I have played millions of hands of vingt-et-un. I started sneaking into the gambling halls when I was sixteen. I have played online chemin de fer, I have counted cards, and worked as part of a team for a short time. With all that said I have still spent an abundance of funds at twenty-one. The casinos have made it nearly impossible to beat the casino.
I still like the game and wager on a regular basis. Over this time period I have enjoyed a variation of 21 called "The Take it Leave it Method". You will not get rich with this method or defeat the house, however you will experience an abundance of fun. This method is centered on the fact that vingt-et-un appears to be a match of runs. When you are hot your on fire, and when you’re not you’re NOT!
I wager with basic strategy vingt-et-un. When I lose I wager the table minimum on the subsequent hand. If I don’t win again I bet the table minimum on the subsequent hand again etc. Whenever 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 payout paid to me, and if I win the next hand I leave it for a total of 4 times my original bet. I continue betting this way "Take it Leave it etc". Once I lose I return the bet back down to the original amount.
I am very strict and never "chicken out". It gets very thrilling on occasion. If you succeed at a few hands in a row your bets go up very fast. Before you know it you are gambling $100-200per hand. I have had great runs a couple of times now. I left a $5 table at the Palms a couple of years back with $750 after 30 minutes using this method! And a number of months ago in Vegas I left a table with $1200!
You need to comprehend that you can give away a lot faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more thrilling. And you will be aghast at the runs you see wagering this way. Here is a chart of what you would bet if you kept winning at a five dollar table.
Bet 5 dollar
Take $5 paid to you, leave the initial $5 bet
Wager five dollar
Leave 5 dollar paid to you for a total wager of $10
Bet 10 dollar
Take ten dollar paid to you, leave the initial $10 bet
Wager ten dollar
Leave ten dollar paid to you for a total bet of $20
Wager $20
Take 20 dollar paid to you, leave the first twenty dollar bet
Bet 20 dollar
Leave 20 dollar paid-out to you for a total bet of 40 dollar
Wager $40
Take $40 paid-out to you, leave the original $40 wager
Wager forty dollar
Leave $40 paid to you for a total bet of $80
Wager $80
Take eighty dollar paid to you, leave the first eighty dollar bet
Bet 80 dollar
Leave 80 dollar paid-out to you for a total wager of 160 dollar
Bet 160 dollar
Take 160 dollar paid to you, leave the original one hundred and sixty dollar wager
If you left at this point you would be up $315 !!
It is herculean to go on a run this long, but it will happen. And when it does you can’t deviate and drop your wager or the final result won’t be the same.