I have bet on countless of rounds of chemin de fer. I began sneaking into the gambling dens when I was still underage. I have bet on online chemin de fer, I have counted cards, and worked as part of a team for a short time. Given all that I have still lost an abundance of cash at blackjack. The gambling halls have made it very hard to defeat the house.

I still enjoy the game and gamble on a regular basis. Over the years I have played a variation of twenty-one called "The Take it Leave it Method". You most certainly will not get loaded with this tactic or defeat the house, still you will experience an abundance of fun. This tactic is built on the fact that chemin de fer seems to be a match of runs. When you are on fire your hot, 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 subsequent hand. If I lose again I bet 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 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 payout paid to me, and if I win 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 don’t win I return the action back down to the original amount.

I am very disciplined and do not back out. It gets extremely enjoyable at times. If you win a few hands in series your bets go up very quick. Before you realize it you are betting $100-200per hand. I have had great streaks a couple of times now. I left a $5 table at the Venetian a number of years back with $750 after 30 mins using this technique! And a number of days ago in Macau I left a table 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 enjoyable. And you will be surprised at the runs you witness wagering this way. Below is a guide of what you would wager if you continue winning at a $5 game.

Bet 5 dollar
Take $5 paid to you, leave the first five dollar wager

Bet five dollar
Leave 5 dollar paid to you for a total bet of ten dollar

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

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

Bet twenty dollar
Take $20 paid to you, leave the initial $20 wager

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

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

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

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

Wager $80
Leave $80 paid to you for a total wager of 160 dollar

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

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

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