I have enjoyed millions of hands of chemin de fer. I started sneaking into the casinos when I was sixteen. I have enjoyed online twenty-one, I have counted cards, and worked as part of a team for a little while. Given all that I have still lost a lot of money at twenty-one. The casinos have made it very hard to defeat the house.
I still like the game and play on a regular basis. Over the years I have wagered on a variation of twenty-one called "The Take it Leave it Method". You won’t get flush with this method or defeat the casino, however you will have an abundance of fun. This tactic is centered on the fact that chemin de fer appears to be a match of runs. When you are on fire your hot, and when you’re not you are NOT!
I gamble with basic strategy 21. When I lose I wager the table minimum on the next hand. If I lose again I bet the table minimum on the successive hand again etc. Whenever I win I take the payout 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 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 4 times my original bet. I continue betting 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 sometimes. If you succeed at a few hands in sequence your wagers go up very quickly. Before you know it you are gambling $100-200/ hand. I have had fantastic streaks a couple of times now. I left a $5 table at the Luxor a few years back with $750 after 60 mins using this method! And a few weeks ago in Sin City I left a game with $1200!
You have to comprehend that you can give up a lot faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more thrilling. And you will be amazed at the streaks you witness playing this way. Here is a chart of what you would bet if you continue winning at a five dollar table.
Wager five dollar
Take $5 paid to you, leave the initial 5 dollar bet
Wager 5 dollar
Leave five dollar paid-out to you for a total wager of $10
Bet 10 dollar
Take $10 paid-out to you, leave the initial ten dollar bet
Bet 10 dollar
Leave 10 dollar paid-out to you for a total bet of twenty dollar
Bet twenty dollar
Take 20 dollar paid-out to you, leave the original 20 dollar wager
Wager $20
Leave 20 dollar paid to you for a total wager of 40 dollar
Bet $40
Take forty dollar paid-out to you, leave the initial 40 dollar wager
Bet $40
Leave $40 paid-out to you for a total bet of $80
Wager 80 dollar
Take $80 paid-out to you, leave the initial 80 dollar bet
Bet eighty dollar
Leave 80 dollar paid to you for a total bet of $160
Bet $160
Take $160 paid to you, leave the original 160 dollar wager
If you left at this point you would be up $315 !!
It’s hard to go on a run this long, but it often happen. And when it does you can’t alter and lower your bet or the final result won’t be the same.