Punto Banco Rules and Scheme
Punto Banco Standards
Baccarat banque is played with 8 decks of cards in a dealer’s shoe. Cards below ten are valued at face value while at the same time 10, J, Q, K are zero, and A is one. Bets are placed on the ‘banker’, the ‘player’, or on a tie (these aren’t really people; they simply represent the two hands to be dealt).
Two cards are given to both the ‘banker’ and ‘gambler’. The total for every hand is the sum total of the two cards, although the first number is discarded. e.g., a hand of five and 6 has a total of one (five plus six equals eleven; ignore the initial ‘1′).
A third card could be dealt using the following rules:
- If the gambler or banker achieves a score of 8 or 9, the two players hold.
- If the player has five or lower, she takes a card. Players otherwise hold.
- If the player stays, the banker takes a card on a total less than 5. If the player takes a card, a table is employed to see if the bank stands or hits.
Punto Banco Odds
The better of the two totals wins. Winning bets on the house pay out 19 to 20 (even money less a 5% rake. Commission are recorded and cleared out when you leave the game so make sure you have funds left over just before you quit). Winning wagers on the gambler pays out at one to one. Winning bets for tie normally pays eight to one but occasionally nine to one. (This is a poor wager as ties happen lower than 1 in every 10 hands. Avoid betting on a tie. However odds are astonishingly better for 9:1 vs. 8 to 1)
Played correctly punto banco gives pretty decent odds, apart from the tie bet of course.
Baccarat Banque Strategy
As with all games baccarat chemin de fer has quite a few familiar false impressions. One of which is the same as a false impression in roulette. The past isn’t a prophecy of future outcomes. Keeping track of past outcomes at a table is a waste of paper and an insult to the tree that was cut down for our paper needs.
The most familiar and likely the most successful strategy is the one, three, two, six technique. This plan is used to build up earnings and limit risk.
Start by placing one unit. If you win, add another to the two on the game table for a sum total of three chips on the second bet. Should you win you will retain 6 on the game table, remove four so you keep 2 on the third round. If you come away with a win on the 3rd round, deposit two on the four on the game table for a grand total of 6 on the fourth wager.
Should you don’t win on the initial wager, you take a hit of one. A win on the 1st wager followed by a hit on the 2nd brings about a hit of two. Wins on the 1st 2 with a loss on the 3rd provides you with a take of two. And wins on the initial 3 with a loss on the fourth means you are even. Winning at all 4 wagers leaves you with 12, a profit of 10. This means you will be able to squander the second bet five times for every successful run of four bets and still experience no loss.