Baccarat Chemin de Fer Principles
Punto banco is bet on with 8 decks in a dealer’s shoe. Cards valued less than ten are counted at face value while at the same time Ten, Jack, Queen, King are zero, and A is 1. Wagers are placed on the ‘bank’, the ‘player’, or on a tie (these are not really people; they simply represent the two hands that are dealt).
Two cards are given to both the ‘bank’ and ‘gambler’. The score for each hand is the sum of the cards, but the beginning digit is dumped. For example, a hand of 5 and six has a score of 1 (5 plus 6 equals 11; drop the initial ‘one’).
A 3rd card could be given out depending on the following rules:
- If the player or house achieves a value of 8 or 9, both players stand.
- If the gambler has less than 5, he takes a card. Players otherwise stay.
- If the gambler stands, the banker takes a card on a value less than five. If the player takes a card, a guide is employed to see if the banker holds or hits.
Punto Banco Odds
The larger of the two scores wins. Winning wagers on the bank payout nineteen to Twenty (even payout less a five percent commission. Commission are tracked and paid off once you leave the table so make sure you still have money left just before you leave). Winning wagers on the gambler pay 1 to 1. Winning bets for a tie normally pays 8 to 1 but occasionally nine to one. (This is a poor wager as a tie occurs less than 1 in every ten rounds. Be wary of putting money on a tie. However odds are astonishingly better for 9:1 versus eight to one)
Played correctly baccarat chemin de fer gives fairly good odds, apart from the tie bet of course.
Baccarat Course of Action
As with all games punto banco has a few familiar misconceptions. One of which is similar to a false impression in roulette. The past is not a prophecy of events about to happen. Keeping score of past outcomes on a chart is a bad use of paper and a snub to the tree that gave its life for our paper desires.
The most common and possibly the most successful course of action is the 1-3-2-6 method. This method is deployed to maximize earnings and limit losses.
Start by wagering 1 chip. If you succeed, add another to the 2 on the table for a grand total of 3 dollars on the second bet. Should you win you will now have six on the table, pull off 4 so you have two on the third wager. If you succeed on the 3rd wager, add 2 on the four on the table for a sum total of 6 on the fourth round.
If you do not win on the first round, you take a hit of 1. A win on the initial wager followed by a hit on the 2nd brings about a hit of 2. Success on the initial 2 with a loss on the 3rd gives you with a gain of 2. And success on the first 3 with a loss on the fourth means you break even. Winning all four rounds gives you with twelve, a gain of 10. This means you will be able to not win on the 2nd wager 5 times for every successful run of four rounds and still balance the books.
