Baccarat Rules
Punto banco is played with 8 decks of cards in a dealer’s shoe. Cards below 10 are worth their printed value and with 10, J, Q, K are zero, and Ace is 1. Bets are placed on the ‘bank’, the ‘player’, or on a tie (these aren’t really people; they simply represent the 2 hands to be dealt).
Two cards are dealt to both the ‘banker’ and ‘gambler’. The value for every hand is the sum of the two cards, although the first number is discarded. For example, a hand of 5 and six has a value of 1 (5 plus six equals eleven; drop the first ‘1′).
A third card may be dealt using the following rules:
- If the gambler or house has a total of 8 or 9, the two players hold.
- If the gambler has less than 5, he takes a card. Players otherwise hold.
- If the gambler holds, the banker hits on 5 or less. If the player takes a card, a guide is used to figure out if the bank holds or takes a card.
Baccarat Chemin de Fer Odds
The higher of the two totals wins. Winning bets on the banker payout 19 to 20 (equal cash minus a five percent commission. The Rake is tracked and paid off when you depart the game so be sure to have money remaining before you head out). Winning bets on the player pays out at 1 to 1. Winning bets for tie usually pays 8 to 1 but on occasion 9:1. (This is a poor bet as a tie occurs lower than 1 in every ten rounds. Avoid betting on a tie. However odds are astonishingly greater for 9:1 versus eight to one)
Wagered on correctly baccarat chemin de fer offers fairly decent odds, apart from the tie wager of course.
Baccarat Chemin de Fer Method
As with all games punto banco has a handful of general misunderstandings. One of which is close to a myth in roulette. The past is not a harbinger of events yet to happen. Keeping score of past outcomes at a table is a bad use of paper and a snub to the tree that was cut down for our stationary needs.
The most common and almost certainly the most acknowledged plan is the one-three-two-six technique. This plan is used to maximize winnings and minimizing losses.
Begin by betting 1 chip. If you win, add another to the 2 on the table for a grand total of 3 units on the second bet. If you win you will hold 6 on the game table, remove 4 so you keep two on the third bet. Should you win the 3rd bet, add 2 on the 4 on the table for a grand total of six on the 4th bet.
Should you do not win on the initial round, you take a loss of one. A profit on the first wager followed by a loss on the second causes a loss of 2. Wins on the first 2 with a defeat on the third gives you with a profit of 2. And wins on the first 3 with a hit on the 4th means you break even. Succeeding at all four bets leaves you with twelve, a profit of ten. This means you can not win on the 2nd wager 5 times for every successful streak of four wagers and still break even.