I have gambled on countless of rounds of 21. I started sneaking into the gambling halls when I was 16. I have played online vingt-et-un, I have counted cards, and worked with a team for a short while. Given all that I have still lost an abundance of money at vingt-et-un. The casinos have made it very hard to beat the casino.
I still like the game and play on a frequent basis. Over this time period I have played a variation of chemin de fer called "The Take it Leave it Method". You won’t get loaded with this method or defeat the casino, however you will have an abundance of fun. This tactic is based on the fact that chemin de fer appears to be a game of runs. When you’re on fire your on fire, and when you’re not you’re NOT!
I wager with basic strategy vingt-et-un. When I lose I wager the table minimum on the subsequent hand. If I lose again I bet the lowest amount allowed on the successive hand again etc. As soon as I profit I take the payout 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 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 bet. I continue betting this way "Take it Leave it etc". Once I don’t win I return the wager back down to the original sum.
I am very strict and do not "chicken out". It gets very fun on occasion. If you succeed at a few hands in a row your bets go up very quickly. Before you know it you are betting $100-200/ hand. I have had fantastic runs a couple of times now. I departed a $5 table at the Venetian a few years ago with $750 after 35 minutes using this method! And a few months ago in Atlantic City I left a game with $1200!
You need to understand that you can give away a great deal faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more exciting. And you will be amazed at the runs you see playing this way. Below is a guide of what you would bet if you continue winning at a 5 dollar game.
Bet 5 dollar
Take $5 paid-out to you, leave the initial $5 wager
Wager five dollar
Leave 5 dollar paid-out to you for a total bet of ten dollar
Bet $10
Take 10 dollar paid-out to you, leave the original ten dollar bet
Wager $10
Leave ten dollar paid-out to you for a total bet of $20
Bet 20 dollar
Take $20 paid-out to you, leave the first 20 dollar wager
Bet $20
Leave twenty dollar paid-out to you for a total bet of $40
Wager forty dollar
Take 40 dollar paid-out to you, leave the initial 40 dollar wager
Wager 40 dollar
Leave forty dollar paid-out to you for a total wager of 80 dollar
Wager eighty dollar
Take eighty dollar paid-out to you, leave the first eighty dollar bet
Wager 80 dollar
Leave 80 dollar paid to you for a total bet of one hundred and sixty dollar
Bet $160
Take 160 dollar paid to you, leave the original 160 dollar bet
If you departed at this moment you would be up 3 hundred and fifteen dollars !!
It is iffy to go on a run this long, but it does happen. And when it does you mustn’t alter and drop your bet or the final result will not be the same.