I have played millions of hands of chemin de fer. I started working my way into the casinos when I was still underage. I have played online vingt-et-un, I have counted cards, and worked as part of a team for a short while. Given all that I have still spent a lot of cash at 21. The gambling dens have made it very hard to defeat the casino.
I still like the game and play on a regular basis. Over this time period I have played a variation of vingt-et-un called "The Take it Leave it Method". You certainly won’t get flush with this method or beat the casino, nonetheless you will experience an abundance of fun. This tactic is centered on the idea that vingt-et-un appears to be a match of runs. When you’re hot your hot, and when you’re not you are NOT!
I play basic strategy twenty-one. When I do not win I bet the table minimum on the next hand. If I do not win again I wager the table minimum on the next hand again etc. Whenever I win 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 bet on the table. If I win again I take the winnings paid to me, and if I win the next hand I leave it for a total of 4 times my original bet. 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 do not "chicken out". It gets extremely fun sometimes. If you win a few hands in a row your bets go up very fast. Before you know it you are wagering $100-200/ hand. I have had awesome runs a couple of times now. I left a $5 table at the Paris a few years ago with $750 after 20 minutes using this method! And a couple of months ago in Vegas I left a game with $1200!
You need to comprehend that you can give away much faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more thrilling. And you will be aghast at the streaks you see playing this way. Below is a chart of what you would bet if you continue winning at a five dollar game.
Wager $5
Take 5 dollar paid-out to you, leave the original five dollar wager
Bet five dollar
Leave five dollar paid-out to you for a total bet of 10 dollar
Bet $10
Take 10 dollar paid-out to you, leave the original $10 wager
Bet ten dollar
Leave $10 paid-out to you for a total wager of 20 dollar
Wager $20
Take $20 paid to you, leave the first twenty dollar wager
Bet twenty dollar
Leave $20 paid-out to you for a total bet of 40 dollar
Wager 40 dollar
Take 40 dollar paid-out to you, leave the first $40 wager
Bet 40 dollar
Leave 40 dollar paid to you for a total bet of $80
Bet $80
Take eighty dollar paid to you, leave the first eighty dollar bet
Bet $80
Leave $80 paid to you for a total bet of 160 dollar
Bet one hundred and sixty dollar
Take $160 paid-out to you, leave the initial 160 dollar wager
If you departed at this instance you would be up 315 dollar !!
It’s herculean to go on a run this long, but it occasionally happen. And when it does you can’t alter and drop your wager or the end result won’t be the same.