Baccarat Strategy

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Punto Banco Principles

Punto banco is played with eight decks in a dealing shoe. Cards under 10 are counted at their printed number while 10, J, Q, K are zero, and A is 1. Wagers are placed on the ‘banker’, the ‘player’, or for a tie (these aren’t really people; they simply represent the two hands to be dealt).

Two hands of 2 cards are then given to the ‘bank’ and ‘player’. The value for each hand is the sum total of the 2 cards, however the 1st number is dropped. e.g., a hand of 5 and 6 has a score of one (five plus six = 11; drop the initial ‘one’).

A 3rd card may be given based on the rules below:

- If the gambler or house gets a total of eight or 9, both players stand.

- If the gambler has less than five, she takes a card. Players stands otherwise.

- If the gambler holds, the bank hits on a value lower than 5. If the player hits, a table is used to decide if the banker holds or takes a card.

Punto Banco Odds

The larger of the 2 scores wins. Winning wagers on the house pay out 19:20 (even payout less a 5% commission. The Rake is kept track of and paid off when you leave the game so make sure you have cash remaining just before you depart). Winning bets on the player pay one to one. Winning bets for tie normally pays 8:1 but occasionally nine to one. (This is a awful bet as ties occur lower than one in every 10 rounds. Be cautious of gambling on a tie. However odds are substantially greater for 9:1 versus 8 to 1)

Gambled on correctly baccarat provides generally decent odds, apart from the tie wager of course.

Punto Banco Method

As with all games punto banco has a few established false impressions. One of which is the same as a misunderstanding in roulette. The past isn’t a harbinger of events yet to happen. Keeping score of past outcomes on a page of paper is a bad use of paper and a snub to the tree that was cut down for our paper desires.

The most common and almost certainly the most favorable method is the one, three, two, six technique. This technique is used to maximize earnings and limit losses.

Begin by placing 1 dollar. If you win, add another to the 2 on the game table for a grand total of three units on the second bet. Should you succeed you will hold six on the game table, pull off 4 so you keep two on the third round. If you win the 3rd bet, add 2 to the four on the table for a grand total of six on the 4th bet.

If you lose on the first round, you take a hit of one. A profit on the 1st wager followed by a hit on the second causes a loss of 2. Success on the 1st 2 with a loss on the 3rd gives you with a profit of 2. And wins on the first 3 with a hit on the fourth means you balance the books. Winning at all 4 wagers gives you with 12, a profit of ten. This means you are able to lose the 2nd wager five times for each successful run of 4 rounds and in the end, break even.