I have wagered on countless of rounds of twenty-one. I started sneaking into the gambling halls when I was sixteen. I have wagered on online blackjack, I have counted cards, and worked with a team for a short time. With all that said I have still spent an abundance of funds at chemin de fer. The gambling halls have made it very hard to beat the game.
I still like the game and play on a regular basis. Over this time period I have wagered on a variation of blackjack called "The Take it Leave it Method". You won’t get rich with this tactic or beat the casino, still you will have an abundance of fun. This method is founded on the idea that chemin de fer seems to be a match of runs. When you are hot your on fire, and when you’re not you are NOT!
I play 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 next hand again etc. As soon as I profit I take the winnings paid to me and I wager the initial wager 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 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 bet. I keep betting this way "Take it Leave it etc". Once I don’t win I return the wager back down to the original sum.
I am very strict and do not back out. It gets extremely enjoyable at times. If you win a few hands in a row your bets go up very quickly. Before you know it you are wagering $100-200/ hand. I have had great streaks a couple of times now. I left a $5 table at the Luxor a couple of years back with $750 after 35 minutes using this method! And a number of weeks ago in Macau I left a table with $1200!
You must understand that you can relinquish much faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more exciting. And you will be astonished at the streaks you see gamble this way. Here is a chart of what you would bet if you kept winning at a 5 dollar game.
Bet $5
Take $5 paid-out to you, leave the first $5 wager
Wager five dollar
Leave five dollar paid-out to you for a total wager of 10 dollar
Wager 10 dollar
Take ten dollar paid-out to you, leave the initial 10 dollar wager
Bet ten dollar
Leave $10 paid-out to you for a total wager of 20 dollar
Bet 20 dollar
Take 20 dollar paid to you, leave the first $20 wager
Wager $20
Leave 20 dollar paid to you for a total bet of forty dollar
Wager forty dollar
Take forty dollar paid-out to you, leave the first forty dollar wager
Bet $40
Leave forty dollar paid-out to you for a total wager of 80 dollar
Bet $80
Take eighty dollar paid-out to you, leave the first eighty dollar wager
Wager eighty dollar
Leave $80 paid-out to you for a total wager of 160 dollar
Wager one hundred and sixty dollar
Take 160 dollar paid-out to you, leave the first 160 dollar bet
If you departed at this instance you would be up 315 dollar !!
It’s difficult to go on a streak this long, but it will happen. And when it does you can’t alter and drop your bet or the end result will not be the same.
