I have gambled on countless of hands of chemin de fer. I started working my way into the gambling dens when I was still underage. I have wagered on online twenty-one, I have counted cards, and worked with a team for a short time. Given all that I have still lost a lot of money at blackjack. The gambling halls have made it nearly impossible to beat the house.

I still like the game and gamble on a regular basis. Over this time period I have enjoyed a variation of chemin de fer called "The Take it Leave it Method". You won’t get rich with this method or beat the house, still you will experience a lot of fun. This tactic is built on the idea that vingt-et-un appears to be a game of runs. When you’re on fire your on fire, and when you’re not you are NOT!

I gamble with basic strategy vingt-et-un. When I lose I wager the table minimum on the successive hand. If I do not win again I bet the lowest amount allowed on the successive hand again etc. Once I profit I take the winnings paid to me and I bet 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 succeed again I take the payout paid to me, and if I win the next hand I leave it for a total of 4 times my original bet. I continue betting this way "Take it Leave it etc". Once I lose I lower the action back down to the original bet.

I am very disciplined and never back out. It gets very enjoyable on occasion. If you succeed at a few hands in sequence your wagers go up very quickly. Before you realize it you are gambling $100-200/ hand. I have had great runs a number of times now. I left a $5 table at the Luxor a few years back with $750 after 45 mins using this tactic! And a few days ago in Sin City I left a table with $1200!

You have to understand that you can say good-bye to a great deal faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more exciting. And you will be aghast at the runs you see betting this way. Here is a guide of what you would bet if you kept winning at a $5 table.

Bet 5 dollar
Take 5 dollar paid-out to you, leave the initial 5 dollar bet

Bet $5
Leave five dollar paid-out to you for a total bet of ten dollar

Bet 10 dollar
Take 10 dollar paid-out to you, leave the initial 10 dollar wager

Bet ten dollar
Leave $10 paid to you for a total bet of $20

Bet twenty dollar
Take $20 paid to you, leave the first twenty dollar wager

Wager 20 dollar
Leave $20 paid to you for a total wager of forty dollar

Wager forty dollar
Take $40 paid-out to you, leave the initial $40 wager

Wager $40
Leave $40 paid to you for a total wager of 80 dollar

Bet 80 dollar
Take $80 paid-out to you, leave the initial $80 wager

Bet eighty dollar
Leave $80 paid to you for a total wager of $160

Wager 160 dollar
Take $160 paid to you, leave the original 160 dollar bet

If you departed at this instance you would be up 3 hundred and fifteen dollars !!

It is hard to go on a streak this long, but it will happen. And when it does you can NOT deviate and lower your wager or the end result will not be the same.