I have enjoyed countless of rounds of twenty-one. I started working my way into the casinos when I was 16. I have enjoyed online blackjack, I have counted cards, and worked with a team for a short time. Given all that I have still spent an abundance of cash at vingt-et-un. The gambling dens have made it very hard to beat the game.

I still enjoy the game and play on a regular basis. Over this time period I have bet on a variation of twenty-one called "The Take it Leave it Method". You certainly won’t get flush with this tactic or beat the house, however you will have a lot of fun. This tactic is built on the idea that blackjack appears to be a game of runs. When you are hot your on fire, and when you are not you are NOT!

I bet with basic strategy twenty-one. When I do not win I wager the lowest amount allowed on the next hand. If I don’t win again I wager the lowest amount allowed on the successive hand again etc. Whenever I win I take the payout 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 wager on the table. If I win again I take the payout paid to me, and if I win the next hand I leave it for a total of 4 times my original bet. I keep wagering this way "Take it Leave it etc". Once I don’t win I lower the bet back down to the original sum.

I am very disciplined and never back out. It gets extremely exciting sometimes. If you succeed at a few hands in sequence your wagers go up very quickly. Before you know it you are gambling $100-200per hand. I have had awesome streaks a couple of times now. I departed a $5 table at the Flamingo a couple of years ago with $750 after 35 mins using this tactic! And a couple of weeks ago in Las Vegas I left a game with $1200!

You must understand that you can give away a lot faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more exciting. And you will be aghast at the streaks you witness playing this way. Below is a chart of what you would bet if you kept winning at a $5 table.

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

Wager five dollar
Leave 5 dollar paid-out to you for a total wager of ten dollar

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

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

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

Wager $20
Leave twenty dollar paid-out to you for a total bet of $40

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

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

Wager 80 dollar
Take eighty dollar paid to you, leave the initial eighty dollar bet

Wager 80 dollar
Leave eighty dollar paid to you for a total bet of one hundred and sixty dollar

Bet one hundred and sixty dollar
Take one hundred and sixty dollar paid to you, leave the first $160 bet

If you left at this point you would be up 3 hundred and fifteen dollars !!

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