I have enjoyed countless of hands of chemin de fer. I began sneaking into the casinos when I was 16. I have enjoyed online chemin de fer, I have counted cards, and worked with a team for a short time. Given all that I have still lost a lot of funds at 21. The gambling halls have made it very hard to defeat the game.
I still like the game and bet on a frequent basis. Over the years I have gambled on a variation of 21 called "The Take it Leave it Method". You won’t get loaded with this tactic or defeat the house, still you will have a lot of fun. This method is centered on the idea that blackjack appears to be a game of runs. When you’re on fire your hot, and when you’re not you’re NOT!
I wager with basic strategy twenty-one. When I don’t win I bet the lowest amount allowed on the subsequent hand. If I do not win again I wager the lowest amount allowed on the successive hand again etc. Once I hit I take the payout paid to me and I bet the initial bet again. If I win this hand I then keep in play the winnings paid to me and now have double my original bet 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 wager. I keep 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 thrilling on occasion. If you win a few hands in a row your wagers go up very fast. Before you realize it you are gambling $100-200/ hand. I have had great runs a couple of times now. I left a $5 table at the MGM a number of years ago with $750 after 30 mins using this tactic! And a couple of weeks ago in Vegas I left a table with $1200!
You have to understand that you can lose a great deal faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more thrilling. And you will be aghast at the streaks you witness playing this way. Below is a chart of what you would bet if you kept winning at a 5 dollar table.
Wager 5 dollar
Take five dollar paid to you, leave the original five dollar wager
Wager $5
Leave $5 paid-out to you for a total wager of ten dollar
Wager 10 dollar
Take $10 paid-out to you, leave the initial 10 dollar bet
Bet ten dollar
Leave 10 dollar paid to you for a total bet of 20 dollar
Wager twenty dollar
Take twenty dollar paid-out to you, leave the first twenty dollar wager
Bet 20 dollar
Leave $20 paid to you for a total wager of $40
Wager forty dollar
Take forty dollar paid-out to you, leave the first forty dollar wager
Bet $40
Leave 40 dollar paid-out to you for a total wager of $80
Wager eighty dollar
Take 80 dollar paid-out to you, leave the original eighty dollar wager
Bet $80
Leave 80 dollar paid to you for a total wager of one hundred and sixty dollar
Bet $160
Take $160 paid to you, leave the original 160 dollar wager
If you left at this point you would be up 315 dollar !!
It’s hard to go on a run this long, but it will happen. And when it does you can’t alter and lower your bet or the final result will not be the same.