I have enjoyed countless of rounds of twenty-one. I began working my way into the gambling halls when I was 16. I have wagered on online blackjack, I have counted cards, and worked as part of a team for a short time. With all that said I have still lost a lot of money at chemin de fer. The casinos have made it very hard to beat the game.
I still like the game and gamble on a frequent basis. Over the years I have enjoyed a variation of chemin de fer called "The Take it Leave it Method". You won’t get rich with this tactic or beat the casino, nonetheless you will experience a lot of fun. This tactic is built on the idea that vingt-et-un appears to be a match of streaks. When you’re hot your on fire, and when you’re not you are NOT!
I gamble with basic strategy blackjack. When I don’t win I wager the table minimum on the next hand. If I lose again I wager the lowest amount allowed on the subsequent hand again etc. As soon as I hit I take the winnings paid to me and I wager the initial bet 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 succeed again I take the payout paid to me, and if I win the next hand I leave it for a total of four times my original wager. I continue wagering this way "Take it Leave it etc". Once I do not win I return the action back down to the original amount.
I am very disciplined and never back out. It gets very enjoyable at times. If you win a few hands in a row your wagers go up very fast. Before you know it you are gambling $100-200per hand. I have had awesome runs a number of times now. I departed a $5 table at the Venetian a couple of years ago with $750 after 20 mins using this method! And a couple of months ago in Atlantic City I left a table with $1200!
You have to understand that you can squander much faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more exciting. And you will be aghast at the runs you see playing this way. Below is a chart of what you would bet if you kept winning at a five dollar table.
Wager $5
Take $5 paid to you, leave the initial $5 wager
Wager 5 dollar
Leave 5 dollar paid-out to you for a total bet of ten dollar
Wager $10
Take 10 dollar paid-out to you, leave the original 10 dollar bet
Wager 10 dollar
Leave ten dollar paid to you for a total bet of $20
Wager $20
Take twenty dollar paid-out to you, leave the original $20 wager
Bet $20
Leave $20 paid-out to you for a total bet of forty dollar
Bet 40 dollar
Take 40 dollar paid to you, leave the first $40 bet
Wager forty dollar
Leave forty dollar paid-out to you for a total bet of eighty dollar
Bet eighty dollar
Take 80 dollar paid to you, leave the initial eighty dollar wager
Bet eighty dollar
Leave eighty dollar paid to you for a total wager of 160 dollar
Bet 160 dollar
Take one hundred and sixty dollar paid-out to you, leave the first 160 dollar wager
If you left at this instance you would be up three hundred and 15 dollars !!
It is iffy to go on a run this long, but it does happen. And when it does you must NOT deviate and lower your wager or the final result won’t be the same.