Baccarat Strategy

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Punto Banco Standards

Baccarat chemin de fer is played with 8 decks in a dealing shoe. Cards valued less than ten are valued at their printed number while Ten, Jack, Queen, King are zero, and A is one. Bets are made on the ‘bank’, the ‘player’, or on a tie (these aren’t really people; they just represent the two hands to be dealt).

Two cards are dealt to both the ‘house’ and ‘gambler’. The score for each hand is the sum total of the cards, but the beginning digit is ignored. For example, a hand of 5 and six has a score of one (5 plus 6 = 11; drop the first ‘1′).

A third card could be given out using the rules below:

- If the gambler or house has a total of 8 or nine, both players hold.

- If the player has less than 5, he takes a card. Players otherwise stand.

- If the gambler stands, the bank hits on a total less than five. If the player hits, a chart is used to see if the house stands or takes a card.

Baccarat Banque Odds

The larger of the two totals wins. Winning bets on the house pay out 19:20 (even money minus a 5% commission. The Rake is kept track of and cleared out once you leave the game so ensure you have money remaining just before you leave). Winning wagers on the gambler pays out at 1:1. Winning bets for tie usually pays out at 8 to 1 but sometimes 9:1. (This is a bad bet as ties occur less than one in every 10 rounds. Be wary of wagering on a tie. Although odds are astonishingly greater for 9:1 versus 8 to 1)

Bet on properly punto banco provides pretty decent odds, aside from the tie bet of course.

Baccarat Method

As with all games punto banco has quite a few familiar misunderstandings. One of which is the same as a misconception in roulette. The past isn’t a harbinger of events yet to happen. Keeping score of past results at a table is a poor use of paper and a snub to the tree that gave its life for our paper needs.

The most established and probably the most accomplished scheme is the one-three-two-six method. This plan is used to pump up profits and limit risk.

Begin by betting one chip. If you win, add one more to the two on the game table for a total of 3 dollars on the second bet. Should you win you will hold 6 on the table, subtract four so you are left with two on the 3rd bet. If you win the 3rd round, deposit two on the 4 on the table for a sum total of 6 on the 4th wager.

If you do not win on the initial bet, you take a loss of 1. A profit on the initial bet followed by a loss on the second causes a loss of two. Success on the first 2 with a hit on the third gives you with a take of two. And success on the initial three with a defeat on the 4th means you balance the books. Winning all 4 bets gives you with 12, a take of ten. This means you are able to lose the second bet five instances for every favorable streak of 4 bets and still experience no loss.