I have played millions of rounds of chemin de fer. I started sneaking into the gambling dens when I was sixteen. I have enjoyed online blackjack, I have counted cards, and worked with a team for a little while. With all that said I have still spent all kinds of money at blackjack. The casinos have made it very hard to beat the house.
I still enjoy the game and play on a regular basis. Over the years I have bet on a variation of chemin de fer called "The Take it Leave it Method". You certainly won’t get loaded with this method or beat the casino, nonetheless you will experience a lot of fun. This tactic is built on the fact that 21 appears to be a game of runs. When you’re hot your on fire, and when you’re not you’re NOT!
I wager with basic strategy vingt-et-un. When I do not win I bet the table minimum on the successive hand. If I lose again I wager the lowest amount allowed on the next hand again etc. As soon as I profit I take the payout paid to me and I bet the original wager again. If I win this hand I then keep in play the winnings paid to me and now have double my original bet on the table. If I win 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 wagering this way "Take it Leave it etc". Once I lose I return the action back down to the original value.
I am very strict and never "chicken out". It gets very enjoyable sometimes. If you succeed at 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 fantastic runs a few times now. I left a $5 table at the Paris a couple of years ago with $750 after 30 mins using this technique! And a couple of weeks ago in Atlantic City I left a table with $1200!
You have to comprehend that you can give up much faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more enjoyable. And you will be surprised at the streaks you see playing this way. Below is a chart of what you would wager if you kept winning at a $5 table.
Bet $5
Take 5 dollar paid-out to you, leave the initial 5 dollar bet
Bet five dollar
Leave 5 dollar paid-out to you for a total bet of $10
Wager ten dollar
Take 10 dollar paid-out to you, leave the first ten dollar wager
Wager 10 dollar
Leave 10 dollar paid-out to you for a total bet of $20
Bet $20
Take twenty dollar paid-out to you, leave the initial 20 dollar bet
Wager twenty dollar
Leave $20 paid-out to you for a total bet of $40
Bet forty dollar
Take forty dollar paid to you, leave the first $40 wager
Wager 40 dollar
Leave $40 paid-out to you for a total bet of 80 dollar
Bet eighty dollar
Take $80 paid-out to you, leave the initial 80 dollar bet
Bet eighty dollar
Leave $80 paid to you for a total bet of 160 dollar
Wager one hundred and sixty dollar
Take one hundred and sixty dollar paid-out to you, leave the initial 160 dollar wager
If you left at this moment you would be up 3 hundred and fifteen dollars !!
It is difficult to go on a streak this long, but it can happen. And when it does you must NOT deviate and drop your wager or the final result won’t be the same.