I have played millions of rounds of 21. I started sneaking into the casinos when I was 16. I have gambled on online twenty-one, I have counted cards, and worked as part of a team for a short time. Given all that I have still lost an abundance of money at chemin de fer. The gambling dens have made it basically impossible to defeat the house.
I still like the game and play on a regular basis. Over the years I have played a type of chemin de fer called "The Take it Leave it Method". You definitely will not get loaded with this tactic or defeat the house, still you will have a lot of fun. This tactic is centered on the idea that blackjack appears to be a match of streaks. When you are on fire your hot, and when you are not you’re NOT!
I play basic strategy twenty-one. When I lose I bet the lowest amount allowed on the next hand. If I lose again I bet the table minimum on the next hand again etc. As soon as I win 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 succeed again I take the winnings paid to me, and if I succeed the next hand I leave it for a total of four times my original wager. I continue betting this way "Take it Leave it etc". Once I don’t win I return the wager back down to the original amount.
I am very disciplined and never "chicken out". It gets extremely exciting on occasion. If you win a few hands in sequence your bets go up very quick. Before you know it you are wagering $100-200/ hand. I have had great runs a couple of times now. I left a $5 table at the Palms a few years ago with $750 after 30 mins using this tactic! And a number of weeks ago in Las Vegas I left a table with $1200!
You need to understand that you can give away a great deal faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more enjoyable. And you will be aghast at the streaks you see wagering this way. Below is a chart of what you would wager if you kept winning at a 5 dollar table.
Wager $5
Take $5 paid-out to you, leave the original 5 dollar bet
Bet $5
Leave five dollar paid-out to you for a total wager of ten dollar
Bet 10 dollar
Take 10 dollar paid to you, leave the first 10 dollar bet
Wager $10
Leave 10 dollar paid to you for a total bet of $20
Wager $20
Take twenty dollar paid to you, leave the original 20 dollar wager
Bet twenty dollar
Leave twenty dollar paid-out to you for a total bet of 40 dollar
Wager $40
Take 40 dollar paid to you, leave the original forty dollar bet
Wager forty dollar
Leave $40 paid to you for a total bet of $80
Wager $80
Take 80 dollar paid to you, leave the original $80 wager
Bet $80
Leave $80 paid-out to you for a total wager of $160
Bet one hundred and sixty dollar
Take one hundred and sixty dollar paid to you, leave the initial $160 bet
If you left at this moment you would be up $315 !!
It’s hard to go on a streak this long, but it often happen. And when it does you mustn’t alter and drop your bet or the final result won’t be the same.