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I have played countless of rounds of vingt-et-un. I started working my way into the gambling dens when I was 16. I have played 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 funds at chemin de fer. The gambling dens have made it very hard to beat the game.

I still like the game and gamble on a regular basis. Over this time period I have wagered on a variation of 21 called "The Take it Leave it Method". You most certainly will not get rich with this method or defeat the house, nonetheless you will have an abundance of fun. This tactic is based on the idea that chemin de fer appears to be a game of streaks. When you are on fire your hot, and when you are not you are NOT!

I play basic strategy vingt-et-un. When I don’t win I wager the table minimum on the next hand. If I lose again I wager the table minimum on the next hand again etc. As soon as I hit I take the winnings 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 succeed the next hand I leave it for a total of 4 times my original wager. I continue betting this way "Take it Leave it etc". Once I lose I lower the bet back down to the original sum.

I am very strict and do not "chicken out". It gets extremely exciting on occasion. If you win a few hands in sequence your bets go up very quickly. Before you know it you are gambling $100-200/ hand. I have had great runs a couple of times now. I departed a $5 table at the Wynn a few years ago with $750 after 20 minutes using this method! And a few weeks ago in Macau I left a table with $1200!

You have to understand that you can squander much faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more exciting. And you will be amazed at the runs you notice wagering this way. Here is a chart of what you would wager if you continue winning at a $5 table.

Wager $5
Take five dollar paid-out to you, leave the initial five dollar bet

Wager $5
Leave five dollar paid-out to you for a total wager of ten dollar

Wager 10 dollar
Take 10 dollar paid to you, leave the initial 10 dollar wager

Bet ten dollar
Leave 10 dollar paid to you for a total wager of twenty dollar

Wager twenty dollar
Take 20 dollar paid-out to you, leave the first 20 dollar wager

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

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

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

Wager $80
Take eighty dollar paid-out to you, leave the original eighty dollar wager

Bet eighty dollar
Leave $80 paid to you for a total wager of one hundred and sixty dollar

Bet $160
Take one hundred and sixty dollar paid-out to you, leave the initial 1 hundred and sixty dollar wager

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

It’s herculean to go on a run this long, but it can happen. And when it does you can’t alter and lower your bet or the end result will not be the same.