I have played countless of hands of blackjack. I started working my way into the gambling halls when I was 16. 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 spent a lot of cash at 21. The gambling halls have made it very hard to beat the house.

I still enjoy the game and wager on a frequent basis. Over the years I have enjoyed a variation of vingt-et-un called "The Take it Leave it Method". You won’t get rich with this tactic or beat the house, nonetheless you will have an abundance of fun. This method is based on the fact that blackjack appears to be a game of streaks. When you are hot your hot, and when you’re not you’re NOT!

I wager with basic strategy blackjack. When I do not win I wager the lowest amount allowed on the next hand. If I lose again I bet the table minimum on the successive hand again etc. Once I hit I take the winnings paid to me and I wager the initial bet 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 succeed again I take the winnings paid to me, and if I win the next hand I leave it for a total of 4 times my original wager. I keep wagering this way "Take it Leave it etc". Once I don’t win I lower the bet back down to the original value.

I am very strict and never "chicken out". It gets extremely exciting sometimes. If you win a few hands in series your wagers go up very fast. Before you know it you are betting $100-200/ hand. I have had fantastic runs a couple of times now. I left a $5 table at the Paris a number of years back with $750 after 20 mins using this tactic! And a couple of weeks ago in Sin City I left a table with $1200!

You must understand that you can relinquish much faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more exciting. And you will be aghast at the streaks you witness gamble this way. Here is a chart of what you would wager if you continue winning at a five dollar table.

Wager $5
Take 5 dollar paid-out to you, leave the first five dollar wager

Bet 5 dollar
Leave five dollar paid-out to you for a total bet of 10 dollar

Bet $10
Take $10 paid to you, leave the first $10 wager

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

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

Bet twenty dollar
Leave twenty dollar paid-out to you for a total bet of forty dollar

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

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

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

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

Bet 160 dollar
Take 160 dollar paid-out to you, leave the initial 1 hundred and sixty dollar wager

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

It is herculean to go on a streak this long, but it can happen. And when it does you can’t deviate and drop your bet or the final result will not be the same.