I have wagered on millions of hands of 21. I began sneaking into the casinos when I was still underage. I have wagered on online 21, I have counted cards, and worked as part of a team for a short while. Given all that I have still lost all kinds of bankroll 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 played a variation of chemin de fer called "The Take it Leave it Method". You certainly won’t get loaded with this tactic or beat the house, still you will have a lot of fun. This method is based on the idea that blackjack appears to be a match of runs. When you are hot your hot, and when you’re not you’re NOT!

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

I am very strict and never back out. It gets very fun on occasion. If you win a few hands in sequence your bets go up very quick. Before you realize it you are gambling $100-200/ hand. I have had fantastic runs a couple of times now. I departed a $5 table at the Palms a couple of years ago with $750 after 45 mins using this technique! And a couple of months ago in Sin City I left a table with $1200!

You need to understand that you can give away a great deal faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more exciting. And you will be aghast at the runs you witness gamble this way. Here is a guide of what you would wager if you kept winning at a five dollar table.

Wager five dollar
Take $5 paid-out to you, leave the initial 5 dollar wager

Bet five dollar
Leave five dollar paid-out to you for a total bet of 10 dollar

Wager 10 dollar
Take 10 dollar paid-out to you, leave the initial ten dollar wager

Wager $10
Leave 10 dollar paid to you for a total bet of twenty dollar

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

Bet $20
Leave twenty dollar paid-out to you for a total wager of $40

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

Wager 40 dollar
Leave forty dollar paid-out to you for a total wager of eighty dollar

Wager eighty dollar
Take 80 dollar paid-out to you, leave the first eighty dollar bet

Bet eighty dollar
Leave eighty dollar paid-out to you for a total bet of one hundred and sixty dollar

Wager one hundred and sixty dollar
Take $160 paid-out to you, leave the first 1 hundred and sixty dollar bet

If you departed at this point you would be up three hundred and fifteen dollars !!

It is hard to go on a streak this long, but it does happen. And when it does you must NOT alter and lower your wager or the final result won’t be the same.