I have enjoyed millions of hands of 21. I began working my way into the gambling halls when I was 16. I have gambled on online chemin de fer, I have counted cards, and worked as part of a team for a short while. With all that said I have still lost all kinds of bankroll at chemin de fer. The gambling dens have made it very hard to beat the game.

I still enjoy the game and wager on a regular basis. Over the years I have played a variation of twenty-one called "The Take it Leave it Method". You certainly won’t get flush with this method or defeat the house, still you will experience an abundance of fun. This tactic is centered on the fact that chemin de fer seems to be a match of streaks. When you are on fire your on fire, and when you’re not you’re NOT!

I play basic strategy chemin de fer. When I lose I wager the lowest amount allowed on the successive hand. If I do not win again I wager the table minimum on the subsequent hand again etc. Whenever I profit I take the winnings paid to me and I wager the initial wager 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 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 don’t win I lower the action back down to the original sum.

I am very disciplined and do not "chicken out". It gets extremely enjoyable on occasion. If you win 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 couple of times now. I departed a $5 table at the Luxor a number of years ago with $750 after 35 mins using this technique! And a few months ago in Las Vegas I left a table with $1200!

You must understand that you can say good-bye to much faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more enjoyable. And you will be aghast at the runs you witness playing this way. Below is a chart of what you would bet if you kept winning at a five dollar game.

Wager five dollar
Take five dollar paid to you, leave the first 5 dollar bet

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

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

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

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

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

Bet $40
Take $40 paid to you, leave the initial $40 bet

Wager 40 dollar
Leave $40 paid-out to you for a total bet of 80 dollar

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

Bet $80
Leave 80 dollar paid to you for a total bet of $160

Bet $160
Take $160 paid-out to you, leave the first 160 dollar wager

If you departed at this point you would be up three hundred and 15 dollars !!

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