Baccarat Rules
Baccarat Protocols
Baccarat is played with eight decks of cards. Cards than are of a value less than ten are said to be worth face value and on the other hand 10, 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 people; they only represent the two hands to be dealt).
2 hands of two cards will then be played to the ‘banker’ and ‘player’. The score for each hand will be the total of the two cards, but the very first digit is dumped. For example, a hand of seven and 5 has a tally of 2 (7plusfive=twelve; drop the ‘1′).
A 3rd card might be dealt depending on the following rules:
- If the gambler or banker has a score of eight or nine, the two bettors stand.
- If the gambler has 5 or less, he hits. bettors stand otherwise.
- If gambler stands, the banker hits of five or lower. If the player hits, a chart will be used to judge if the banker stands or hits.
Baccarat Odds
The bigger of the 2 scores is the winner. Victorious stakes on the banker pay out nineteen to 20 (even odds minus a 5 percent commission. Commission is tracked and cleared out when you leave the table so make sure you have funds still before you leave). Winning bets on the player pay 1 to 1. Winner bets for tie as a rule pays eight to one and sometimes 9 to 1. (This is a bad bet as ties happen less than 1 every ten hands. Avoid laying money on a tie. However odds are appreciably better – 9 to one vs. eight to one)
Played effectively, baccarat presents generally good odds, apart from the tie bet obviously.
Baccarat Tactics
As with many games, Baccarat has some common misconceptions. 1 of which is close to a misconception of roulette. The past is in no way an indicator of future results. Monitoring of past conclusions on a chart is undoubtedly a total waste of paper as well as an insult to the tree that gave its life to be used as our stationary.
The most popular and probably most successful tactic is the one-three-two-six technique. This process is deployed to build up profits and reducing risk.
Begin by wagering 1 unit. If you win, add 1 more to the 2 on the table for a total of three on the 2nd bet. If you win you will have 6 on the table, clear away four so you have two on the third bet. If you win the third bet, add two to the 4 on the table for a sum total of six on the fourth wager.
If you don’t win on the 1st wager, you take a loss of one. A win on the 1st bet followed up by loss on the second causes a loss of two. Wins on the first 2 with a loss on the 3rd gives you a profit of two. And wins on the first three with a loss on the fourth mean you breakeven. Winning all four bets leaves you with 12, a profit of ten. This means that you can fail to win the second bet 5 times for every successful streak of four bets and still break even.