Baccarat Chemin de Fer Standards
Baccarat banque is played with eight decks in a shoe. Cards valued less than ten are worth their printed value while at the same time Ten, Jack, Queen, King are zero, and Ace is one. Bets are placed on the ‘bank’, the ‘player’, or on a tie (these aren’t really people; they simply represent the 2 hands that are dealt).
Two cards are dealt to both the ‘house’ and ‘player’. The score for each hand is the total of the 2 cards, but the 1st number is ignored. e.g., a hand of 5 and 6 has a total of 1 (five plus six equals 11; drop the 1st ‘1′).
A 3rd card will be dealt depending on the rules below:
- If the player or house gets a value of eight or 9, both players stay.
- If the player has less than 5, he takes a card. Players otherwise stay.
- If the gambler stays, the bank hits on five or less. If the player takes a card, a chart is employed to decide if the bank stands or takes a card.
Baccarat Chemin de Fer Odds
The higher of the 2 totals wins. Winning bets on the house payout nineteen to Twenty (even money less a 5% rake. Commission are recorded and paid off once you depart the game so make sure you have money remaining before you quit). Winning bets on the player pays one to one. Winning bets for tie frequently pay eight to one but sometimes nine to one. (This is a bad wager as ties happen less than 1 in every 10 rounds. Avoid putting money on a tie. However odds are substantially greater for nine to one vs. eight to one)
Played correctly baccarat provides fairly decent odds, apart from the tie wager of course.
Punto Banco Strategy
As with all games Baccarat has some general myths. One of which is close to a false impression in roulette. The past isn’t an indicator of future events. Keeping track of past outcomes at a table is a poor use of paper and an insult to the tree that surrendered its life for our paper desires.
The most common and possibly the most successful scheme is the one, three, two, six tactic. This plan is employed to build up winnings and limit losses.
Start by betting one dollar. If you succeed, add 1 more to the 2 on the game table for a total of three dollars on the second bet. Should you succeed you will hold 6 on the table, pull off four so you keep 2 on the third bet. If you come away with a win on the 3rd round, deposit two on the 4 on the game table for a total of 6 on the fourth wager.
If you don’t win on the first wager, you take a loss of one. A win on the initial round followed by a hit on the 2nd creates a hit of two. Wins on the initial 2 with a loss on the third provides you with a profit of 2. And success on the first 3 with a hit on the fourth means you balance the books. Succeeding at all 4 bets gives you with 12, a gain of 10. This means you will be able to lose the 2nd round 5 times for every favorable run of four wagers and still experience no loss.