Baccarat Banque Regulations and Strategy
Punto Banco Policies
Punto banco is bet on with 8 decks of cards in a dealer’s shoe. Cards below 10 are worth face value and with Ten, Jack, Queen, King are zero, and A is 1. Bets are made on the ‘bank’, the ‘player’, or for a tie (these are not really people; they simply represent the two hands to be dealt).
Two hands of 2 cards are then given to the ‘bank’ and ‘gambler’. The score for each hand is the total of the cards, however the first digit is ignored. e.g., a hand of 5 and six has a score of one (five plus 6 equals eleven; ignore the first ‘1′).
A additional card might be given out using the following rules:
- If the player or banker has a score of 8 or nine, both players hold.
- If the player has less than five, she hits. Players stays otherwise.
- If the player stands, the banker takes a card on five or lower. If the gambler hits, a guide is used to decide if the house stays or takes a card.
Baccarat Banque Odds
The bigger of the 2 scores wins. Winning bets on the house pay out nineteen to Twenty (even payout less a 5% rake. Commission are recorded and cleared out when you leave the table so be sure to still have money left before you depart). Winning wagers on the player pays 1 to 1. Winning bets for a tie typically pay 8 to 1 but sometimes 9 to 1. (This is a awful wager as ties occur less than 1 in every 10 hands. Be cautious of putting money on a tie. However odds are substantially greater for 9 to 1 vs. 8 to 1)
Gambled on correctly punto banco provides generally good odds, apart from the tie wager of course.
Punto Banco Strategy
As with all games punto banco has some general false impressions. One of which is the same as a false impression in roulette. The past isn’t a prophecy of events yet to happen. Tracking past results at a table is a bad use of paper and an insult to the tree that surrendered its life for our stationary needs.
The most accepted and almost certainly the most favorable course of action is the 1-3-2-6 method. This technique is employed to maximize profits and limit losses.
Start by placing one unit. If you win, add 1 more to the 2 on the game table for a total of 3 chips on the second bet. Should you win you will retain six on the table, subtract four so you are left with 2 on the third bet. Should you succeed on the third wager, put down two on the 4 on the table for a total of 6 on the 4th round.
If you don’t win on the first wager, you take a hit of 1. A win on the 1st round followed by a loss on the 2nd creates a loss of 2. Wins on the 1st 2 with a loss on the third gives you with a gain of two. And wins on the initial three with a defeat on the 4th means you balance the books. Winning at all 4 rounds gives you with twelve, a gain of 10. This means you will be able to not win on the second round 5 instances for every favorable run of four wagers and in the end, are even.