I have played millions of hands of blackjack. I started sneaking into the gambling halls when I was 16. I have wagered on online vingt-et-un, I have counted cards, and worked as part of a team for a short time. With all that said I have still lost all kinds of cash at blackjack. The casinos have made it almost impossible to beat the casino.

I still enjoy the game and wager on a frequent basis. Over the years I have played a type of twenty-one called "The Take it Leave it Method". You most certainly will not get flush with this tactic or beat the casino, nonetheless you will have an abundance of fun. This tactic is built on the fact that chemin de fer seems to be a game of streaks. When you’re on fire your on fire, and when you’re not you are NOT!

I bet with basic strategy vingt-et-un. When I do not win I bet the lowest amount allowed on the subsequent hand. If I do not win again I wager the table minimum on the next hand again etc. Once I hit I take the winnings 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 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 wager. I keep wagering this way "Take it Leave it etc". Once I lose I lower the wager back down to the original value.

I am very disciplined and never back out. It gets very enjoyable at times. If you win a few hands in sequence your bets go up very fast. Before you realize it you are betting $100-200per hand. I have had awesome runs a couple of times now. I departed a $5 table at the Luxor a couple of years back with $750 after 30 minutes using this tactic! And a number of weeks ago in Atlantic City I left a table with $1200!

You must understand that you can say good-bye to much faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more thrilling. And you will be surprised at the runs you witness playing this way. Below is a chart of what you would bet if you kept winning at a 5 dollar table.

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

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

Bet ten dollar
Take 10 dollar paid-out to you, leave the first ten dollar bet

Bet 10 dollar
Leave $10 paid to you for a total wager of twenty dollar

Wager $20
Take twenty dollar paid to you, leave the original $20 wager

Bet $20
Leave $20 paid-out to you for a total bet of 40 dollar

Bet 40 dollar
Take $40 paid-out to you, leave the initial forty dollar wager

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

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

Bet 80 dollar
Leave eighty dollar paid to you for a total wager of 160 dollar

Bet 160 dollar
Take 160 dollar paid-out to you, leave the first $160 wager

If you left at this point you would be up 315 dollar !!

It’s herculean to go on a run this long, but it does happen. And when it does you mustn’t alter and drop your wager or the end result won’t be the same.