Posted by Ciara | Posted in Blackjack | Posted on 18-09-2026
I have played countless of rounds of vingt-et-un. I started working my way into the gambling halls 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 short while. Given all that I have still lost a lot of bankroll at twenty-one. The gambling dens have made it almost impossible to beat the house.
I still enjoy the game and wager on a frequent basis. Over the years I have played a type of vingt-et-un called "The Take it Leave it Method". You will not get loaded with this method or beat the house, however you will experience an abundance of fun. This tactic is built on the idea that 21 seems to be a game of streaks. When you’re on fire your on fire, and when you’re not you’re NOT!
I wager with basic strategy twenty-one. When I lose I wager the table minimum on the next hand. If I lose again I wager the table minimum on the successive hand again etc. As soon as I win I take the payout paid to me and I bet the initial 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 win 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 bet. I continue betting this way "Take it Leave it etc". Once I lose I return the bet back down to the original amount.
I am very strict and never "chicken out". It gets very enjoyable on occasion. If you succeed at a few hands in a row your bets go up very quick. Before you realize it you are gambling $100-200per hand. I have had fantastic streaks a number of times now. I left a $5 table at the Flamingo a few years back with $750 after 30 minutes using this method! And a number of weeks ago in Sin City I left a table with $1200!
You must understand that you can lose a great deal faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more enjoyable. And you will be astonished at the streaks you witness playing this way. Here is a chart of what you would wager if you kept winning at a $5 game.
Wager $5
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 dollar
Take 10 dollar paid-out to you, leave the first $10 wager
Wager ten dollar
Leave 10 dollar paid to you for a total bet of twenty dollar
Wager $20
Take twenty dollar paid to you, leave the original $20 wager
Bet 20 dollar
Leave $20 paid-out to you for a total bet of forty dollar
Bet $40
Take forty dollar paid to you, leave the initial 40 dollar bet
Wager 40 dollar
Leave 40 dollar paid to you for a total wager of $80
Wager 80 dollar
Take eighty dollar paid to you, leave the first 80 dollar bet
Wager 80 dollar
Leave eighty dollar paid to you for a total bet of 160 dollar
Bet one hundred and sixty dollar
Take $160 paid-out to you, leave the original $160 wager
If you left at this point you would be up 3 hundred and fifteen dollars !!
It’s herculean to go on a streak this long, but it will happen. And when it does you can’t deviate and drop your bet or the final result will not be the same.