I have wagered on countless of hands of 21. I started working my way into the gambling halls when I was still underage. I have gambled on online blackjack, I have counted cards, and worked as part of a team for a short time. Given all that I have still spent an abundance of money at vingt-et-un. The gambling dens have made it nearly impossible to defeat the house.
I still enjoy the game and play on a regular basis. Over this time period I have played a type of blackjack called "The Take it Leave it Method". You definitely will not get rich with this tactic or defeat the house, nonetheless you will have a lot of fun. This method is based on the fact that vingt-et-un seems to be a game of runs. When you are on fire your hot, and when you’re not you are NOT!
I bet with basic strategy twenty-one. When I don’t win I wager the table minimum on the next hand. If I do not win again I wager the lowest amount allowed on the subsequent hand again etc. Whenever I win I take the payout paid to me and I wager the original 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 winnings paid to me, and if I win the next hand I leave it for a total of 4 times my original wager. I continue wagering this way "Take it Leave it etc". Once I don’t win I return the action back down to the original bet.
I am very strict and do not back out. It gets extremely thrilling at times. If you win a few hands in sequence your bets go up very fast. Before you know it you are betting $100-200per hand. I have had great runs a number of times now. I departed a $5 table at the Luxor a few years back with $750 after 20 mins using this technique! And a number of weeks ago in Vegas I left a game with $1200!
You need to understand that you can give up a lot faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more exciting. And you will be astonished at the streaks you see betting this way. Here is a guide of what you would bet if you continue winning at a five dollar game.
Wager five dollar
Take $5 paid-out to you, leave the original five dollar wager
Bet $5
Leave $5 paid to you for a total wager of ten dollar
Wager ten dollar
Take 10 dollar paid-out to you, leave the original ten dollar bet
Wager ten dollar
Leave 10 dollar paid-out to you for a total wager of $20
Wager 20 dollar
Take $20 paid to you, leave the first 20 dollar wager
Wager 20 dollar
Leave 20 dollar paid-out to you for a total bet of 40 dollar
Bet 40 dollar
Take forty dollar paid to you, leave the original 40 dollar wager
Wager $40
Leave forty dollar paid to you for a total wager of $80
Wager 80 dollar
Take eighty dollar paid-out to you, leave the original eighty dollar wager
Wager 80 dollar
Leave eighty dollar paid to you for a total bet of one hundred and sixty dollar
Bet one hundred and sixty dollar
Take 160 dollar paid to you, leave the original one hundred and sixty dollar wager
If you left at this moment you would be up 315 dollar !!
It’s herculean to go on a run this long, but it can happen. And when it does you must NOT deviate and lower your wager or the end result won’t be the same.