20 dollar
Wager $20
Take twenty dollar paid-out to you, leave the first twenty dollar wager
Bet twenty dollar
Leave twenty dollar paid-out to you for a total bet of $40
Bet 40 dollar
Take $40 paid to you, leave the original $40 wager
Bet $40
Leave $40 paid to you for a total wager of 80 dollar
Bet eighty dollar
Take 80 dollar paid to you, leave the initial $80 wager
Wager 80 dollar
Leave 80 dollar paid-out to you for a total wager of $160
Bet $160
Take $160 paid-out to you, leave the original $160 wager
If you left at this instance you would be up $315 !!
It’s hard to go on a run this long, but it does happen. And when it does you mustn’t alter and drop your wager or the final result will not be the same.