Baccarat Rules
Baccarat is played with eight decks of cards. Cards below a value of 10 are counted at their printed number and on the other hand ten, J, Q, K are 0, and A are each equal to 1. Bets are placed upon the ‘banker,’ the ‘player’ or for a tie (these aren’t actual contenders; they merely act as the 2 hands to be dealt).
2 hands of 2 cards will now be played to the ‘banker’ and ‘player’. The score for each hand is the grand total of the two cards, but the initial digit is removed. For e.g., a hand of seven … five has a value of 2 (sevenplus5=12; drop the ‘one’).
A third card may be given depending on the following guidelines:
- If the gambler or banker has a total score of eight or nine, both players stand.
- If the gambler has 5 or lower, he/she hits. gamblers stand otherwise.
- If bettor stands, the banker hits of 5 or lesser. If the bettor hits, a chart will be used in order to judge if the banker stands or hits.
Baccarat Odds
The higher of the two scores will be the winner. Victorious bets on the banker payout 19 to twenty (even odds minus a 5 percent commission. Commission is tracked and paid out when you leave the table so make sure to have money left before you leave). Winning bets on the player pay 1 to one. Winning bets for tie typically pay out 8 to 1 but on occasion 9 to 1. (This is not a good gamble as ties will happen less than one every ten hands. Run away from wagering on a tie. Even so odds are considerably better – nine to 1 vs. eight to 1)
When played effectively, baccarat presents fairly decent odds, aside from the tie wager of course.
Baccarat Tactics
As with all games, Baccarat has some common myths. One of which is close to a roulette misconception. The past is surely not a predictor of future results. Monitoring of past outcomes on a chart is undoubtedly a waste of paper … a slap in the face for the tree that gave its life to be used as our stationary.
The most common and probably most successful strategy is the one-three-2-6 scheme. This process is deployed to maximize profits and controlling risk.
Begin by wagering one unit. If you win, add one more to the two on the table for a total of three on the second bet. If you win you will have six on the table, take away four so you have two on the 3rd gamble. If you win the third wager, add two to the 4 on the table for a sum of 6 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 followed by loss on the second creates a loss of 2. Wins on the first two 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 come out even. Getting a win on all four bets leaves you with 12, a profit of ten. Therefore that you can fail to win the second bet 5 times for every successful streak of 4 bets and still break even.