I have played millions of hands of 21. I started sneaking into the gambling halls when I was still underage. I have gambled on online chemin de fer, I have counted cards, and worked with a team for a short while. With all that said I have still lost an abundance of money at twenty-one. The gambling halls have made it very hard to defeat the casino.
I still enjoy the game and gamble on a frequent basis. Over the years I have wagered on a variation of vingt-et-un called "The Take it Leave it Method". You won’t get flush with this method or defeat the house, however you will experience a lot of fun. This method is founded on the idea that vingt-et-un seems to be a game of runs. When you are hot your on fire, and when you are not you’re NOT!
I bet with basic strategy chemin de fer. When I lose I bet the lowest amount allowed on the subsequent hand. If I do not win again I wager the lowest amount allowed on the next hand again etc. As soon as I hit I take the winnings paid to me and I bet the original wager again. If I win this hand I then leave 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 bet. I keep wagering this way "Take it Leave it etc". Once I lose I lower the bet back down to the original value.
I am very disciplined and never back out. It gets very enjoyable at times. If you succeed at a few hands in sequence your bets go up very quickly. Before you know it you are gambling $100-200/ hand. I have had great runs a few times now. I left a $5 table at the Venetian a few years back with $750 after 30 minutes using this technique! And a few weeks ago in Las Vegas I left a table with $1200!
You have to comprehend that you can squander much faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more thrilling. And you will be aghast at the runs you see playing this way. Below is a guide of what you would bet if you kept winning at a five dollar game.
Wager $5
Take $5 paid-out to you, leave the first 5 dollar wager
Bet $5
Leave five dollar paid-out to you for a total wager of 10 dollar
Bet $10
Take ten dollar paid-out to you, leave the first ten dollar wager
Bet 10 dollar
Leave ten dollar paid-out to you for a total bet of 20 dollar
Wager 20 dollar
Take 20 dollar paid to you, leave the initial $20 wager
Bet 20 dollar
Leave 20 dollar paid-out to you for a total bet of $40
Wager $40
Take forty dollar paid to you, leave the initial 40 dollar bet
Bet $40
Leave $40 paid to you for a total wager of 80 dollar
Wager 80 dollar
Take 80 dollar paid-out to you, leave the initial 80 dollar wager
Wager $80
Leave $80 paid to you for a total wager of one hundred and sixty dollar
Bet $160
Take 160 dollar paid to you, leave the original 1 hundred and 60 dollar bet
If you left at this moment you would be up $315 !!
It is difficult to go on a run this long, but it often happen. And when it does you can’t alter and lower your wager or the end result will not be the same.