Baccarat Strategy

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Baccarat Banque Regulations

Baccarat is wagered on with eight decks of cards in a dealing shoe. Cards valued less than ten are worth face value while at the same time Ten, Jack, Queen, King are zero, and A is 1. Wagers are placed on the ‘banker’, the ‘player’, or for a tie (these aren’t actual people; they just represent the 2 hands to be dealt).

Two hands of 2 cards are then given to the ‘banker’ and ‘gambler’. The score for every hand is the total of the 2 cards, however the first digit is discarded. e.g., a hand of five and six has a value of one (5 plus six = eleven; ignore the 1st ‘one’).

A third card might be dealt depending on the rules below:

- If the player or banker has a score of 8 or 9, both players stand.

- If the player has five or lower, he takes a card. Players stands otherwise.

- If the gambler stands, the bank takes a card on five or lower. If the player takes a card, a guide is used to figure out if the house stays or takes a card.

Baccarat Chemin de Fer Odds

The greater of the 2 scores wins. Winning bets on the bank payout 19 to 20 (even money less a 5 percent commission. Commission are tracked and cleared out once you leave the table so make sure you have cash around just before you depart). Winning wagers on the gambler pays out at 1 to 1. Winning wagers for a tie normally pay 8:1 but sometimes nine to one. (This is a poor wager as ties occur less than 1 in every ten rounds. Be wary of betting on a tie. However odds are substantially greater for 9 to 1 versus 8:1)

Wagered on correctly baccarat chemin de fer gives relatively decent odds, apart from the tie bet of course.

Punto Banco Course of Action

As with all games baccarat banque has some accepted myths. One of which is close to a misconception in roulette. The past isn’t a prophecy of future events. Keeping score of past outcomes at a table is a bad use of paper and an affront to the tree that was cut down for our paper needs.

The most common and probably the most acknowledged plan is the one, three, two, six technique. This method is employed to pump up profits and minimizing risk.

Start by wagering 1 dollar. If you win, add 1 more to the 2 on the table for a sum of three dollars on the second bet. If you win you will hold 6 on the game table, take away 4 so you have two on the 3rd bet. Should you win the third bet, put down 2 to the 4 on the game table for a grand total of six on the 4th bet.

If you don’t win on the initial wager, you take a hit of one. A win on the first round followed by a loss on the second brings about a loss of two. Success on the first two with a hit on the 3rd gives you with a profit of two. And success on the 1st 3 with a loss on the 4th means you are even. Winning at all four rounds leaves you with 12, a gain of 10. This means you are able to lose the second wager five times for every successful run of four rounds and still balance the books.