I have bet on countless of rounds of chemin de fer. I began working my way into the gambling dens when I was still underage. I have wagered on online vingt-et-un, I have counted cards, and worked with a team for a little while. With all that said I have still lost an abundance of money at chemin de fer. The gambling halls have made it very hard to beat the house.

I still enjoy the game and gamble on a frequent basis. Over this time period I have enjoyed a variation of 21 called "The Take it Leave it Method". You will not get flush with this tactic or defeat the house, still you will experience a lot of fun. This tactic is built on the fact that 21 seems to be a game of runs. When you are hot your on fire, and when you’re not you’re NOT!

I gamble with basic strategy chemin de fer. When I lose I wager the lowest amount allowed on the next hand. If I do not win again I wager the table minimum on the successive hand again etc. Once I hit 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 bet 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 four times my original bet. 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 never back out. It gets extremely exciting sometimes. If you succeed at a few hands in a row your wagers go up very quick. Before you realize it you are betting $100-200per hand. I have had awesome runs a number of times now. I departed a $5 table at the Luxor a few years ago with $750 after 45 minutes using this method! And a couple of days ago in Sin City I left a table with $1200!

You have to understand that you can lose a lot faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more exciting. And you will be astonished at the runs you notice betting this way. Below is a chart of what you would wager if you kept winning at a five dollar game.

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

Bet 5 dollar
Leave $5 paid to you for a total wager of ten dollar

Wager $10
Take $10 paid to you, leave the first 10 dollar bet

Wager $10
Leave $10 paid-out to you for a total wager of $20

Wager twenty dollar
Take $20 paid-out to you, leave the original $20 bet

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

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

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

Bet $80
Take $80 paid-out to you, leave the original eighty dollar bet

Wager $80
Leave $80 paid-out to you for a total wager of $160

Wager 160 dollar
Take $160 paid to you, leave the first $160 wager

If you left at this instance you would be up 3 hundred and 15 dollars !!

It’s hard to go on a streak this long, but it occasionally happen. And when it does you can’t deviate and drop your bet or the end result will not be the same.