Baccarat Strategy

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Baccarat Procedures

Baccarat is played with 8 decks of cards in a shoe. Cards with less than a value of ten are said to be worth face value meanwhile 10, J, Q, K are 0, and A are each applied a value of 1. Bets are placed on the ‘banker,’ the ‘player’ or for a tie (these aren’t actual players; they strictly represent the two hands to be played).

Two hands of two cards will then be played to the ‘banker’ as well as ‘player’. The total for each hand is the grand total of the two cards, but the initial digit is dropped. For example, a hand of 7 … five produces a total of two (sevenplusfive=12; drop the ‘one’).

A 3rd card can be given out depending on the following guidelines:

- If the player or banker has a total score of eight or nine, each gamblers stand.

- If the player has five or less, he hits. Players stand otherwise.

- If bettor stands, the banker hits of five or lower. If the bettor hits, a chart might be used to determine if the banker stands or hits.

Baccarat Odds

The higher of the two scores will be the winner. Successful bets on the banker pay at nineteen to twenty (even odds less a 5% commission. Commission is tracked and moved out when you leave the table so make sure that you have dollars still before you leave). Winning bets on the player pay one to 1. Winner bets for tie as a rule pays eight to 1 and occasionally nine to one. (This is a crazy wager as ties happen lower than 1 every ten hands. Run away from betting on a tie. Still, odds are certainly better – nine to 1 vs. eight to one)

When done effectively, baccarat presents fairly good odds, aside from the tie wager of course.

Baccarat Strategy

As with all games, Baccarat has some common misunderstandings. 1 of which is similar to a misconception of roulette. The past is never actually an indicator of future outcomes. Keeping track of previous outcomes on a chart is simply a total waste of paper and an insult to the tree that gave its life to be used as our stationary.

The most commonly used and possibly most successful tactic is the 1-3-2-six concept. This process is used to amplify payouts and limiting risk.

commence by betting one unit. If you win, add one more to the two on the table for a total of 3 on the second bet. If you win you will have six on the table, remove 4 so you have two on the 3rd bet. If you win the third gamble, add two to the four on the table for a grand total of six on the 4th bet.

If you lose on the 1st wager, you suck up a loss of one. A win on the first bet followed by loss on the 2nd brings about a loss of two. Wins on the first two with a loss on the third gives you a profit of 2. And wins on the first three with a loss on the 4th mean you break even. A win on all four bets leaves you with 12, a profit of 10. In other words that you can fail to win the 2nd bet 5 times for every successful streak of four bets and still break even.