I have wagered on millions of hands of vingt-et-un. I began working my way into the gambling halls when I was still underage. I have gambled on online twenty-one, I have counted cards, and worked as part of a team for a short time. With all that said I have still lost an abundance of money at twenty-one. The gambling dens have made it very hard to defeat the house.
I still enjoy the game and gamble on a frequent basis. Over this time period I have wagered on a type of vingt-et-un called "The Take it Leave it Method". You most certainly will not get flush with this method or beat the house, still you will have an abundance of fun. This tactic is based on the idea that blackjack appears to be a game of runs. When you’re hot your on fire, and when you are not you are NOT!
I play basic strategy vingt-et-un. When I do not win I wager the lowest amount allowed on the subsequent hand. If I lose again I wager the lowest amount allowed on the next hand again etc. Once I hit I take the payout paid to me and I bet the original bet again. If I win this hand I then leave 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 succeed the next hand I leave it for a total of 4 times my original bet. I keep betting this way "Take it Leave it etc". Once I lose I return the action back down to the original value.
I am very disciplined and never back out. It gets very fun at times. If you win a few hands in a row your bets go up very quickly. Before you know it you are wagering $100-200/ hand. I have had great streaks a few times now. I left a $5 table at the Paris a couple of years back with $750 after 20 minutes using this technique! And a few days ago in Sin City I left a game with $1200!
You have to understand that you can say good-bye to a great deal faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more enjoyable. And you will be aghast at the runs you witness betting this way. Here is a chart of what you would wager if you kept winning at a 5 dollar table.
Wager $5
Take five dollar paid to you, leave the initial five dollar wager
Wager 5 dollar
Leave $5 paid-out to you for a total bet of $10
Bet ten dollar
Take 10 dollar paid to you, leave the original ten dollar wager
Bet $10
Leave ten dollar paid to you for a total wager of twenty dollar
Wager $20
Take $20 paid-out to you, leave the original 20 dollar bet
Bet twenty dollar
Leave $20 paid to you for a total wager of forty dollar
Wager 40 dollar
Take $40 paid to you, leave the initial forty dollar bet
Wager $40
Leave 40 dollar paid to you for a total wager of eighty dollar
Bet 80 dollar
Take 80 dollar paid to you, leave the initial 80 dollar wager
Bet $80
Leave eighty dollar paid-out to you for a total bet of 160 dollar
Wager $160
Take 160 dollar paid-out to you, leave the first 160 dollar bet
If you departed at this moment you would be up 315 dollar !!
It’s hard to go on a streak this long, but it does happen. And when it does you mustn’t deviate and lower your wager or the final result will not be the same.