I have played countless of hands of vingt-et-un. I began sneaking into the gambling halls when I was sixteen. I have played online 21, I have counted cards, and worked with a team for a little while. With all that said I have still lost a lot of cash at 21. The gambling dens have made it very hard to defeat the house.

I still enjoy the game and play on a frequent basis. Over the years I have enjoyed a type of twenty-one called "The Take it Leave it Method". You will not get loaded with this tactic or defeat the house, still you will have a lot of fun. This tactic is centered on the idea that blackjack seems to be a match of runs. When you are on fire your on fire, and when you are not you are NOT!

I wager with basic strategy vingt-et-un. When I don’t win I bet the table minimum on the next hand. If I lose again I wager the lowest amount allowed on the successive hand again etc. Once I hit I take the winnings 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 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 bet. I keep wagering this way "Take it Leave it etc". Once I don’t win I return the action back down to the original bet.

I am very strict and never "chicken out". It gets very fun sometimes. If you succeed at a few hands in a row your wagers go up very quickly. Before you realize it you are wagering $100-200/ hand. I have had fantastic streaks a few times now. I left a $5 table at the Palms a couple of years ago with $750 after 20 mins using this technique! And a number of weeks ago in Macau I left a table with $1200!

You must understand that you can say good-bye to a lot faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more thrilling. And you will be surprised at the streaks you witness wagering this way. Below is a guide of what you would wager if you kept winning at a $5 game.

Bet five dollar
Take $5 paid to you, leave the first $5 wager

Wager 5 dollar
Leave $5 paid to you for a total bet of ten dollar

Bet 10 dollar
Take $10 paid to you, leave the original ten dollar bet

Wager $10
Leave $10 paid-out to you for a total bet of 20 dollar

Bet 20 dollar
Take twenty dollar paid-out to you, leave the first $20 bet

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

Wager forty dollar
Take forty dollar paid-out to you, leave the initial 40 dollar bet

Wager forty dollar
Leave $40 paid-out to you for a total bet of 80 dollar

Wager 80 dollar
Take 80 dollar paid-out to you, leave the initial $80 wager

Wager 80 dollar
Leave 80 dollar paid-out to you for a total bet of $160

Wager $160
Take $160 paid-out to you, leave the first 160 dollar wager

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

It is iffy to go on a run this long, but it often happen. And when it does you can NOT deviate and lower your bet or the final result will not be the same.