Punto Banco Policies
Baccarat banque is played with eight decks of cards in a dealing shoe. Cards below ten are worth their printed number while 10, J, Q, K are zero, and A is 1. Bets are placed on the ‘banker’, the ‘player’, or on a tie (these are not actual people; they just represent the two hands to be dealt).
Two cards are dealt to both the ‘banker’ and ‘gambler’. The score for each hand is the sum total of the cards, however the first number is dropped. For instance, a hand of 5 and 6 has a value of 1 (five plus 6 = 11; drop the 1st ‘one’).
A 3rd card might be dealt based on the following rules:
- If the player or banker has a total of eight or 9, the two players stand.
- If the player has less than five, he hits. Players otherwise stay.
- If the gambler stands, the house takes a card on a value less than five. If the gambler hits, a chart is employed to decide if the banker stays or takes a card.
Punto Banco Odds
The bigger of the 2 scores wins. Winning bets on the house payout 19 to 20 (even payout less a five percent commission. Commission are recorded and cleared out once you leave the game so make sure you have money left before you depart). Winning bets on the gambler pay one to one. Winning bets for tie usually pays eight to one but occasionally 9:1. (This is a poor bet as a tie occurs less than one in every 10 hands. Avoid gambling on a tie. However odds are astonishingly greater for 9:1 versus 8 to 1)
Played correctly baccarat gives relatively good odds, apart from the tie wager of course.
Punto Banco Strategy
As with all games punto banco has a handful of established false impressions. One of which is similar to a myth in roulette. The past isn’t a prophecy of events yet to happen. Recording past results at a table is a poor use of paper and a snub to the tree that surrendered its life for our stationary needs.
The most established and likely the most successful scheme is the one-three-two-six tactic. This plan is deployed to maximize profits and limit losses.
Begin by wagering one chip. If you succeed, add another to the 2 on the game table for a sum of three dollars on the second bet. If you succeed you will have six on the game table, pull off 4 so you keep two on the 3rd round. If you win the 3rd wager, put down two to the four on the game table for a grand total of 6 on the fourth bet.
Should you lose on the initial bet, you take a loss of one. A win on the first bet followed by a hit on the 2nd causes a hit of 2. Wins on the initial 2 with a hit on the 3rd provides you with a gain of 2. And success on the first 3 with a hit on the 4th means you are even. Winning at all 4 rounds leaves you with twelve, a profit of ten. This means you are able to give up the 2nd round 5 instances for each favorable run of four wagers and still balance the books.