I have bet on countless of hands of 21. I started working my way into the gambling halls when I was sixteen. I have played online vingt-et-un, I have counted cards, and worked with a team for a short time. Given all that I have still spent a lot of cash at chemin de fer. The gambling dens have made it basically impossible to beat the house.
I still like the game and wager on a frequent basis. Over the years I have enjoyed a variation of vingt-et-un called "The Take it Leave it Method". You certainly won’t get loaded with this tactic or beat the house, however you will experience a lot of fun. This method is based on the fact that blackjack appears to be a game of runs. When you are on fire your on fire, and when you are not you are NOT!
I wager with basic strategy chemin de fer. When I don’t win I bet the table minimum on the next hand. If I lose again I bet the table minimum on the successive hand again etc. Once I profit 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 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 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 sum.
I am very strict and never back out. It gets very fun on occasion. If you win a few hands in series your bets go up very fast. Before you know it you are wagering $100-200per hand. I have had fantastic streaks a couple of times now. I left a $5 table at the MGM a couple of years back with $750 after 35 mins using this method! And a couple of months ago in Vegas I left a game with $1200!
You have to understand that you can relinquish much faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more exciting. And you will be aghast at the streaks you witness wagering this way. Below is a chart 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 original $5 bet
Wager 5 dollar
Leave 5 dollar paid-out to you for a total wager of ten dollar
Wager 10 dollar
Take ten dollar paid to you, leave the first 10 dollar wager
Wager $10
Leave $10 paid-out to you for a total wager of twenty dollar
Wager twenty dollar
Take twenty dollar paid to you, leave the initial twenty dollar bet
Wager $20
Leave twenty dollar paid to you for a total bet of $40
Bet $40
Take 40 dollar paid to you, leave the original 40 dollar wager
Wager $40
Leave forty dollar paid to you for a total bet of eighty dollar
Bet eighty dollar
Take eighty dollar paid-out to you, leave the original $80 wager
Bet eighty dollar
Leave eighty dollar paid-out to you for a total wager of one hundred and sixty dollar
Wager one hundred and sixty dollar
Take 160 dollar paid to you, leave the first one hundred and 60 dollar bet
If you departed at this moment you would be up three hundred and 15 dollars !!
It is difficult to go on a streak this long, but it does happen. And when it does you can NOT deviate and drop your bet or the final result won’t be the same.