I have played millions of rounds of twenty-one. I started working my way into the gambling dens 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 little while. With all that said I have still spent all kinds of money at twenty-one. The gambling halls have made it very hard to beat the house.

I still enjoy the game and wager on a regular basis. Over this time period I have enjoyed a variation of 21 called "The Take it Leave it Method". You most certainly will not get flush with this tactic or defeat the casino, nonetheless you will have a lot of fun. This method is built on the fact that vingt-et-un appears to be a match of runs. When you’re on fire your hot, and when you’re not you’re NOT!

I bet with basic strategy blackjack. When I lose I bet the table minimum on the successive hand. If I do not win again I bet 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 initial wager again. If I win this hand I then leave the winnings paid to me and now have double my original bet 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 four times my original bet. I continue wagering this way "Take it Leave it etc". Once I do not win I lower the bet back down to the original bet.

I am very disciplined and do not back out. It gets extremely fun at times. If you succeed at a few hands in sequence your wagers go up very fast. Before you realize it you are betting $100-200/ hand. I have had great streaks a couple of times now. I departed a $5 table at the Palms a number of years ago with $750 after 60 minutes using this technique! And a couple of months ago in Macau I left a game with $1200!

You must understand that you can give away a great deal faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more exciting. And you will be amazed at the runs you witness gamble this way. Here is a chart of what you would bet if you kept winning at a 5 dollar table.

Bet 5 dollar
Take $5 paid to you, leave the original 5 dollar bet

Bet $5
Leave $5 paid-out to you for a total bet of $10

Wager $10
Take 10 dollar paid-out to you, leave the first 10 dollar wager

Wager 10 dollar
Leave 10 dollar paid-out to you for a total bet of 20 dollar

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

Bet $20
Leave $20 paid-out to you for a total wager of 40 dollar

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

Bet 40 dollar
Leave $40 paid-out to you for a total wager of eighty dollar

Bet 80 dollar
Take 80 dollar paid to you, leave the first eighty dollar bet

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

Wager $160
Take 160 dollar paid-out to you, leave the first $160 bet

If you left at this instance you would be up 315 dollar !!

It is difficult to go on a streak this long, but it will happen. And when it does you mustn’t deviate and lower your bet or the end result won’t be the same.