I have enjoyed countless of hands of twenty-one. I began sneaking into the gambling dens when I was still underage. I have gambled on online twenty-one, I have counted cards, and worked with a team for a little while. Given all that I have still spent a lot of cash at twenty-one. The casinos have made it basically impossible to beat the house.

I still like the game and bet on a frequent basis. Over the years I have played a type of chemin de fer called "The Take it Leave it Method". You definitely will not get loaded with this tactic or beat the house, still you will have a lot of fun. This tactic is founded on the fact that vingt-et-un seems to be a game of runs. When you’re on fire your hot, and when you are not you are NOT!

I gamble with basic strategy 21. When I do not win I bet the table minimum on the successive hand. If I lose again I wager the table minimum on the successive hand again etc. Whenever I hit I take the winnings paid to me and I wager the initial wager 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 succeed again I take the winnings paid to me, and if I succeed the next hand I leave it for a total of 4 times my original wager. I continue betting this way "Take it Leave it etc". Once I do not win I lower the wager back down to the original value.

I am very strict and never "chicken out". It gets extremely fun on occasion. If you succeed at a few hands in sequence your bets go up very quick. Before you realize it you are betting $100-200/ hand. I have had great streaks a couple of times now. I departed a $5 table at the Flamingo a couple of years ago with $750 after 45 minutes using this technique! And a couple of months ago in Atlantic City I left a table with $1200!

You have to understand that you can say good-bye to much faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more enjoyable. And you will be astonished at the runs you see betting this way. Here is a guide of what you would bet if you kept winning at a five dollar game.

Bet $5
Take $5 paid-out to you, leave the initial 5 dollar wager

Bet $5
Leave 5 dollar paid to you for a total wager of ten dollar

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

Wager $10
Leave ten dollar paid-out to you for a total bet of twenty dollar

Wager 20 dollar
Take twenty dollar paid-out to you, leave the first $20 bet

Bet $20
Leave twenty dollar paid-out to you for a total wager of forty dollar

Wager $40
Take 40 dollar paid to you, leave the original $40 bet

Bet 40 dollar
Leave 40 dollar paid to you for a total wager of $80

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

Bet eighty dollar
Leave $80 paid-out to you for a total wager of $160

Bet $160
Take $160 paid to you, leave the first $160 bet

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

It’s hard to go on a streak this long, but it does happen. And when it does you must NOT alter and drop your bet or the final result won’t be the same.