Baccarat Rules
Baccarat Policies
Baccarat is played with eight decks of cards in a shoe. Cards of a value less than ten are said to be worth face value while ten, 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 just depict the two hands to be given out).
Two hands of 2 cards are then given out to the ‘banker’ … ‘player’. The total for any hand shall be the sum of the 2 cards, but the very first digit is discarded. For example, a hand of 7 as well as five produces a tally of two (7plus5=twelve; drop the ‘1′).
A third card might be dealt depending on the following guidelines:
- If the gambler or banker has a total of eight or nine, then both bettors stand.
- If the gambler has five or less, he/she hits. gamblers stand otherwise.
- If player stands, the banker hits of five or less. If the gambler hits, a chart is used to judge if the banker stands or hits.
Baccarat Odds
The bigger of the two scores is the winner. Winning bets on the banker payout 19 to 20 (even money minus a five percent commission. Commission is tracked and moved out when you leave the table so make sure to have $$$$$ left before you leave). Winning bets on the player pay 1 to one. Winning bets for tie generally pays 8 to one and sometimes nine to 1. (This is an awful bet as ties happen less than one every 10 hands. be wary of betting on a tie. Nonetheless odds are actually better – nine to one versus 8 to one)
Played smartly, baccarat provides pretty decent odds, away from the tie wager ofcourse.
Baccarat Strategy
As with just about every games, Baccarat has some common myths. 1 of which is very similar to a roulette myth. The past is never actually a predictor of future outcomes. Tracking of old results on a chart is a waste of paper … an insult to the tree that gave its life for our stationary needs.
The most commonly used and possibly most successful strategy is the one-3-two-six technique. This tactic is employed to build up successes and controlling risk.
start by gambling 1 unit. If you win, add 1 more to the two on the table for a total of 3 on the second bet. If you win you will have 6 on the table, clear away 4 so you have 2 on the third bet. If you win the third wager, add two to the four on the table for a value of six on the fourth bet.
If you lose on the first bet, you take a loss of 1. A win on the first bet quickly followed by loss on the 2nd brings about a loss of 2. Wins on the first 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 come out even. Coming away with a win on all four bets leaves you with 12, a profit of ten. In other words you can lose the second bet 5 times for every successful streak of four bets and still break even.