I have enjoyed countless of rounds of 21. I started sneaking into the gambling halls when I was 16. I have played online vingt-et-un, I have counted cards, and worked as part of a team for a short time. Given all that I have still spent all kinds of funds at chemin de fer. The gambling halls have made it very hard to defeat the game.
I still like the game and play on a regular basis. Over the years I have gambled on a type of 21 called "The Take it Leave it Method". You won’t get loaded with this method or defeat the house, still you will experience a lot of fun. This method is built on the fact that chemin de fer appears to be a game of streaks. When you are on fire your on fire, and when you are not you are NOT!
I gamble with basic strategy twenty-one. When I don’t win I wager the lowest amount allowed on the next hand. If I do not win again I wager the lowest amount allowed on the subsequent hand again etc. As soon as I profit I take the winnings 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 win again I take the payout paid to me, and if I win 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 lose I return the bet back down to the original amount.
I am very strict and do not back out. It gets extremely exciting sometimes. If you win a few hands in a row your wagers go up very quickly. Before you know it you are wagering $100-200per hand. I have had awesome streaks a few times now. I departed a $5 table at the Flamingo a number of years back with $750 after 20 mins using this tactic! And a few days ago in Las Vegas I left a game with $1200!
You must understand that you can squander much faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more exciting. And you will be astonished at the runs you see betting this way. Below is a chart of what you would wager if you kept winning at a five dollar table.
Bet $5
Take five dollar paid to you, leave the original five dollar wager
Bet 5 dollar
Leave five dollar paid to you for a total wager of $10
Bet ten dollar
Take 10 dollar paid-out to you, leave the first ten dollar bet
Wager $10
Leave ten dollar paid-out to you for a total wager of 20 dollar
Bet twenty dollar
Take twenty dollar paid to you, leave the original $20 wager
Bet twenty dollar
Leave 20 dollar paid to you for a total bet of forty dollar
Bet forty dollar
Take $40 paid-out to you, leave the initial $40 wager
Wager $40
Leave $40 paid to you for a total bet of $80
Wager 80 dollar
Take $80 paid to you, leave the original eighty dollar wager
Wager eighty dollar
Leave 80 dollar paid-out to you for a total wager of $160
Wager 160 dollar
Take 160 dollar paid to you, leave the original 160 dollar wager
If you left at this moment you would be up 315 dollar !!
It is difficult to go on a streak this long, but it occasionally happen. And when it does you can’t alter and lower your bet or the final result won’t be the same.