Baccarat Protocols
Baccarat is played with eight decks of cards in a shoe. Cards than are of a value less than ten are counted at face value meanwhile ten, 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 simply symbolize the two hands to be given out).
Two hands of 2 cards will now be dealt to the ‘banker’ as well as ‘player’. The score for every hand shall be the grand total of the two cards, but the first digit is dumped. For eg, a hand of 7 … five results in a score of two (sevenplusfive=12; drop the ‘one’).
A 3rd card may be played depending on the foll. codes:
- If the player or banker has a total score of eight or nine, each gamblers stand.
- If the gambler has 5 or less, he hits. bettors stand otherwise.
- If player stands, the banker hits of five or lesser. If the player hits, a chart will be used to figure if the banker stands or hits.
Baccarat Odds
The higher of the 2 scores wins. Successful bets on the banker pay nineteen to 20 (even odds minus a 5 percent commission. Commission is kept track of and moved out when you leave the table so make sure you have $$$$$ remaining before you leave). Bets on the player that end up winning pay 1 to one. Winning bets for tie typically pays 8 to one but sometimes 9 to 1. (This is a crazy wager as ties happen less than one every 10 hands. be wary of laying money on a tie. Nevertheless odds are far better – 9 to one versus eight to one)
Played accurately, baccarat provides generally good odds, aside from the tie wager ofcourse.
Baccarat Strategy
As with most games, Baccarat has some well-known misconceptions. 1 of which is quite similar to a misconception of roulette. The past is not a predictor of future outcomes. Tracking of previous results on a chart is definitely a waste of paper … a slap in the face for the tree that gave its life to be used as our stationary.
The most common and probably most successful strategy is the one-three-2-six concept. This technique is deployed to accentuate payouts and minimizing risk.
start by wagering one unit. If you win, add one more to the 2 on the table for a total of three on the second bet. If you win you will have 6 on the table, take away 4 so you have two on the third bet. If you win the third bet, add 2 to the 4 on the table for a total of six on the fourth gamble.
If you don’t win on the 1st bet, you suck up a loss of 1. A win on the 1st bet followed by loss on the 2nd will create a loss of 2. Wins on the 1st 2 with a loss on the third gives you a profit of two. And wins on the first 3 with a loss on the 4th mean you come out even. Accomplishing a win on all four bets leaves you with 12, a profit of ten. In other words you can fail to win the second bet 5 times for every successful streak of 4 bets and still break even.
