Baccarat Strategy

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Baccarat Standards

Baccarat is played with eight decks of cards. Cards below a value of ten are worth their printed value while ten, J, Q, K are 0, and A are each equal to 1. Wagers are placed on the ‘banker,’ the ‘player’ or for a tie (these aren’t actual persons; they strictly symbolize the two hands to be given out).

2 hands of two cards will now be played to the ‘banker’ and ‘player’. The total for any hand is the grand total of the 2 cards, but the very first digit is discarded. For e.g., a hand of seven as well as five produces a score of 2 (7plus5=12; drop the ‘1′).

A third card could be given depending on the following codes:

- If the bettor or banker has a value of eight or 9, each gamblers stand.

- If the bettor has five or less, he hits. bettors stand otherwise.

- If bettor stands, the banker hits of five or lower. If the gambler hits, a chart will be used to figure if the banker stands or hits.

Baccarat Odds

The bigger of the 2 scores wins. Victorious bets on the banker payout 19 to 20 (even money less a five percent commission. Commission is kept track of and paid out when you leave the table so ensure that you have funds left before you leave). Winning bets on the player pay 1 to 1. Winner bets for tie generally pay out eight to 1 and occasionally 9 to one. (This is a terrible wager as ties will occur lower than one every ten hands. Definitely don’t try wagering on a tie. Nonetheless odds are decidedly better – 9 to one versus eight to 1)

Played smartly, baccarat provides relatively good odds, aside from the tie wager of course.

Baccarat Tactics

As with many games, Baccarat has some common myths. One of which is similar to a roulette myth. The past is never actually an indicator of future actions. Keeping track of previous conclusions on a chart is a total waste of paper … an insult to the tree that gave its life for our stationary needs.

The most popular and possibly most successful strategy is the 1-three-2-6 concept. This scheme is deployed to pump up payout and lowering risk.

Begin by betting one unit. If you win, add 1 more to the 2 on the table for a total of three on the second bet. If you win you will have 6 on the table, remove 4 so you have two on the third gamble. If you win the third wager, add two to the four on the table for a sum total of 6 on the fourth wager.

If you don’t win on the initial wager, you take a loss of one. A win on the 1st bet quickly followed by loss on the second brings about a loss of two. Wins on the 1st 2 with a loss on the 3rd gives you a profit of 2. And wins on the first 3 with a loss on the 4th mean you break even. Getting a win on all four bets leaves you with twelve, a profit of ten. Therefore you can lose the 2nd bet 5 times for every successful streak of 4 bets and still break even.