I have played millions of hands of 21. I began working my way into the casinos when I was sixteen. I have enjoyed online chemin de fer, I have counted cards, and worked as part of a team for a short while. With all that said I have still spent an abundance of cash at chemin de fer. The casinos have made it very hard to defeat the casino.

I still enjoy the game and bet on a regular basis. Over the years I have played a type of chemin de fer called "The Take it Leave it Method". You will not get loaded with this method or beat the casino, still you will experience a lot of fun. This method is centered on the idea that vingt-et-un appears to be a game of streaks. When you are on fire your on fire, and when you are not you’re NOT!

I gamble with basic strategy chemin de fer. When I don’t win I bet the lowest amount allowed on the subsequent hand. If I do not win again I bet the table minimum on the successive hand again etc. Once I win I take the payout paid to me and I wager the original wager again. If I win this hand I then keep in play the winnings paid to me and now have double my original bet 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 4 times my original bet. I continue betting this way "Take it Leave it etc". Once I don’t win I return the wager back down to the original amount.

I am very strict and do not back out. It gets extremely enjoyable sometimes. If you win a few hands in a row your bets go up very quickly. Before you know it you are gambling $100-200/ hand. I have had awesome streaks a couple of times now. I left a $5 table at the Luxor a couple of years back with $750 after 20 mins using this method! And a few days ago in Macau I left a game with $1200!

You have to understand that you can say good-bye to a lot faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more exciting. And you will be astonished at the streaks you notice playing this way. Here is a chart of what you would bet if you kept winning at a 5 dollar table.

Bet $5
Take $5 paid to you, leave the original $5 wager

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wager $80
Leave eighty dollar paid-out to you for a total bet of 160 dollar

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

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

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