I have bet on countless of hands of twenty-one. I began sneaking into the gambling halls when I was still underage. I have gambled on online 21, I have counted cards, and worked as part of a team for a short time. With all that said I have still lost all kinds of funds at twenty-one. The casinos have made it very hard to beat the house.

I still enjoy the game and gamble on a regular basis. Over this time period I have played a type of twenty-one called "The Take it Leave it Method". You will not get rich with this method or defeat the casino, however you will experience a lot of fun. This method is built on the idea that vingt-et-un appears to be a game of streaks. When you’re hot your on fire, and when you are not you’re NOT!

I wager with basic strategy chemin de fer. When I don’t win I bet the table minimum on the next hand. If I do not win again I bet the lowest amount allowed on the subsequent hand again etc. Once I win I take the winnings paid to me and I wager 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 bet on the table. If I win again I take the winnings paid to me, and if I win the next hand I leave it for a total of 4 times my original wager. I continue wagering this way "Take it Leave it etc". Once I lose I return the bet back down to the original sum.

I am very strict and never back out. It gets extremely exciting on occasion. If you win a few hands in sequence your wagers go up very quickly. Before you realize it you are wagering $100-200/ hand. I have had fantastic runs a few times now. I departed a $5 table at the Luxor a number of years ago with $750 after 60 mins using this tactic! And a number of weeks ago in Vegas I left a table with $1200!

You have to understand that you can give away much faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more thrilling. And you will be astonished at the streaks you witness playing this way. Below is a guide of what you would wager if you kept winning at a 5 dollar table.

Bet $5
Take five dollar paid-out to you, leave the original $5 wager

Wager 5 dollar
Leave 5 dollar paid to you for a total bet of 10 dollar

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

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

Wager twenty dollar
Take $20 paid to you, leave the first $20 bet

Wager $20
Leave 20 dollar paid to you for a total bet of $40

Wager $40
Take 40 dollar paid to you, leave the first forty dollar bet

Wager $40
Leave $40 paid-out to you for a total bet of eighty dollar

Wager $80
Take 80 dollar paid-out to you, leave the first 80 dollar bet

Wager eighty dollar
Leave 80 dollar paid-out to you for a total bet of 160 dollar

Bet 160 dollar
Take 160 dollar paid to you, leave the first 160 dollar bet

If you left at this moment you would be up 3 hundred and fifteen dollars !!

It is iffy to go on a streak this long, but it often happen. And when it does you can’t deviate and lower your wager or the final result won’t be the same.