I have bet on millions of hands of blackjack. I began sneaking into the casinos when I was sixteen. I have played online chemin de fer, I have counted cards, and worked as part of a team for a little while. Given all that I have still lost an abundance of money at blackjack. The gambling halls have made it almost impossible to defeat the house.
I still enjoy the game and wager on a frequent basis. Over this time period I have bet on a variation of chemin de fer called "The Take it Leave it Method". You most certainly will not get flush with this method or defeat the casino, still you will experience an abundance of fun. This tactic is based on the idea that 21 seems to be a match of streaks. When you are on fire your hot, and when you’re not you are NOT!
I play basic strategy 21. When I do not win I bet the lowest amount allowed on the next hand. If I don’t win again I bet the lowest amount allowed on the next hand again etc. Whenever I win I take the winnings paid to me and I wager the original bet again. If I win this hand I then keep in play the winnings paid to me and now have double my original wager 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 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 never back out. It gets very fun on occasion. If you succeed at a few hands in series your bets go up very quickly. Before you know it you are betting $100-200/ hand. I have had awesome runs a couple of times now. I left a $5 table at the Luxor a few years ago with $750 after 35 mins using this method! And a couple of months ago in Sin City I left a table with $1200!
You have to understand that you can say good-bye to a lot faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more exciting. And you will be aghast at the streaks you notice wagering this way. Here is a chart of what you would bet if you kept winning at a $5 table.
Bet 5 dollar
Take 5 dollar paid-out to you, leave the original 5 dollar bet
Bet five dollar
Leave $5 paid to you for a total wager of 10 dollar
Wager $10
Take 10 dollar paid-out to you, leave the initial $10 bet
Wager 10 dollar
Leave ten dollar paid-out to you for a total bet of 20 dollar
Bet 20 dollar
Take 20 dollar paid to you, leave the original $20 bet
Wager 20 dollar
Leave $20 paid to you for a total wager of forty dollar
Bet $40
Take 40 dollar paid-out to you, leave the first 40 dollar bet
Bet forty dollar
Leave 40 dollar paid-out to you for a total bet of 80 dollar
Wager 80 dollar
Take 80 dollar paid-out to you, leave the original 80 dollar wager
Wager $80
Leave 80 dollar paid to you for a total wager of $160
Wager one hundred and sixty dollar
Take 160 dollar paid to you, leave the first 160 dollar bet
If you left at this instance you would be up 315 dollar !!
It is difficult to go on a streak this long, but it does happen. And when it does you can NOT alter and drop your wager or the final result won’t be the same.