I have bet on millions of hands of 21. I began sneaking into the gambling halls when I was still underage. I have gambled on online 21, I have counted cards, and worked with a team for a short while. With all that said I have still spent all kinds of cash at 21. The casinos have made it basically impossible to beat the house.

I still enjoy the game and wager on a frequent basis. Over this time period I have gambled on a variation of 21 called "The Take it Leave it Method". You certainly won’t get loaded with this method or beat the house, still you will have an abundance of fun. This tactic is based on the idea that 21 appears to be a game of runs. When you are on fire your hot, and when you’re not you are NOT!

I wager with basic strategy vingt-et-un. When I don’t win I wager 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 profit I take the payout paid to me and I wager the initial 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 return the wager back down to the original value.

I am very disciplined and do not back out. It gets very fun sometimes. If you succeed at a few hands in series your wagers go up very fast. Before you realize it you are gambling $100-200/ hand. I have had great streaks a few times now. I left a $5 table at the Flamingo a number of years back with $750 after 35 mins using this method! And a few months ago in Las Vegas I left a table with $1200!

You must understand that you can give up a great deal faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more enjoyable. And you will be amazed at the runs you notice betting this way. Here is a chart of what you would bet if you continue winning at a five dollar game.

Wager five dollar
Take 5 dollar paid-out to you, leave the original 5 dollar wager

Bet 5 dollar
Leave $5 paid to you for a total bet of 10 dollar

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

Wager $10
Leave ten dollar paid to you for a total bet of $20

Wager 20 dollar
Take 20 dollar paid to you, leave the original 20 dollar bet

Wager twenty dollar
Leave twenty dollar paid-out to you for a total bet of forty dollar

Wager 40 dollar
Take $40 paid-out to you, leave the original 40 dollar wager

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

Bet eighty dollar
Take $80 paid to you, leave the original eighty dollar bet

Bet $80
Leave eighty dollar paid to you for a total wager of one hundred and sixty dollar

Wager $160
Take $160 paid-out to you, leave the first $160 bet

If you left at this instance you would be up $315 !!

It’s herculean to go on a streak this long, but it does happen. And when it does you can’t deviate and drop your bet or the end result will not be the same.