I have bet on countless of hands of 21. I started sneaking into the gambling dens when I was sixteen. I have bet on online blackjack, I have counted cards, and worked with a team for a little while. Given all that I have still lost an abundance of cash at 21. The gambling halls have made it very hard to beat the game.

I still like the game and bet on a frequent basis. Over this time period I have bet on 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 have a lot of fun. This method is built on the idea that chemin de fer appears to be a match of runs. When you are on fire your on fire, and when you’re not you are NOT!

I play basic strategy vingt-et-un. When I do not win I bet the table minimum on the successive hand. If I lose again I wager the table minimum on the successive hand again etc. As soon as I hit I take the payout 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 4 times my original bet. I continue wagering this way "Take it Leave it etc". Once I don’t win I return the bet back down to the original value.

I am very strict and never "chicken out". It gets very fun on occasion. If you win a few hands in a row your wagers go up very quick. Before you know it you are betting $100-200per hand. I have had awesome streaks a couple of times now. I departed a $5 table at the Palms a couple of years back with $750 after 35 minutes using this technique! And a couple of days ago in Las Vegas I left a game with $1200!

You need to understand that you can give up a lot faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more enjoyable. And you will be amazed at the runs you notice betting this way. Below is a guide of what you would wager if you kept winning at a 5 dollar table.

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

Wager $5
Leave five dollar paid to you for a total wager of ten dollar

Wager ten dollar
Take 10 dollar paid-out to you, leave the original ten dollar bet

Wager $10
Leave 10 dollar paid to you for a total wager of $20

Wager 20 dollar
Take 20 dollar paid to you, leave the initial 20 dollar wager

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

Bet forty dollar
Take forty dollar paid to you, leave the original forty dollar bet

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

Wager eighty dollar
Take $80 paid-out to you, leave the initial 80 dollar wager

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

Wager one hundred and sixty dollar
Take 160 dollar paid-out to you, leave the initial 1 hundred and sixty dollar wager

If you departed at this point you would be up 3 hundred and fifteen dollars !!

It’s herculean to go on a run this long, but it can happen. And when it does you mustn’t deviate and lower your bet or the end result will not be the same.