I have gambled on countless of rounds of chemin de fer. I started working my way into the gambling dens when I was still underage. I have bet on online twenty-one, I have counted cards, and worked as part of a team for a short time. Given all that I have still spent all kinds of bankroll at vingt-et-un. The casinos have made it very hard to beat the house.
I still enjoy the game and gamble on a regular basis. Over the years I have enjoyed a type of chemin de fer called "The Take it Leave it Method". You certainly won’t get rich with this method or beat the house, still you will experience a lot of fun. This method is built on the fact that blackjack appears to be a match of streaks. When you are on fire your hot, and when you are not you are NOT!
I bet with basic strategy 21. When I lose I bet the lowest amount allowed on the subsequent hand. If I don’t win again I bet the lowest amount allowed on the subsequent hand again etc. Whenever I win I take the payout paid to me and I wager the original bet 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 bet. I continue betting this way "Take it Leave it etc". Once I lose I lower the wager back down to the original amount.
I am very strict and do not "chicken out". It gets very exciting on occasion. If you win a few hands in sequence your bets go up very fast. Before you know it you are betting $100-200/ hand. I have had awesome runs a few times now. I left a $5 table at the MGM a few years back with $750 after 35 mins using this technique! And a few days ago in Macau I left a table with $1200!
You need to understand that you can give up a great deal faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more thrilling. And you will be amazed at the runs you witness playing this way. Below is a guide of what you would wager if you continue winning at a five dollar table.
Bet 5 dollar
Take 5 dollar paid-out to you, leave the first $5 wager
Bet 5 dollar
Leave $5 paid-out to you for a total bet of ten dollar
Bet ten dollar
Take 10 dollar paid to you, leave the initial ten dollar wager
Bet 10 dollar
Leave 10 dollar paid-out to you for a total wager of twenty dollar
Wager twenty dollar
Take twenty dollar paid to you, leave the initial 20 dollar bet
Bet 20 dollar
Leave 20 dollar paid to you for a total bet of $40
Bet $40
Take $40 paid to you, leave the first 40 dollar bet
Bet $40
Leave 40 dollar paid-out to you for a total wager of eighty dollar
Bet $80
Take $80 paid to you, leave the original eighty dollar bet
Wager 80 dollar
Leave $80 paid-out to you for a total wager of one hundred and sixty dollar
Bet one hundred and sixty dollar
Take one hundred and sixty dollar paid to you, leave the first 160 dollar bet
If you departed at this moment you would be up 315 dollar !!
It is difficult to go on a run this long, but it occasionally happen. And when it does you mustn’t deviate and drop your wager or the final result won’t be the same.