Punto Banco Regulations
Baccarat chemin de fer is played with 8 decks of cards in a shoe. Cards valued less than ten are valued at their printed value and with Ten, Jack, Queen, King are zero, and Ace is one. Wagers are made on the ‘bank’, the ‘player’, or on a tie (these are not really people; they simply represent the 2 hands that are dealt).
Two cards are given to both the ‘banker’ and ‘gambler’. The score for every hand is the sum total of the cards, however the beginning number is ignored. e.g., a hand of 5 and 6 has a score of one (five plus six equals 11; dump the 1st ‘one’).
A third card may be given based on the following rules:
- If the gambler or banker has a value of 8 or 9, the two players hold.
- If the gambler has five or lower, he hits. Players otherwise hold.
- If the gambler stands, the bank hits on a total lower than 5. If the gambler takes a card, a chart is employed to see if the banker stays or hits.
Baccarat Banque Odds
The higher of the 2 totals wins. Winning bets on the bank pay out nineteen to Twenty (equal cash minus a five percent commission. The Rake is kept track of and cleared out when you depart the table so be sure to have funds left over before you leave). Winning bets on the gambler pay 1 to 1. Winning wagers for a tie typically pays out at 8 to 1 but on occasion 9 to 1. (This is a awful wager as ties happen lower than 1 in every ten rounds. Be wary of betting on a tie. Although odds are substantially greater for 9:1 versus eight to one)
Wagered on properly baccarat provides fairly good odds, aside from the tie wager of course.
Punto Banco Method
As with all games punto banco has a few familiar misconceptions. One of which is the same as a misunderstanding in roulette. The past isn’t a harbinger of events yet to happen. Keeping track of past results at a table is a poor use of paper and a snub to the tree that gave its life for our paper needs.
The most familiar and possibly the most favorable method is the 1-3-2-6 tactic. This plan is used to pump up earnings and limit losses.
Start by betting 1 chip. If you win, add another to the 2 on the table for a sum total of 3 chips on the second bet. If you succeed you will retain 6 on the game table, pull off 4 so you keep 2 on the third bet. Should you succeed on the 3rd round, add 2 on the four on the table for a total of 6 on the fourth wager.
If you do not win on the first round, you take a hit of one. A win on the first round followed by a loss on the 2nd causes a loss of 2. Wins on the 1st 2 with a loss on the 3rd provides you with a take of two. And success on the 1st three with a loss on the fourth means you are even. Succeeding at all 4 bets gives you with 12, a profit of ten. This means you can lose the 2nd bet 5 instances for every favorable streak of four rounds and still are even.