I have bet on countless of rounds of vingt-et-un. I began sneaking into the casinos when I was sixteen. I have enjoyed online vingt-et-un, I have counted cards, and worked as part of a team for a little while. With all that said I have still lost a lot of cash at vingt-et-un. The gambling dens have made it very hard to beat the game.
I still enjoy the game and gamble on a frequent basis. Over the years I have played a variation of 21 called "The Take it Leave it Method". You certainly won’t get flush with this tactic or defeat the casino, nonetheless you will experience an abundance of fun. This method is based on the fact that blackjack seems to be a match of streaks. When you are hot your on fire, and when you’re not you’re NOT!
I wager with basic strategy blackjack. When I lose I wager the lowest amount allowed on the successive hand. If I don’t win again I wager the lowest amount allowed on the next hand again etc. Once I win I take the payout paid to me and I wager 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 succeed 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 bet. I continue wagering this way "Take it Leave it etc". Once I do not win I return the action back down to the original amount.
I am very strict and never "chicken out". It gets very exciting at times. If you win a few hands in series your bets go up very fast. Before you realize it you are gambling $100-200/ hand. I have had fantastic runs a few times now. I departed a $5 table at the Luxor a number of years back with $750 after 35 mins using this technique! And a few months ago in Las Vegas I left a table with $1200!
You need to understand that you can say good-bye to a lot faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more enjoyable. And you will be amazed at the streaks you witness playing this way. Below is a chart of what you would bet if you kept winning at a $5 table.
Bet 5 dollar
Take five dollar paid-out to you, leave the initial $5 wager
Bet 5 dollar
Leave five dollar paid-out to you for a total wager of $10
Wager ten dollar
Take ten dollar paid-out to you, leave the first 10 dollar wager
Bet 10 dollar
Leave $10 paid to you for a total bet of 20 dollar
Wager 20 dollar
Take twenty dollar paid-out to you, leave the first $20 wager
Bet $20
Leave twenty dollar paid-out to you for a total wager of 40 dollar
Bet 40 dollar
Take $40 paid-out to you, leave the first forty dollar wager
Bet $40
Leave $40 paid to you for a total bet of 80 dollar
Wager 80 dollar
Take eighty dollar paid-out to you, leave the first eighty dollar wager
Bet $80
Leave 80 dollar paid to you for a total bet of $160
Bet 160 dollar
Take one hundred and sixty dollar paid-out to you, leave the original $160 bet
If you departed at this moment you would be up three hundred and fifteen dollars !!
It’s hard to go on a run this long, but it can happen. And when it does you can’t deviate and drop your bet or the end result won’t be the same.