Punto Banco Standards
Baccarat is bet on with eight decks of cards in a dealer’s shoe. Cards under 10 are counted at their printed number while at the same time 10, J, Q, K are zero, and Ace is 1. Bets are placed on the ‘banker’, the ‘player’, or on a tie (these are not really people; they simply represent the 2 hands to be dealt).
Two hands of 2 cards are then dealt to the ‘house’ and ‘player’. The score for every hand is the sum total of the two cards, although the first number is dumped. e.g., a hand of five and six has a total of one (five plus 6 = 11; dump the 1st ‘one’).
A third card can be given out depending on the rules below:
- If the player or banker achieves a total of 8 or nine, the two players stay.
- If the player has 5 or less, she hits. Players otherwise stay.
- If the player stands, the bank takes a card on five or lower. If the gambler hits, a guide is used to figure out if the banker stays or hits.
Baccarat Chemin de Fer Odds
The higher of the 2 totals wins. Winning bets on the house pay out nineteen to Twenty (equal money minus a five percent commission. The Rake is tracked and cleared out once you depart the table so be sure to still have funds around just before you quit). Winning bets on the gambler pays one to one. Winning bets for a tie frequently pays eight to one but on occasion nine to one. (This is a poor bet as a tie occurs less than 1 in every 10 rounds. Be wary of betting on a tie. However odds are astonishingly greater for 9:1 versus eight to one)
Played properly punto banco provides fairly good odds, aside from the tie wager of course.
Punto Banco Method
As with all games punto banco has some accepted misconceptions. One of which is close to a false impression in roulette. The past is not a harbinger of events yet to happen. Keeping score of past outcomes at a table is a bad use of paper and a snub to the tree that was cut down for our stationary desires.
The most accepted and possibly the most successful scheme is the 1-3-2-6 tactic. This method is used to build up winnings and limit losses.
Begin by wagering one dollar. If you succeed, add another to the two on the table for a grand total of three chips on the second bet. Should you succeed you will now have six on the table, pull off four so you keep two on the third bet. If you succeed on the third round, add 2 on the 4 on the table for a total of six on the fourth wager.
If you don’t win on the 1st wager, you take a hit of one. A profit on the initial wager followed by a hit on the 2nd brings about a hit of 2. Wins on the first 2 with a hit on the third provides you with a gain of two. And wins on the first three with a loss on the 4th means you balance the books. Succeeding at all 4 rounds gives you with twelve, a take of 10. This means you will be able to lose the 2nd bet five times for each favorable run of 4 wagers and still balance the books.