I have enjoyed countless of rounds of vingt-et-un. I started sneaking into the casinos when I was 16. I have enjoyed online twenty-one, I have counted cards, and worked as part of a team for a little while. With all that said I have still lost all kinds of bankroll at twenty-one. The casinos have made it basically impossible to defeat the house.
I still like the game and play on a regular basis. Over this time period I have played a type of blackjack called "The Take it Leave it Method". You won’t get rich with this method or beat the house, however you will experience an abundance of fun. This method is founded on the fact that chemin de fer seems to be a game of runs. When you are hot your on fire, and when you are not you are NOT!
I bet with basic strategy vingt-et-un. When I don’t win I bet the lowest amount allowed on the successive hand. If I don’t win again I wager the table minimum on the successive 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 leave the winnings paid to me and now have double my original bet on the table. If I win again I take the payout 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 return the wager back down to the original bet.
I am very strict and do not back out. It gets extremely enjoyable at times. If you win a few hands in sequence your bets go up very quickly. Before you know it you are wagering $100-200per hand. I have had fantastic streaks a few times now. I left a $5 table at the Paris a few years ago with $750 after 30 minutes using this method! And a couple of months ago in Macau I left a game with $1200!
You have to comprehend that you can give away much faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more enjoyable. And you will be astonished at the runs you see playing this way. Here is a chart of what you would wager if you continue winning at a five dollar game.
Wager $5
Take $5 paid-out to you, leave the first $5 wager
Wager 5 dollar
Leave five dollar paid to you for a total bet of 10 dollar
Wager $10
Take $10 paid to you, leave the first 10 dollar wager
Bet 10 dollar
Leave 10 dollar paid-out to you for a total wager of 20 dollar
Wager 20 dollar
Take $20 paid to you, leave the first $20 wager
Bet 20 dollar
Leave 20 dollar paid to you for a total wager of 40 dollar
Bet $40
Take forty dollar paid to you, leave the first $40 bet
Bet 40 dollar
Leave $40 paid-out to you for a total bet of $80
Wager $80
Take $80 paid to you, leave the original 80 dollar bet
Wager $80
Leave eighty dollar paid-out to you for a total bet of 160 dollar
Wager $160
Take $160 paid-out to you, leave the initial 160 dollar bet
If you departed at this point you would be up 315 dollar !!
It is hard to go on a streak this long, but it will happen. And when it does you mustn’t deviate and lower your wager or the end result will not be the same.