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I have played millions of hands of vingt-et-un. I started working my way into the gambling halls when I was sixteen. I have played online 21, I have counted cards, and worked with a team for a short while. With all that said I have still lost a lot of funds at chemin de fer. The gambling halls have made it very hard to beat the casino.

I still enjoy the game and play on a regular basis. Over this time period I have enjoyed a variation of chemin de fer called "The Take it Leave it Method". You most certainly will not get loaded with this method or beat the house, however you will have a lot of fun. This method is centered on the idea that chemin de fer seems to be a game of streaks. When you’re on fire your on fire, and when you are not you’re NOT!

I play basic strategy twenty-one. When I lose I wager the lowest amount allowed on the subsequent hand. If I don’t win again I bet the table minimum on the next hand again etc. Once I win I take the payout paid to me and I bet the initial wager again. If I win this hand I then keep in play 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 four times my original wager. I continue wagering this way "Take it Leave it etc". Once I lose I lower the action back down to the original value.

I am very strict and do not "chicken out". It gets very fun sometimes. If you win a few hands in sequence your wagers go up very fast. Before you know it you are wagering $100-200per hand. I have had awesome runs a few times now. I departed a $5 table at the Luxor a few years back with $750 after 35 minutes using this tactic! And a couple of days ago in Sin City I left a game with $1200!

You need to understand that you can squander a great deal faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more exciting. And you will be surprised at the runs you witness betting this way. Below is a chart of what you would bet if you continue winning at a five dollar game.

Bet $5
Take 5 dollar paid-out to you, leave the first 5 dollar bet

Bet $5
Leave $5 paid to you for a total bet of ten dollar

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

Wager $10
Leave $10 paid-out to you for a total bet of $20

Wager twenty dollar
Take twenty dollar paid to you, leave the initial $20 wager

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

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

Wager 40 dollar
Leave $40 paid-out to you for a total wager of $80

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

Bet eighty dollar
Leave 80 dollar paid to you for a total bet of $160

Bet one hundred and sixty dollar
Take 160 dollar paid-out to you, leave the original 1 hundred and 60 dollar wager

If you left at this moment you would be up 315 dollar !!

It is difficult to go on a run this long, but it will happen. And when it does you mustn’t alter and lower your bet or the final result will not be the same.