Blackjack Strategy

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I have bet on millions of rounds of blackjack. I started working my way into the gambling halls when I was still underage. I have wagered on online blackjack, I have counted cards, and worked with a team for a short time. With all that said I have still lost a lot of money at chemin de fer. The gambling dens have made it very hard to defeat the casino.

I still like the game and gamble on a regular basis. Over the years I have bet on a variation of 21 called "The Take it Leave it Method". You most certainly will not get loaded with this method or defeat the casino, still you will have an abundance of fun. This tactic is built on the idea that chemin de fer seems to be a match of runs. When you are on fire your on fire, and when you’re not you are NOT!

I bet with basic strategy 21. When I lose I wager the table minimum on the successive hand. If I do not win again I bet the table minimum on the subsequent hand again etc. As soon as I profit I take the winnings paid to me and I bet the original 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 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 wager. I continue betting this way "Take it Leave it etc". Once I don’t win I return the bet back down to the original amount.

I am very disciplined and never back out. It gets very exciting at times. If you succeed at a few hands in series your bets go up very fast. Before you know it you are gambling $100-200/ hand. I have had great runs a couple of times now. I left a $5 table at the Wynn a number of years back with $750 after 60 minutes using this method! And a few months ago in Sin City I left a game with $1200!

You need to understand that you can squander a lot faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more enjoyable. And you will be amazed at the runs you see playing this way. Here is a chart of what you would bet if you kept winning at a five dollar game.

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

Wager $5
Leave five dollar paid to you for a total wager of $10

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

Wager ten dollar
Leave 10 dollar paid to you for a total bet of $20

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

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

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

Bet 40 dollar
Leave forty dollar paid to you for a total bet of 80 dollar

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

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

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

If you left at this instance you would be up $315 !!

It’s difficult to go on a run this long, but it occasionally happen. And when it does you must NOT deviate and drop your wager or the final result will not be the same.