I have wagered on millions of hands of vingt-et-un. I started sneaking into the gambling halls when I was still underage. I have wagered on online chemin de fer, I have counted cards, and worked as part of a team for a short time. Given all that I have still lost all kinds of cash at 21. The gambling halls have made it almost impossible to beat the game.
I still enjoy the game and wager on a regular basis. Over the years I have enjoyed a type of vingt-et-un called "The Take it Leave it Method". You certainly won’t get loaded with this tactic or beat the house, nonetheless you will have a lot of fun. This tactic is based on the idea that 21 appears to be a game of runs. When you’re hot your on fire, and when you are not you are NOT!
I wager with basic strategy blackjack. When I do not win I bet the table minimum on the next hand. If I lose again I bet the lowest amount allowed on the next hand again etc. Once I win I take the winnings paid to me and I wager 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 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 don’t win I return the bet back down to the original amount.
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 $100-200per hand. I have had fantastic runs a couple of times now. I left a $5 table at the Palms a number of years ago with $750 after 35 minutes using this technique! And a number of days ago in Sin City I left a table with $1200!
You need to comprehend that you can give up much faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more thrilling. And you will be astonished at the runs you notice wagering this way. Below is a chart of what you would bet if you kept winning at a 5 dollar game.
Bet 5 dollar
Take five dollar paid to you, leave the original $5 wager
Wager five dollar
Leave five dollar paid-out to you for a total bet of 10 dollar
Bet $10
Take 10 dollar paid to you, leave the original $10 wager
Bet 10 dollar
Leave 10 dollar paid to you for a total bet of twenty dollar
Bet $20
Take twenty dollar paid-out to you, leave the first twenty dollar wager
Bet twenty dollar
Leave $20 paid to you for a total wager of forty dollar
Bet $40
Take $40 paid to you, leave the first $40 bet
Wager $40
Leave $40 paid to you for a total wager of 80 dollar
Wager eighty dollar
Take 80 dollar paid-out to you, leave the initial eighty dollar bet
Wager 80 dollar
Leave eighty dollar paid-out to you for a total wager of $160
Bet 160 dollar
Take $160 paid to you, leave the original 160 dollar bet
If you left at this moment you would be up $315 !!
It’s difficult to go on a streak this long, but it often happen. And when it does you mustn’t alter and lower your bet or the end result won’t be the same.