Baccarat Rules
Baccarat is played with 8 decks of cards. Cards of a value less than 10 are worth their printed number while 10, J, Q, K are 0, and A are each given a value of 1. Wagers are placed upon the ‘banker,’ the ‘player’ or for a tie (these aren’t actual individuals; they merely appear as the two hands to be dealt).
2 hands of two cards are then played to the ‘banker’ as well as ‘player’. The value for every hand shall be the sum total of the 2 cards, but the 1st digit is dropped. For example, a hand of seven … five produces a value of two (7plusfive=12; drop the ‘one’).
A 3rd card may be played depending on the following practices:
- If the player or banker has a total of eight or nine, then both players stand.
- If the player has 5 or less, he/she hits. gamblers stand otherwise.
- If bettor stands, the banker hits of 5 or lesser. If the gambler hits, a chart is used to determine if the banker stands or hits.
Baccarat Odds
The bigger of the two scores wins. Successful stakes on the banker pay at nineteen to twenty (even money less a 5 percent commission. Commission is tracked and moved out when you leave the table so make sure that you have funds still before you leave). Winning bets on the player pay 1 to 1. Winner bets for tie as a rule pays eight to 1 but occasionally 9 to 1. (This is a crazy wager as ties happen lower than 1 every 10 hands. Run away from laying money on a tie. Nonetheless odds are radically better – nine to 1 versus 8 to 1)
When played accurately, baccarat offers generally good odds, apart from the tie wager of course.
Baccarat Strategy
As with most games, Baccarat has some well-known misunderstandings. One of which is similar to a misconception of roulette. The past is not an indicator of future events. Tracking of prior conclusions on a chart is definitely a waste of paper … an insult to the tree that gave its life to be used as our stationary.
The most popular and possibly most successful strategy is the one-three-2-6 concept. This method is used to amplify profits and controlling risk.
Begin by betting one unit. If you win, add 1 more to the 2 on the table for a total of 3 on the second bet. If you win you will have six on the table, subtract 4 so you have two on the 3rd wager. If you win the 3rd gamble, add two to the four on the table for a value of six on the fourth gamble.
If you lose on the first wager, you suck up a loss of one. A win on the 1st bet followed by loss on the 2nd will create a loss of 2. Wins on the 1st two with a loss on the third gives you a profit of two. And wins on the first 3 with a loss on the fourth mean you break even. Winning all four bets leaves you with twelve, a profit of 10. Thus you can fail to win the second bet 5 times for every successful streak of 4 bets and still break even.