Rules of Baccarat
Baccarat Regulations
Baccarat is played with 8 decks of cards. Cards valued less than 10 are give a value of their printed value while at the same time 10, J, Q, K are 0, and A are each given a value of 1. Bets are placed on the ‘banker,’ the ‘player’ or for a tie (these aren’t actual individuals; they only portray the two hands to be given out).
2 hands of two cards will then be played to the ‘banker’ … ‘player’. The score for each hand will be the sum of the two cards, but the initial digit is dropped. For e.g., a hand of seven … 5 gives a tally of two (7plus5=twelve; drop the ‘one’).
A third card may be given out depending on the foll. rules:
- If the gambler or banker has a total of 8 or 9, the two gamblers stand.
- If the player has 5 or less, he hits. Players stand otherwise.
- If gambler stands, the banker hits of five or lower. If the gambler hits, a chart shall be used to ascertain if the banker stands or hits.
Baccarat Odds
The larger of the 2 scores will be the winner. Successful bets on the banker pay 19 to twenty (even odds less a five % commission. Commission is monitored and cleared out when you leave the table so make sure to have funds left before you leave). Bets on the player that end up winning pay one to one. Winning bets for tie as a rule pay out eight to one but sometimes 9 to one. (This is an awful bet as ties occur less than one every 10 hands. Avoid putting money on a tie. Still, odds are considerably better – 9 to 1 vs. 8 to one)
Played effectively, baccarat provides pretty decent odds, apart from the tie bet of course.
Baccarat Strategy
As with just about all games, Baccarat has some well-known false impressions. 1 of which is similar to a roulette myth. The past is not an indicator of future actions. Keeping track of previous outcomes on a chart is simply a complete waste of paper and an insult to the tree that gave its life to be used as our stationary.
The most common and possibly most successful technique is the one-3-2-six concept. This method is employed to build up earnings and reducing risk.
Begin by betting 1 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 six on the table, take away 4 so you have 2 on the third wager. If you win the 3rd bet, add two to the 4 on the table for a value of six on the 4th gamble.
If you don’t win on the first wager, you suck up a loss of one. A win on the first bet quickly followed by loss on the 2nd creates a loss of 2. Wins on the first two with a loss on the third gives you a profit of 2. And wins on the first three with a loss on the fourth mean you come out even. Getting a win on all four bets leaves you with twelve, a profit of 10. Thus you can get beaten the 2nd bet 5 times for every successful streak of four bets and still break even.