I have bet on countless of rounds of vingt-et-un. I started sneaking into the casinos when I was 16. I have wagered on online vingt-et-un, I have counted cards, and worked as part of a team for a little while. Given all that I have still lost a lot of funds at twenty-one. The gambling dens have made it very hard to defeat the casino.
I still enjoy the game and play on a frequent basis. Over the years I have gambled on a type of 21 called "The Take it Leave it Method". You will not get flush with this method or defeat the casino, however you will have a lot of fun. This method is based on the fact that blackjack appears to be a match of streaks. When you are on fire your on fire, and when you are not you’re NOT!
I gamble with basic strategy twenty-one. When I lose I bet the lowest amount allowed on the successive hand. If I lose again I wager the lowest amount allowed on the successive hand again etc. As soon as I profit I take the payout paid to me and I bet 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 winnings paid to me, and if I win the next hand I leave it for a total of four times my original wager. I keep betting this way "Take it Leave it etc". Once I don’t win I return the bet back down to the original bet.
I am very strict and never "chicken out". It gets extremely exciting at times. If you succeed at a few hands in a row your bets go up very quick. Before you know it you are gambling $100-200/ hand. I have had great runs a couple of times now. I left a $5 table at the Luxor a couple of years back with $750 after 30 mins using this tactic! And a few weeks ago in Atlantic City I left a table with $1200!
You have to understand that you can relinquish much faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more exciting. And you will be astonished at the runs you see wagering this way. Below is a chart of what you would wager if you kept winning at a five dollar table.
Bet five dollar
Take 5 dollar paid to you, leave the initial 5 dollar bet
Bet $5
Leave 5 dollar paid to you for a total bet of ten dollar
Bet $10
Take 10 dollar paid to you, leave the first $10 wager
Bet 10 dollar
Leave ten dollar paid to you for a total bet of $20
Wager twenty dollar
Take twenty dollar paid to you, leave the original 20 dollar wager
Bet $20
Leave 20 dollar paid-out to you for a total wager of forty dollar
Wager 40 dollar
Take forty dollar paid to you, leave the initial $40 wager
Bet 40 dollar
Leave 40 dollar paid to you for a total bet of $80
Bet eighty dollar
Take $80 paid to you, leave the first 80 dollar bet
Wager eighty dollar
Leave eighty dollar paid to you for a total bet of one hundred and sixty dollar
Wager one hundred and sixty dollar
Take $160 paid-out to you, leave the original $160 bet
If you departed at this point you would be up $315 !!
It is herculean to go on a streak this long, but it does happen. And when it does you can’t alter and lower your wager or the end result will not be the same.