Punto Banco Standards
Baccarat chemin de fer is gambled on with 8 decks of cards in a dealing shoe. Cards under 10 are counted at their printed value while at the same time Ten, Jack, Queen, King are zero, and Ace is 1. Bets are placed on the ‘banker’, the ‘player’, or on a tie (these are not really people; they just represent the two hands to be dealt).
Two cards are dealt to both the ‘house’ and ‘player’. The total for each hand is the sum of the cards, however the first digit is discarded. For instance, a hand of five and six has a total of 1 (5 plus six equals eleven; ignore the first ‘1′).
A 3rd card may be given using the rules below:
- If the gambler or bank achieves a value of eight or nine, the two players hold.
- If the player has less than five, he hits. Players otherwise stay.
- If the player stays, the banker takes a card on a value less than 5. If the player hits, a table is used to figure out if the house holds or hits.
Punto Banco Odds
The better of the two hands wins. Winning wagers on the banker pay out nineteen to Twenty (even money less a five percent commission. The Rake is recorded and paid off once you depart the game so be sure to still have funds around before you head out). Winning wagers on the gambler pays out at one to one. Winning bets for tie usually pay 8 to 1 but on occasion nine to one. (This is a awful wager as a tie occurs lower than one in every 10 rounds. Be cautious of wagering on a tie. Although odds are substantially better for 9:1 versus 8 to 1)
Wagered on properly baccarat banque provides pretty decent odds, apart from the tie wager of course.
Baccarat Chemin de Fer Strategy
As with all games baccarat chemin de fer has some familiar misunderstandings. One of which is similar to a false impression in roulette. The past is not an indicator of future events. Recording previous results at a table is a bad use of paper and a snub to the tree that gave its life for our paper desires.
The most established and almost certainly the most favorable scheme is the one, three, two, six plan. This technique is used to pump up earnings and limit losses.
Start by wagering 1 unit. If you win, add 1 more to the two on the table for a sum total of three chips on the second bet. Should you win you will now have 6 on the game table, take away 4 so you have 2 on the 3rd bet. Should you succeed on the 3rd round, put down 2 to the four on the table for a grand total of six on the 4th wager.
Should you do not win on the 1st wager, you take a hit of one. A profit on the first bet followed by a hit on the 2nd creates a loss of 2. Success on the 1st 2 with a loss on the 3rd gives you with a gain of 2. And wins on the first 3 with a defeat on the fourth means you break even. Winning at all four bets leaves you with 12, a take of ten. This means you will be able to not win on the second bet 5 instances for each favorable run of 4 wagers and in the end, experience no loss.