I have bet on millions of rounds of twenty-one. I started working my way into the casinos when I was 16. I have gambled on online vingt-et-un, I have counted cards, and worked with a team for a little while. Given all that I have still spent a lot of funds at chemin de fer. The gambling halls have made it very hard to defeat the house.
I still like the game and play on a regular basis. Over the years I have played a variation of 21 called "The Take it Leave it Method". You most certainly will not get rich with this tactic or defeat the casino, however you will have an abundance of fun. This tactic is built on the fact that blackjack appears to be a match of runs. When you’re hot your hot, and when you’re not you’re NOT!
I play basic strategy vingt-et-un. When I lose I bet the table minimum on the next hand. If I do not win again I bet the table minimum on the subsequent hand again etc. As soon as I hit 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 bet on the table. If I succeed again I take the winnings paid to me, and if I succeed the next hand I leave it for a total of four times my original bet. I continue wagering this way "Take it Leave it etc". Once I do not win I lower the action back down to the original sum.
I am very disciplined and do not "chicken out". It gets extremely thrilling at times. If you succeed at a few hands in a row your bets go up very fast. Before you know it you are betting $100-200/ hand. I have had awesome runs a couple of times now. I left a $5 table at the Flamingo a couple of years back with $750 after 35 mins using this tactic! And a number of days ago in Vegas I left a game with $1200!
You need to understand that you can lose a lot faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more enjoyable. And you will be amazed at the runs you notice playing this way. Below is a chart of what you would bet if you kept winning at a 5 dollar game.
Bet 5 dollar
Take 5 dollar paid to you, leave the original five dollar wager
Bet $5
Leave $5 paid to you for a total bet of 10 dollar
Bet $10
Take $10 paid to you, leave the first ten dollar wager
Wager ten dollar
Leave $10 paid to you for a total bet of twenty dollar
Wager $20
Take 20 dollar paid to you, leave the first $20 bet
Wager $20
Leave $20 paid-out to you for a total bet of 40 dollar
Wager forty dollar
Take forty dollar paid-out to you, leave the first forty dollar wager
Bet 40 dollar
Leave $40 paid to you for a total wager of 80 dollar
Wager $80
Take eighty dollar paid-out to you, leave the first eighty dollar wager
Wager $80
Leave $80 paid to you for a total bet of 160 dollar
Wager 160 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 three hundred and 15 dollars !!
It is hard to go on a run this long, but it does happen. And when it does you can’t deviate and lower your bet or the final result won’t be the same.