I have wagered on millions of rounds of twenty-one. I began working my way into the casinos when I was sixteen. I have played online 21, I have counted cards, and worked as part of a team for a short while. Given all that I have still lost a lot of money at twenty-one. The casinos have made it very hard to defeat the game.
I still like the game and wager on a frequent basis. Over the years I have played a type of blackjack 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 tactic is based on the idea that blackjack seems to be a game of runs. When you’re hot your on fire, and when you’re not you are NOT!
I play basic strategy twenty-one. When I don’t win I wager the table minimum on the successive hand. If I don’t win again I bet the lowest amount allowed on the successive hand again etc. Once I win I take the payout 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 winnings paid to me, and if I win the next hand I leave it for a total of 4 times my original wager. I keep wagering this way "Take it Leave it etc". Once I lose I return the wager back down to the original bet.
I am very strict and do not back out. It gets extremely exciting on occasion. If you succeed at a few hands in sequence your wagers go up very quick. Before you know it you are gambling $100-200per hand. I have had fantastic runs a number of times now. I departed a $5 table at the Luxor a few years ago with $750 after 60 mins using this tactic! And a number of days ago in Atlantic City I left a game with $1200!
You need to understand that you can say good-bye to a lot faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more exciting. And you will be astonished at the runs you see wagering this way. Below is a chart of what you would wager if you continue winning at a 5 dollar game.
Wager $5
Take five dollar paid to you, leave the original five dollar wager
Wager five dollar
Leave $5 paid to you for a total bet of $10
Bet $10
Take ten dollar paid to you, leave the first 10 dollar bet
Wager 10 dollar
Leave ten dollar paid to you for a total bet of 20 dollar
Wager twenty dollar
Take 20 dollar paid-out to you, leave the initial 20 dollar bet
Bet $20
Leave 20 dollar paid to you for a total wager of $40
Wager forty dollar
Take 40 dollar paid to you, leave the first 40 dollar bet
Bet forty dollar
Leave $40 paid to you for a total wager of $80
Bet $80
Take eighty dollar paid to you, leave the original 80 dollar wager
Wager eighty dollar
Leave $80 paid to you for a total wager of one hundred and sixty dollar
Wager $160
Take 160 dollar paid-out to you, leave the original 160 dollar bet
If you departed at this moment you would be up 3 hundred and fifteen dollars !!
It’s hard to go on a run this long, but it does happen. And when it does you can’t deviate and lower your wager or the final result will not be the same.