Baccarat Regulations
Baccarat is played with eight decks of cards in a shoe. Cards of a value less than ten are said to be at their printed value meanwhile ten, J, Q, K are 0, and A are each given a value of 1. Bets are placed upon the ‘banker,’ the ‘player’ or for a tie (these aren’t actual people; they strictly depict the two hands to be played).
2 hands of two cards will now be played to the ‘banker’ as well as ‘player’. The value for every hand shall be the total of the two cards, but the 1st digit is dropped. For eg, a hand of 7 … 5 gives a total score of 2 (7plus5=12; drop the ‘1′).
A 3rd card may be given depending on the following guidelines:
- If the gambler or banker has a score of 8 or nine, then both gamblers stand.
- If the bettor has five or lower, he/she hits. gamblers stand otherwise.
- If player 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 greater of the 2 scores will be the winner. Winning wagers on the banker payout 19 to 20 (even odds less a 5% commission. Commission is tracked and moved out when you leave the table so make sure you have funds remaining before you leave). Bets on the player that end up winning pay one to 1. Winning bets for tie commonly pay 8 to one and on occasion nine to 1. (This is not a good bet as ties will occur less than 1 every 10 hands. Stay away from placing bets on a tie. Regardless odds are vastly better – nine to one vs. 8 to one)
When done properly, baccarat offers relatively good odds, apart from the tie bet of course.
Baccarat Tactics
As with all games, Baccarat has some common misconceptions. 1 of which is similar to a roulette misconception. The past is surely not an actual indicator of future events. Keeping track of previous outcomes on a chart is for sure a complete waste of paper as well as a slap in the face for the tree that gave its life for our stationary needs.
The most established and feasibly most successful technique is the 1-3-two-6 concept. This tactic is employed to magnify profits and cutting back risk.
start by betting one unit. If you win, add one more to the 2 on the table for a total of three on the 2nd bet. If you win you will have 6 on the table, remove 4 so you have two on the 3rd wager. If you win the 3rd bet, add two to the 4 on the table for a grand total of 6 on the 4th bet.
If you don’t win on the 1st wager, you suck up a loss of 1. A win on the 1st bet quickly followed by loss on the second creates a loss of two. Wins on the first two with a loss on the 3rd gives you a profit of two. And wins on the first three with a loss on the 4th mean you break even. Arriving at a win on all four bets leaves you with twelve, a profit of 10. This means that you can get beaten the second bet 5 times for every successful streak of four bets and still break even.
