02.03
My Gambling Den Twenty-one Type Game
I have wagered on millions of hands of vingt-et-un. I started sneaking into the gambling dens when I was still underage. I have gambled on online chemin de fer, I have counted cards, and worked with a team for a short time. Given all that I have still lost an abundance of funds at blackjack. The gambling dens have made it very hard to defeat the casino.
I still enjoy the game and wager on a regular basis. Over this time period I have played a type of twenty-one called "The Take it Leave it Method". You won’t get rich with this tactic or defeat the casino, nonetheless you will have an abundance of fun. This method is centered on the idea that blackjack seems to be a game of runs. When you are on fire your hot, and when you’re not you are NOT!
I play basic strategy vingt-et-un. When I do not win I bet the table minimum on the successive hand. If I do not win again I bet the lowest amount allowed on the subsequent hand again etc. Whenever I hit I take the payout paid to me and I wager the initial wager again. If I win this hand I then leave the winnings paid to me and now have double my original wager 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 four times my original wager. I keep wagering this way "Take it Leave it etc". Once I don’t win I lower the wager back down to the original amount.
I am very disciplined and do not "chicken out". It gets extremely exciting at times. If you win a few hands in a row your wagers go up very quick. Before you realize it you are gambling $100-200/ hand. I have had great runs a few times now. I left a $5 table at the Venetian a number of years ago with $750 after 60 mins using this method! And a number of weeks ago in Sin City I left a table with $1200!
You have to comprehend that you can say good-bye to much faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more enjoyable. And you will be surprised at the runs you notice wagering this way. Below is a guide of what you would wager if you kept winning at a $5 game.
Bet 5 dollar
Take 5 dollar paid-out to you, leave the first five dollar bet
Bet 5 dollar
Leave 5 dollar paid to you for a total bet of $10
Wager $10
Take 10 dollar paid to you, leave the first ten dollar wager
Wager 10 dollar
Leave 10 dollar paid to you for a total wager of 20 dollar
Bet 20 dollar
Take $20 paid-out to you, leave the original 20 dollar wager
Wager 20 dollar
Leave 20 dollar paid to you for a total wager of forty dollar
Wager 40 dollar
Take forty dollar paid to you, leave the original $40 wager
Bet forty dollar
Leave forty dollar paid-out to you for a total wager of 80 dollar
Bet 80 dollar
Take eighty dollar paid to you, leave the first eighty dollar wager
Wager $80
Leave eighty dollar paid-out to you for a total wager of one hundred and sixty dollar
Bet $160
Take one hundred and sixty dollar paid-out to you, leave the original 160 dollar wager
If you left at this moment you would be up $315 !!
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 end result will not be the same.