2023
10.19

I have enjoyed millions of hands of twenty-one. I began sneaking into the casinos when I was sixteen. I have played online blackjack, I have counted cards, and worked with a team for a short while. With all that said I have still lost all kinds of cash at vingt-et-un. The gambling halls have made it very hard to beat the house.

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

I play basic strategy chemin de fer. When I don’t win I bet the lowest amount allowed on the successive hand. If I don’t win again I wager the lowest amount allowed on the subsequent hand again etc. As soon as I win I take the winnings paid to me and I wager the original wager again. If I win this hand I then leave the winnings paid to me and now have double my original wager on the table. If I succeed again I take the winnings paid to me, and if I win 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 don’t win I return the wager back down to the original bet.

I am very disciplined and do not "chicken out". It gets very enjoyable on occasion. If you succeed at a few hands in a row your bets go up very quick. Before you realize it you are wagering $100-200/ hand. I have had awesome streaks a couple of times now. I departed a $5 table at the Venetian a few years back with $750 after 35 minutes using this method! And a couple of months ago in 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 wagering this way. Below is a guide of what you would bet if you continue winning at a 5 dollar game.

Wager 5 dollar
Take $5 paid to you, leave the initial $5 bet

Wager $5
Leave $5 paid-out to you for a total wager of $10

Wager ten dollar
Take ten dollar paid-out to you, leave the first 10 dollar bet

Bet $10
Leave ten dollar paid to you for a total wager of $20

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

Bet $20
Leave twenty dollar paid-out to you for a total wager of 40 dollar

Bet $40
Take $40 paid-out to you, leave the first forty dollar wager

Wager $40
Leave $40 paid-out to you for a total bet of eighty dollar

Wager 80 dollar
Take $80 paid-out to you, leave the first 80 dollar wager

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

Wager 160 dollar
Take $160 paid-out to you, leave the original one hundred and 60 dollar bet

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

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