I have played millions of hands of twenty-one. I began sneaking into the gambling dens when I was 16. I have gambled on online chemin de fer, I have counted cards, and worked as part of a team for a short while. With all that said I have still spent an abundance of money at chemin de fer. The casinos have made it nearly impossible to defeat the casino.
I still enjoy the game and gamble on a frequent basis. Over this time period I have enjoyed a variation of 21 called "The Take it Leave it Method". You certainly won’t get loaded with this method or defeat the casino, still you will experience an abundance of fun. This tactic is founded on the idea that blackjack seems to be a game of streaks. When you’re on fire your on fire, and when you are not you are NOT!
I play basic strategy vingt-et-un. When I lose I bet the lowest amount allowed on the subsequent hand. If I do not win again I wager the table minimum on the subsequent hand again etc. Once I hit I take the payout paid to me and I bet the initial bet 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 payout 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 return the action back down to the original value.
I am very strict and do not "chicken out". It gets very enjoyable on occasion. If you succeed at a few hands in a row your wagers go up very quick. Before you know it you are betting $100-200/ hand. I have had awesome runs a few times now. I left a $5 table at the MGM a couple of years ago with $750 after 45 minutes using this method! And a couple of days ago in Sin City I left a table with $1200!
You need to understand that you can squander much faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more enjoyable. And you will be astonished at the streaks you see playing this way. Below is a chart of what you would wager if you kept winning at a $5 table.
Bet five dollar
Take five dollar paid to you, leave the initial five dollar wager
Bet 5 dollar
Leave 5 dollar paid-out to you for a total wager of 10 dollar
Bet ten dollar
Take $10 paid to you, leave the initial 10 dollar wager
Bet ten dollar
Leave 10 dollar paid-out to you for a total bet of twenty dollar
Bet 20 dollar
Take $20 paid to you, leave the first 20 dollar bet
Bet 20 dollar
Leave twenty dollar paid-out to you for a total bet of forty dollar
Bet $40
Take 40 dollar paid-out to you, leave the initial forty dollar wager
Bet forty dollar
Leave 40 dollar paid-out to you for a total bet of eighty dollar
Bet eighty dollar
Take eighty dollar paid to you, leave the original eighty dollar bet
Wager eighty dollar
Leave 80 dollar paid to you for a total wager of $160
Wager one hundred and sixty dollar
Take $160 paid to you, leave the initial 160 dollar wager
If you left at this moment you would be up 315 dollar !!
It is hard to go on a streak this long, but it often happen. And when it does you mustn’t deviate and drop your wager or the end result won’t be the same.