I have played countless of rounds of twenty-one. I started working my way into the casinos when I was 16. I have enjoyed online blackjack, I have counted cards, and worked as part of a team for a short time. Given all that I have still lost an abundance of funds at twenty-one. The gambling halls have made it very hard to defeat the casino.
I still enjoy the game and gamble on a frequent basis. Over the years I have gambled on a type of twenty-one called "The Take it Leave it Method". You certainly won’t get rich with this method or beat the casino, however you will have a lot of fun. This tactic is based on the fact that vingt-et-un seems to be a match of runs. When you’re hot your on fire, and when you are not you’re NOT!
I play basic strategy vingt-et-un. When I do not win I wager the lowest amount allowed on the subsequent hand. If I don’t win again I wager the table minimum on the next hand again etc. Once I hit I take the payout paid to me and I wager the initial wager 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 payout paid to me, and if I succeed the next hand I leave it for a total of four times my original wager. I continue betting this way "Take it Leave it etc". Once I lose I lower the bet back down to the original sum.
I am very disciplined and do not "chicken out". It gets extremely fun sometimes. If you succeed at a few hands in sequence your bets go up very fast. Before you know it you are betting $100-200/ hand. I have had great runs a couple of times now. I left a $5 table at the Paris a number of years back with $750 after 35 minutes using this tactic! And a couple of days ago in Atlantic City I left a game with $1200!
You must understand that you can relinquish a lot faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more thrilling. And you will be surprised at the runs you see betting this way. Below is a guide of what you would bet if you kept winning at a $5 game.
Bet 5 dollar
Take five dollar paid to you, leave the first five dollar bet
Bet $5
Leave $5 paid-out to you for a total bet of 10 dollar
Bet ten dollar
Take 10 dollar paid-out to you, leave the initial ten dollar wager
Bet 10 dollar
Leave 10 dollar paid-out to you for a total wager of twenty dollar
Bet 20 dollar
Take $20 paid to you, leave the initial twenty dollar wager
Wager 20 dollar
Leave twenty dollar paid-out to you for a total wager of 40 dollar
Wager 40 dollar
Take 40 dollar paid-out to you, leave the original forty dollar wager
Wager forty dollar
Leave $40 paid-out to you for a total wager of eighty dollar
Bet eighty dollar
Take eighty dollar paid-out to you, leave the initial 80 dollar wager
Wager 80 dollar
Leave 80 dollar paid to you for a total wager of 160 dollar
Bet $160
Take one hundred and sixty dollar paid to you, leave the first 160 dollar bet
If you departed at this point you would be up 315 dollar !!
It is herculean to go on a streak this long, but it occasionally happen. And when it does you can’t deviate and lower your wager or the final result won’t be the same.