I have wagered on millions of rounds of 21. I started sneaking into the casinos when I was sixteen. I have bet on online chemin de fer, I have counted cards, and worked as part of a team for a short while. With all that said I have still spent a lot of money at blackjack. The casinos have made it almost impossible to defeat the house.
I still like the game and bet on a frequent basis. Over this time period I have gambled on a type of blackjack called "The Take it Leave it Method". You won’t get flush with this method or beat the house, however you will have a lot of fun. This tactic is based on the idea that chemin de fer appears to be a match of streaks. When you are on fire your hot, and when you are not you are NOT!
I bet with basic strategy blackjack. When I lose I bet the lowest amount allowed on the successive hand. If I lose again I wager the lowest amount allowed on the subsequent hand again etc. Once I win I take the payout 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 succeed the next hand I leave it for a total of 4 times my original wager. I keep wagering this way "Take it Leave it etc". Once I do not win I lower the wager back down to the original value.
I am very strict and never "chicken out". It gets extremely thrilling at times. If you win a few hands in series your wagers go up very fast. Before you realize it you are gambling $100-200per hand. I have had awesome runs a few times now. I left a $5 table at the Luxor a few years back with $750 after 60 minutes using this method! And a couple of weeks ago in Las Vegas I left a game with $1200!
You need to 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 streaks you witness wagering this way. Here is a chart of what you would wager if you kept winning at a $5 table.
Wager 5 dollar
Take five dollar paid-out to you, leave the initial 5 dollar wager
Bet $5
Leave five dollar paid to you for a total bet of $10
Wager ten dollar
Take 10 dollar paid to you, leave the initial 10 dollar wager
Wager $10
Leave 10 dollar paid to you for a total bet of twenty dollar
Bet twenty dollar
Take twenty dollar paid to you, leave the original $20 bet
Bet $20
Leave twenty dollar paid-out to you for a total wager of 40 dollar
Wager forty dollar
Take $40 paid-out to you, leave the first $40 wager
Bet forty dollar
Leave 40 dollar paid to you for a total bet of 80 dollar
Wager $80
Take $80 paid-out to you, leave the first eighty dollar wager
Bet $80
Leave $80 paid-out to you for a total wager of 160 dollar
Wager one hundred and sixty dollar
Take one hundred and sixty dollar paid to you, leave the initial 160 dollar bet
If you departed at this point you would be up 315 dollar !!
It’s herculean to go on a run this long, but it will happen. And when it does you must NOT deviate and lower your bet or the end result won’t be the same.