I have enjoyed millions of hands of 21. I started working my way into the gambling halls when I was 16. I have wagered on online 21, I have counted cards, and worked as part of a team for a little while. With all that said I have still lost an abundance of funds at blackjack. The casinos have made it basically impossible to defeat the casino.

I still like the game and gamble on a regular basis. Over this time period I have played a type of chemin de fer called "The Take it Leave it Method". You most certainly will not get rich with this method or defeat the casino, still you will have a lot of fun. This method is based on the idea that vingt-et-un seems to be a match of runs. When you are on fire your on fire, and when you are not you are NOT!

I play basic strategy twenty-one. When I don’t win I wager the lowest amount allowed on the next hand. If I lose again I wager the table minimum on the next hand again etc. Whenever I hit I take the payout paid to me and I wager 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 win again I take the winnings paid to me, and if I succeed the next hand I leave it for a total of 4 times my original bet. I keep wagering this way "Take it Leave it etc". Once I do not win I return the bet back down to the original sum.

I am very disciplined and do not back out. It gets extremely fun on occasion. If you succeed at a few hands in a row your bets go up very quickly. Before you realize it you are wagering $100-200/ hand. I have had great runs a number of times now. I left a $5 table at the Flamingo a few years back with $750 after 60 minutes using this technique! And a couple of weeks ago in Sin City I left a game with $1200!

You have to understand that you can relinquish a great deal faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more enjoyable. And you will be astonished at the runs you see playing this way. Below is a guide of what you would bet if you continue winning at a five dollar table.

Wager 5 dollar
Take five dollar paid to you, leave the original five dollar wager

Bet 5 dollar
Leave 5 dollar paid to you for a total wager of $10

Wager 10 dollar
Take ten dollar paid to you, leave the first 10 dollar wager

Wager 10 dollar
Leave ten dollar paid to you for a total wager of $20

Bet $20
Take $20 paid to you, leave the initial $20 wager

Wager twenty dollar
Leave $20 paid-out to you for a total bet of 40 dollar

Wager forty dollar
Take 40 dollar paid-out to you, leave the first $40 wager

Wager forty dollar
Leave 40 dollar paid to you for a total bet of eighty dollar

Bet eighty dollar
Take $80 paid-out to you, leave the initial eighty dollar bet

Wager 80 dollar
Leave 80 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 bet

If you departed at this moment you would be up 315 dollar !!

It is difficult to go on a streak this long, but it will happen. And when it does you mustn’t alter and drop your bet or the final result will not be the same.