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My Gambling Den Vingt-et-un Type Game
I have bet on millions of hands of chemin de fer. I started working my way into the gambling halls when I was still underage. I have bet on online 21, I have counted cards, and worked as part of a team for a short time. With all that said I have still spent a lot of funds at twenty-one. The casinos have made it very hard to defeat the casino.
I still enjoy the game and play on a regular basis. Over the years I have wagered on a type of twenty-one called "The Take it Leave it Method". You will not get rich with this tactic or beat the house, however you will experience a lot of fun. This method is based on the idea that vingt-et-un appears to be a game of runs. When you are hot your hot, and when you are not you are NOT!
I gamble with basic strategy chemin de fer. When I don’t win I bet the lowest amount allowed on the successive hand. If I lose again I wager the table minimum on the subsequent hand again etc. As soon as I profit I take the winnings paid to me and I wager the original bet 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 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 value.
I am very strict and never back out. It gets extremely fun on occasion. If you win a few hands in a row your wagers go up very quick. Before you know it you are wagering $100-200/ hand. I have had great streaks a number of times now. I departed a $5 table at the Flamingo a couple of years ago with $750 after 20 minutes using this technique! And a number of months ago in Atlantic 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 surprised at the streaks you see playing this way. Below is a guide of what you would bet if you continue winning at a 5 dollar table.
Bet $5
Take five dollar paid to you, leave the first 5 dollar wager
Bet 5 dollar
Leave five dollar paid-out to you for a total bet of $10
Wager ten dollar
Take $10 paid to you, leave the initial $10 bet
Wager ten dollar
Leave $10 paid-out to you for a total bet of twenty dollar
Wager twenty dollar
Take twenty dollar paid-out to you, leave the original twenty dollar bet
Wager 20 dollar
Leave 20 dollar paid-out to you for a total wager of forty dollar
Wager forty dollar
Take forty dollar paid to you, leave the first forty dollar bet
Bet $40
Leave $40 paid-out to you for a total bet of eighty dollar
Wager 80 dollar
Take eighty dollar paid-out to you, leave the original 80 dollar wager
Bet $80
Leave 80 dollar paid-out to you for a total bet of one hundred and sixty dollar
Wager $160
Take 160 dollar paid-out to you, leave the first 160 dollar wager
If you departed at this point you would be up 3 hundred and 15 dollars !!
It is iffy to go on a streak this long, but it will happen. And when it does you must NOT deviate and lower your wager or the final result won’t be the same.