I have gambled on countless of hands of 21. I began sneaking into the gambling dens when I was 16. I have bet on online chemin de fer, I have counted cards, and worked as part of a team for a little while. With all that said I have still spent an abundance of funds at 21. The gambling halls have made it very hard to defeat the casino.
I still enjoy the game and gamble on a regular basis. Over the years I have played a type of twenty-one called "The Take it Leave it Method". You certainly won’t get flush with this tactic or beat the house, nonetheless you will have an abundance of fun. This tactic is built on the fact that 21 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 21. When I don’t win I wager the lowest amount allowed on the subsequent hand. If I lose again I bet the table minimum on the next hand again etc. Whenever I hit I take the payout paid to me and I wager the initial 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 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 lose I return the wager back down to the original sum.
I am very disciplined and do not back out. It gets very fun at times. If you succeed at a few hands in sequence your bets go up very quick. Before you realize it you are betting $100-200per hand. I have had awesome streaks a number of times now. I departed a $5 table at the Venetian a few years ago with $750 after 30 minutes using this tactic! And a couple of months ago in Sin City I left a game 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 enjoyable. And you will be aghast at the streaks you see playing this way. Here is a chart 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 dollar bet
Wager $5
Leave $5 paid to you for a total bet of $10
Wager $10
Take 10 dollar paid-out to you, leave the first ten dollar bet
Bet $10
Leave ten dollar paid to you for a total wager of twenty dollar
Wager $20
Take 20 dollar paid to you, leave the first 20 dollar wager
Wager twenty dollar
Leave 20 dollar paid-out to you for a total bet of forty dollar
Wager 40 dollar
Take forty dollar paid to you, leave the original 40 dollar wager
Wager $40
Leave 40 dollar paid to you for a total bet of eighty dollar
Wager $80
Take eighty dollar paid to you, leave the initial $80 wager
Bet $80
Leave $80 paid-out to you for a total bet of 160 dollar
Bet 160 dollar
Take $160 paid to you, leave the original $160 wager
If you left at this instance you would be up 315 dollar !!
It is hard to go on a run this long, but it can happen. And when it does you can’t deviate and drop your bet or the end result will not be the same.