I have played countless of hands of twenty-one. I began sneaking into the gambling dens when I was sixteen. I have wagered on online 21, I have counted cards, and worked as part of a team for a short time. Given all that I have still spent all kinds of cash at twenty-one. The gambling halls have made it nearly impossible to defeat the casino.

I still enjoy the game and wager on a regular basis. Over the years I have played a type of 21 called "The Take it Leave it Method". You certainly won’t get flush with this method or defeat the house, still you will have a lot of fun. This method is based on the idea that 21 seems to be a game of streaks. When you’re on fire your on fire, and when you are not you are NOT!

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

I am very strict and do not back out. It gets extremely thrilling sometimes. If you win a few hands in series your wagers go up very quickly. Before you know it you are wagering $100-200/ hand. I have had awesome runs a few times now. I departed a $5 table at the Flamingo a couple of years back with $750 after 20 mins using this technique! And a number of weeks ago in Sin City I left a table with $1200!

You need to understand that you can lose a lot faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more thrilling. And you will be surprised at the streaks you see gamble this way. Below is a chart of what you would bet if you kept winning at a five dollar game.

Bet five dollar
Take 5 dollar paid-out to you, leave the original five dollar bet

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

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

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

Bet twenty dollar
Take twenty dollar paid to you, leave the first twenty dollar wager

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

Wager 40 dollar
Take forty dollar paid-out to you, leave the original 40 dollar bet

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

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

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

Wager 160 dollar
Take $160 paid-out to you, leave the original 160 dollar bet

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

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