Baccarat Procedures
Baccarat is played with 8 decks of cards. Cards below a value of ten are counted at their printed value while ten, J, Q, K are 0, and A are each given a value of 1. Wagers are placed on the ‘banker,’ the ‘player’ or for a tie (these aren’t actual gamblers; they simply symbolize the 2 hands to be dealt).
2 hands of two cards will then be given out to the ‘banker’ … ‘player’. The score for any hand shall be the grand total of the 2 cards, but the first digit is removed. For eg, a hand of seven as well as 5 results in a total score of 2 (7plus5=12; drop the ‘1′).
A 3rd card might be given depending on the following rules:
- If the bettor or banker has a score of eight or 9, then both bettors stand.
- If the bettor has five or lower, he hits. Players stand otherwise.
- If player stands, the banker hits of 5 or lower. If the bettor hits, a chart might be used to decide if the banker stands or hits.
Baccarat Odds
The greater of the 2 scores wins. Winning wagers on the banker pay at nineteen to twenty (even odds minus a 5 percent commission. Commission is kept track of and cleared out when you leave the table so be sure to have dollars remaining before you leave). Bets on the player that end up winning pay 1 to one. Winner bets for tie commonly pay eight to one and sometimes 9 to one. (This is a crazy wager as ties occur less than one every 10 hands. Run away from putting money on a tie. Still, odds are actually better – nine to 1 vs. 8 to 1)
Played smartly, baccarat offers fairly good odds, apart from the tie bet of course.
Baccarat Strategy
As with most games, Baccarat has some established misconceptions. One of which is quite similar to a roulette myth. The past is in no way an actual indicator of future results. Tracking of prior conclusions on a chart is for sure a complete waste of paper … an insult to the tree that gave its life for our stationary needs.
The most accepted and possibly most successful technique is the one-three-two-six method. This technique is deployed to boost profits and limiting risk.
Begin by gambling 1 unit. If you win, add 1 more to the two on the table for a total of three on the 2nd bet. If you win you will have 6 on the table, take away four so you have two on the third bet. If you win the third bet, add two to the four on the table for a sum of six on the fourth bet.
If you don’t win on the first wager, you suck up a loss of 1. A win on the first bet quickly followed by loss on the 2nd causes a loss of two. Wins on the first 2 with a loss on the third gives you a profit of 2. And wins on the first three with a loss on the 4th mean you break even. Winning at all four bets leaves you with 12, a profit of ten. Therefore you can fail to win the second bet 5 times for every successful streak of 4 bets and still break even.