I have gambled on millions of rounds of twenty-one. I started working my way into the gambling halls when I was 16. I have wagered on online twenty-one, I have counted cards, and worked with a team for a short time. With all that said I have still lost a lot of money at chemin de fer. The gambling halls have made it very hard to defeat the casino.

I still like the game and bet on a regular basis. Over the years I have gambled on a type of 21 called "The Take it Leave it Method". You will not get loaded with this tactic or defeat the house, however you will have a lot of fun. This tactic is based on the idea that blackjack seems to be a game of runs. When you’re on fire your on fire, and when you are not you are NOT!

I bet with basic strategy twenty-one. When I do not win I bet the table minimum on the next hand. If I do not win again I bet the table minimum on the successive hand again etc. Whenever I profit I take the payout paid to me and I bet the original wager 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 succeed 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 bet. I keep wagering this way "Take it Leave it etc". Once I do not win I lower the wager back down to the original value.

I am very disciplined and do not back out. It gets extremely enjoyable on occasion. If you succeed at a few hands in series your wagers go up very quick. Before you realize it you are betting $100-200/ hand. I have had fantastic runs a number of times now. I left a $5 table at the Flamingo a few years ago with $750 after 45 minutes using this technique! And a few months ago in Sin City I left a table with $1200!

You must comprehend that you can lose much faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more exciting. And you will be aghast at the runs you witness betting this way. Below is a guide of what you would bet if you kept winning at a five dollar table.

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

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

Bet 10 dollar
Take $10 paid to you, leave the first $10 wager

Bet $10
Leave $10 paid-out to you for a total wager of $20

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

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

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

Bet $40
Leave 40 dollar paid-out to you for a total bet of eighty dollar

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

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

Bet 160 dollar
Take one hundred and sixty dollar paid to you, leave the original $160 wager

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

It is hard to go on a run this long, but it occasionally happen. And when it does you can’t alter and lower your bet or the end result won’t be the same.