I have played countless of rounds of 21. I began working my way into the gambling halls when I was still underage. I have played online chemin de fer, I have counted cards, and worked with a team for a short while. Given all that I have still lost a lot of money at 21. The gambling halls have made it almost impossible to defeat the house.

I still enjoy the game and gamble on a frequent basis. Over this time period I have played a type of twenty-one called "The Take it Leave it Method". You definitely will not get flush with this method or beat the casino, nonetheless you will have an abundance of fun. This tactic is founded on the fact that blackjack appears to be a match of runs. When you’re hot your hot, and when you are not you are NOT!

I gamble with basic strategy twenty-one. When I don’t win I bet the lowest amount allowed on the successive hand. If I do not win again I bet the table minimum on the next hand again etc. Once I win I take the winnings paid to me and I bet the initial 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 win again I take the winnings paid to me, and if I win 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 very fun on occasion. If you succeed at a few hands in series your wagers go up very quickly. Before you know it you are wagering $100-200/ hand. I have had fantastic streaks a few times now. I left a $5 table at the Flamingo a couple of years ago with $750 after 45 minutes using this method! And a few days ago in Vegas I left a game with $1200!

You have to understand that you can lose a lot faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more enjoyable. And you will be aghast at the streaks you witness playing this way. Below is a chart of what you would wager if you kept winning at a five dollar game.

Bet five dollar
Take 5 dollar paid to you, leave the original $5 bet

Bet $5
Leave 5 dollar paid to you for a total wager of 10 dollar

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

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

Bet $20
Take 20 dollar paid to you, leave the original $20 wager

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

Bet forty dollar
Take forty dollar paid-out to you, leave the first forty dollar wager

Bet 40 dollar
Leave $40 paid to you for a total wager of $80

Bet 80 dollar
Take $80 paid-out to you, leave the first eighty dollar wager

Bet $80
Leave eighty dollar paid-out to you for a total wager of 160 dollar

Bet $160
Take $160 paid to you, leave the original 160 dollar wager

If you left at this moment you would be up 3 hundred and 15 dollars !!

It’s difficult to go on a run this long, but it often happen. And when it does you must NOT deviate and lower your wager or the end result will not be the same.