I have played countless of rounds of vingt-et-un. I started sneaking into the gambling halls when I was 16. I have wagered on 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 lost a lot of cash at blackjack. The gambling halls 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 gambled on a variation of vingt-et-un called "The Take it Leave it Method". You will not get loaded with this method or beat the house, nonetheless you will have an abundance of fun. This tactic is based on the fact that 21 appears to be a match of runs. When you’re hot your hot, and when you’re not you’re NOT!
I wager with basic strategy blackjack. When I lose I bet the lowest amount allowed on the next hand. If I don’t win 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 wager 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 succeed the next hand I leave it for a total of 4 times my original wager. I keep wagering this way "Take it Leave it etc". Once I do not win I return the action back down to the original bet.
I am very strict and do not back out. It gets extremely fun at times. If you succeed at a few hands in sequence your wagers go up very fast. Before you know it you are wagering $100-200/ hand. I have had awesome runs a couple of times now. I left a $5 table at the Luxor a few years ago with $750 after 20 mins using this method! And a number of months ago in Atlantic City I left a table with $1200!
You have to comprehend that you can give up much faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more exciting. And you will be aghast at the streaks you see gamble this way. Below is a chart of what you would wager if you kept winning at a five dollar game.
Wager 5 dollar
Take five dollar paid-out to you, leave the original $5 wager
Wager 5 dollar
Leave $5 paid to you for a total wager of ten dollar
Wager $10
Take 10 dollar paid to you, leave the initial ten dollar bet
Wager 10 dollar
Leave $10 paid-out to you for a total bet of $20
Bet twenty dollar
Take 20 dollar paid-out to you, leave the initial 20 dollar wager
Wager 20 dollar
Leave $20 paid-out to you for a total bet of forty dollar
Bet $40
Take $40 paid-out to you, leave the first forty dollar bet
Bet $40
Leave 40 dollar paid-out to you for a total wager of 80 dollar
Wager $80
Take 80 dollar paid-out to you, leave the first 80 dollar bet
Bet eighty dollar
Leave 80 dollar paid to you for a total wager of one hundred and sixty dollar
Wager one hundred and sixty dollar
Take one hundred and sixty dollar paid to you, leave the first 1 hundred and sixty dollar bet
If you left at this moment you would be up $315 !!
It is herculean to go on a streak this long, but it occasionally happen. And when it does you mustn’t alter and lower your bet or the final result will not be the same.
