Punto Banco Policies and Scheme
Punto Banco Policies
Baccarat is wagered on with eight decks in a dealing shoe. Cards below ten are counted at their printed value and with 10, J, Q, K are zero, and Ace is 1. Wagers are made on the ‘bank’, the ‘player’, or for a tie (these are not actual people; they simply represent the 2 hands that are dealt).
Two cards are given to both the ‘bank’ and ‘gambler’. The score for each hand is the sum of the 2 cards, however the 1st digit is dropped. For example, a hand of five and 6 has a score of 1 (5 plus 6 = 11; ditch the first ‘one’).
A 3rd card could be given out using the rules below:
- If the player or bank achieves a score of 8 or 9, both players hold.
- If the player has less than 5, he takes a card. Players holds otherwise.
- If the gambler holds, the bank takes a card on a value lower than 5. If the gambler takes a card, a guide is used to decide if the house stands or hits.
Baccarat Odds
The bigger of the 2 totals wins. Winning bets on the house payout 19 to 20 (even money less a 5 percent rake. The Rake is kept track of and cleared out once you quit the table so make sure you have money left before you quit). Winning bets on the gambler pays 1 to 1. Winning wagers for tie usually pays out at eight to one but on occasion nine to one. (This is a poor bet as a tie occurs lower than one in every ten hands. Avoid betting on a tie. Although odds are substantially greater for 9:1 vs. 8 to 1)
Gambled on properly baccarat gives fairly decent odds, apart from the tie wager of course.
Punto Banco Strategy
As with all games Baccarat has some established myths. One of which is the same as a false impression in roulette. The past isn’t a prophecy of future events. Recording past results at a table is a bad use of paper and a snub to the tree that surrendered its life for our paper desires.
The most common and almost certainly the most accomplished strategy is the one-three-two-six plan. This technique is employed to maximize earnings and minimizing risk.
Begin by betting 1 unit. If you win, add another to the two on the game table for a sum total of 3 dollars on the second bet. If you succeed you will have 6 on the game table, pull off 4 so you keep 2 on the 3rd bet. Should you win the third round, add two on the 4 on the game table for a sum total of six on the 4th wager.
If you don’t win on the 1st bet, you take a loss of one. A win on the initial round followed by a loss on the second brings about a loss of two. Wins on the initial 2 with a hit on the third provides you with a profit of two. And success on the 1st three with a hit on the 4th means you balance the books. Winning all four bets leaves you with twelve, a gain of ten. This means you will be able to not win on the second wager five instances for each successful run of four wagers and in the end, experience no loss.