I have played millions of hands of chemin de fer. I started sneaking into the gambling halls when I was sixteen. I have bet on online 21, I have counted cards, and worked as part of a team for a short while. Given all that I have still spent all kinds of funds at blackjack. The casinos have made it basically impossible to beat the casino.
I still like the game and gamble on a frequent basis. Over this time period I have played a type of twenty-one called "The Take it Leave it Method". You won’t get rich with this tactic or defeat the casino, still you will experience a lot of fun. This method is built on the fact that blackjack seems to be a game of runs. When you are on fire your hot, and when you’re not you’re NOT!
I gamble with basic strategy blackjack. When I don’t win I wager the lowest amount allowed on the successive hand. If I do not win again I bet the table minimum on the next hand again etc. Whenever I profit I take the payout paid to me and I bet the initial wager 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 succeed again I take the payout paid to me, and if I succeed the next hand I leave it for a total of 4 times my original wager. I continue wagering this way "Take it Leave it etc". Once I don’t win I return the action back down to the original amount.
I am very strict and do not "chicken out". It gets extremely enjoyable sometimes. If you win a few hands in a row your wagers go up very quickly. Before you know it you are wagering $100-200per hand. I have had great runs a few times now. I left a $5 table at the Flamingo a number of years back with $750 after 60 minutes using this tactic! And a number of days ago in Atlantic City I left a game with $1200!
You need to understand that you can give away a great deal faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more exciting. And you will be aghast at the runs you witness wagering this way. Below is a guide of what you would bet if you continue winning at a 5 dollar game.
Bet $5
Take 5 dollar paid to you, leave the initial five dollar bet
Bet 5 dollar
Leave 5 dollar paid-out to you for a total wager of 10 dollar
Bet $10
Take ten dollar paid to you, leave the initial $10 bet
Wager ten dollar
Leave $10 paid-out to you for a total wager of 20 dollar
Bet $20
Take $20 paid-out to you, leave the first twenty dollar wager
Wager twenty dollar
Leave 20 dollar paid-out to you for a total bet of $40
Bet forty dollar
Take forty dollar paid-out to you, leave the original $40 wager
Wager forty dollar
Leave 40 dollar paid-out to you for a total wager of $80
Wager $80
Take 80 dollar paid-out to you, leave the original 80 dollar bet
Bet eighty dollar
Leave 80 dollar paid to you for a total bet of $160
Wager 160 dollar
Take $160 paid-out to you, leave the first one hundred and sixty dollar bet
If you departed at this moment you would be up 3 hundred and fifteen dollars !!
It’s hard to go on a run this long, but it will happen. And when it does you can’t deviate and drop your bet or the end result will not be the same.