I have bet on millions of rounds of 21. I started sneaking into the casinos when I was 16. I have gambled on online twenty-one, I have counted cards, and worked as part of a team for a little while. Given all that I have still lost all kinds of cash at vingt-et-un. The casinos have made it very hard to defeat the house.

I still like the game and wager on a frequent basis. Over this time period I have gambled on a type of twenty-one called "The Take it Leave it Method". You won’t get flush with this tactic or beat the house, nonetheless you will have an abundance of fun. This method is built on the fact that vingt-et-un seems to be a match of streaks. When you’re hot your on fire, and when you’re not you are NOT!

I wager with basic strategy twenty-one. When I lose I wager the lowest amount allowed on the next hand. If I do not win again I bet 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 initial 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 winnings paid to me, and if I win the next hand I leave it for a total of four times my original wager. I continue wagering this way "Take it Leave it etc". Once I lose I return the action back down to the original bet.

I am very strict and never "chicken out". It gets very thrilling sometimes. If you win a few hands in series your bets go up very quick. Before you realize it you are betting $100-200/ hand. I have had awesome runs a few times now. I departed a $5 table at the Paris a number of years ago with $750 after 35 minutes using this technique! And a number of days ago in Vegas I left a table with $1200!

You must understand that you can lose a lot faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more thrilling. And you will be surprised at the streaks you notice wagering this way. Below is a chart of what you would wager if you continue winning at a 5 dollar table.

Wager 5 dollar
Take five dollar paid to you, leave the original 5 dollar wager

Wager 5 dollar
Leave $5 paid-out to you for a total bet of $10

Wager 10 dollar
Take $10 paid to you, leave the original $10 wager

Wager $10
Leave ten dollar paid to you for a total bet of twenty dollar

Wager $20
Take $20 paid to you, leave the initial twenty dollar bet

Bet twenty dollar
Leave $20 paid to you for a total wager of $40

Wager $40
Take $40 paid-out to you, leave the first 40 dollar bet

Bet 40 dollar
Leave forty dollar paid-out to you for a total wager of 80 dollar

Bet eighty dollar
Take 80 dollar paid to you, leave the first 80 dollar bet

Bet eighty dollar
Leave $80 paid-out to you for a total bet of 160 dollar

Wager $160
Take 160 dollar paid-out to you, leave the first one hundred and sixty dollar wager

If you left at this point you would be up three hundred and 15 dollars !!

It is herculean to go on a streak this long, but it can happen. And when it does you mustn’t alter and lower your wager or the final result will not be the same.