Baccarat Procedures
Baccarat is played with eight decks of cards. Cards than are of a value less than ten are said to be worth face value while 10, J, Q, K are 0, and A are each applied a value of 1. Bets are placed upon the ‘banker,’ the ‘player’ or for a tie (these aren’t actual persons; they purely act as the 2 hands to be dealt).
Two hands of two cards will then be played to the ‘banker’ … ‘player’. The value for every hand is the sum total of the 2 cards, but the initial digit is removed. For example, a hand of 7 … 5 will have a score of two (7plusfive=12; drop the ‘one’).
A third card might be played depending on the following standards:
- If the gambler or banker has a tally of eight or nine, both gamblers stand.
- If the gambler has 5 or less, he/she hits. bettors stand otherwise.
- If bettor stands, the banker hits of five or lower. If the bettor hits, a chart shall be used to determine if the banker stands or hits.
Baccarat Odds
The larger of the 2 scores will be the winner. Winning stakes on the banker pay 19 to twenty (even money minus a 5 percent commission. Commission is monitored and paid out when you leave the table so make sure to have funds still before you leave). Winning bets on the player pay one to 1. Winner bets for tie usually pay eight to one but sometimes 9 to one. (This is a crazy wager as ties happen lower than one every 10 hands. Stay away from betting on a tie. Even so odds are somewhat better – nine to 1 versus eight to one)
When played accurately, baccarat provides fairly good odds, apart from the tie wager of course.
Baccarat Tactics
As with most games, Baccarat has some common false impressions. One of which is very similar to a roulette myth. The past is in no way a predictor of future events. Monitoring of previous outcomes on a chart is simply 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 almost certainly most successful strategy is the one-three-two-6 method. This technique is used to increase payout and controlling risk.
start by wagering one unit. If you win, add 1 more to the two on the table for a total of 3 on the 2nd bet. If you win you will have 6 on the table, clear away four so you have two on the third gamble. If you win the 3rd wager, add two to the 4 on the table for a grand total of 6 on the 4th gamble.
If you don’t win on the 1st bet, you suck up a loss of 1. A win on the 1st bet followed by loss on the second brings about a loss of 2. Wins on the 1st two with a loss on the 3rd gives you a profit of 2. And wins on the first three with a loss on the fourth mean you break even. Winning 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.