Baccarat Rules
Baccarat is played with 8 decks of cards in a shoe. Cards which are of a value less than ten are worth their printed value and on the other hand ten, J, Q, K are 0, and A are each applied a value of 1. Bets are placed on the ‘banker,’ the ‘player’ or for a tie (these aren’t actual persons; they simply symbolize the 2 hands to be played).
2 hands of two cards shall then be given out to the ‘banker’ and ‘player’. The value for each hand will be the sum total of the two cards, but the initial digit is discarded. For example, a hand of 7 as well as five gives a tally of 2 (7plus5=twelve; drop the ‘1′).
A third card might be played depending on the foll. protocols:
- If the gambler or banker has a score of eight or nine, the two players stand.
- If the player has five or less, he/she hits. gamblers stand otherwise.
- If gambler stands, the banker hits of 5 or lower. If the gambler hits, a chart shall be used in order to see if the banker stands or hits.
Baccarat Odds
The larger of the 2 scores is the winner. Victorious bets on the banker pay 19 to twenty (even money less a five % commission. Commission is followed closely and cleared out when you leave the table so make sure you have money remaining before you leave). Bets on the player that end up winning pay 1 to one. Winner bets for tie normally pay 8 to one and on occasion nine to 1. (This is a crazy bet as ties happen lower than one every ten hands. Avoid laying money on a tie. Still, odds are exceedingly better – nine to 1 versus eight to one)
When played smartly, baccarat provides fairly decent odds, apart from the tie bet obviously.
Baccarat Tactics
As with most games, Baccarat has some well-known misconceptions. One of which is very similar to a misconception of roulette. The past is never actually a predictor of future actions. Tracking of past results on a chart is for sure a complete waste of paper and an insult to the tree that gave its life to be used as our stationary.
The most popular and feasibly most successful technique is the 1-3-2-6 technique. This tactic is deployed to amplify successes and controlling risk.
Begin by gambling one unit. If you win, add one more to the 2 on the table for a total of three on the second bet. If you win you will have 6 on the table, take away four so you have 2 on the third wager. If you win the third bet, add 2 to the four on the table for a total of 6 on the fourth gamble.
If you lose on the first wager, you suck up a loss of 1. A win on the first bet quickly followed by loss on the second will create a loss of two. Wins on the first two with a loss on the third gives you a profit of two. And wins on the first 3 with a loss on the 4th mean you breakeven. Arriving at a win on all four bets leaves you with 12, a profit of ten. This means that you can get beaten the second bet 5 times for every successful streak of 4 bets and still break even.