I have gambled on millions of hands of blackjack. I started working my way into the gambling dens when I was sixteen. I have enjoyed online blackjack, I have counted cards, and worked as part of a team for a short while. Given all that I have still lost all kinds of money at chemin de fer. The gambling dens have made it very hard to defeat the house.
I still enjoy the game and play on a frequent basis. Over the years I have bet on a variation of twenty-one called "The Take it Leave it Method". You certainly won’t get rich with this method or defeat the house, still you will experience an abundance of fun. This tactic is built on the fact that chemin de fer appears to be a match of runs. When you are hot your hot, and when you’re not you’re NOT!
I gamble with basic strategy vingt-et-un. When I don’t win I wager the table minimum on the successive hand. If I don’t win again I bet the lowest amount allowed on the next hand again etc. As soon as I profit I take the payout paid to me and I bet the initial bet 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 succeed the next hand I leave it for a total of four times my original wager. I continue wagering this way "Take it Leave it etc". Once I do not win I return the bet back down to the original amount.
I am very strict and do not "chicken out". It gets very exciting at times. If you succeed at a few hands in a row your wagers go up very quickly. Before you know it you are betting $100-200per hand. I have had great runs a number of times now. I left a $5 table at the Wynn a few years back with $750 after 20 mins using this tactic! And a few days ago in Macau I left a table with $1200!
You need to understand that you can give up a lot faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more thrilling. And you will be aghast at the runs you see betting this way. Here is a guide of what you would bet if you kept winning at a $5 game.
Wager $5
Take $5 paid to you, leave the original 5 dollar wager
Bet $5
Leave five dollar paid-out to you for a total wager of 10 dollar
Wager $10
Take 10 dollar paid-out to you, leave the first $10 bet
Bet ten dollar
Leave ten dollar paid-out to you for a total bet of 20 dollar
Wager $20
Take 20 dollar paid to you, leave the original 20 dollar wager
Bet 20 dollar
Leave 20 dollar paid-out to you for a total bet of $40
Bet forty dollar
Take forty dollar paid-out to you, leave the initial forty dollar wager
Wager $40
Leave 40 dollar paid-out to you for a total bet of 80 dollar
Wager eighty dollar
Take eighty dollar paid-out to you, leave the original 80 dollar bet
Wager $80
Leave eighty dollar paid to you for a total bet of 160 dollar
Wager one hundred and sixty dollar
Take $160 paid to you, leave the first $160 bet
If you left at this moment you would be up $315 !!
It’s difficult to go on a streak this long, but it occasionally happen. And when it does you can’t alter and lower your bet or the final result will not be the same.