2025
03.07

I have wagered on millions of hands of chemin de fer. I started working my way into the gambling dens when I was 16. I have gambled on online blackjack, I have counted cards, and worked with a team for a short while. Given all that I have still spent all kinds of funds at blackjack. The gambling halls have made it nearly impossible to beat the house.

I still like the game and gamble on a regular basis. Over the years I have played a variation of chemin de fer called "The Take it Leave it Method". You most certainly will not get rich with this tactic or defeat the casino, still you will experience an abundance of fun. This method is founded on the fact that blackjack appears to be a match of streaks. When you’re hot your hot, and when you are not you are NOT!

I wager with basic strategy twenty-one. When I do not win I bet the lowest amount allowed on the subsequent hand. If I don’t win again I bet the table minimum on the next hand again etc. Whenever I win I take the payout paid to me and I bet 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 winnings 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 lose I return the wager back down to the original bet.

I am very strict and never back out. It gets extremely enjoyable on occasion. If you succeed at a few hands in sequence your bets go up very fast. Before you know it you are betting $100-200/ hand. I have had great streaks a few times now. I departed a $5 table at the Palms a few years back with $750 after 60 mins using this technique! And a couple of weeks ago in Las Vegas I left a table with $1200!

You need to understand that you can squander much faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more exciting. And you will be amazed at the runs you notice playing this way. Here is a guide of what you would wager if you kept winning at a $5 table.

Wager 5 dollar
Take five dollar paid to you, leave the initial 5 dollar wager

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

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

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

Bet twenty dollar
Take 20 dollar paid-out to you, leave the initial 20 dollar bet

Wager 20 dollar
Leave 20 dollar paid-out to you for a total wager of 40 dollar

Bet $40
Take 40 dollar paid-out to you, leave the original forty dollar wager

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

Wager $80
Take $80 paid to you, leave the first 80 dollar wager

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

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

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

It is difficult to go on a run this long, but it often happen. And when it does you can’t deviate and drop your wager or the final result won’t be the same.