Baccarat Banque Rules
Baccarat is gambled on with eight decks of cards in a dealer’s shoe. Cards below ten are counted at their printed value and with Ten, Jack, Queen, King are zero, and Ace is 1. Bets are made on the ‘bank’, the ‘player’, or on a tie (these aren’t actual people; they just represent the two hands that are dealt).
Two cards are given to both the ‘banker’ and ‘player’. The score for every hand is the sum of the cards, although the beginning number is ignored. For instance, a hand of 5 and six has a score of one (five plus 6 equals 11; ditch the 1st ‘1′).
A 3rd card can be dealt based on the rules below:
- If the gambler or bank gets a total of 8 or 9, the two players stand.
- If the player has 5 or lower, she hits. Players stays otherwise.
- If the gambler stands, the house hits on a total less than five. If the player hits, a chart is used to see if the bank stays or takes a card.
Punto Banco Odds
The greater of the 2 totals wins. Winning wagers on the bank pay out 19:20 (even payout minus a 5% rake. The Rake is kept track of and cleared out when you leave the table so be sure to still have money remaining just before you quit). Winning wagers on the player pays out at one to one. Winning wagers for tie typically pay eight to one but on occasion 9:1. (This is a poor bet as a tie occurs lower than one in every ten rounds. Be cautious of wagering on a tie. Although odds are astonishingly greater for 9 to 1 vs. 8:1)
Gambled on correctly punto banco provides pretty good odds, apart from the tie bet of course.
Baccarat Chemin de Fer Method
As with all games Baccarat has a handful of accepted myths. One of which is similar to a misunderstanding in roulette. The past is not a prophecy of future actions. Keeping score of previous results at a table is a bad use of paper and a snub to the tree that was cut down for our paper needs.
The most established and likely the most favorable scheme is the one-three-two-six method. This technique is deployed to build up earnings and limit losses.
Start by wagering one chip. If you win, add another to the two on the game table for a grand total of three dollars on the second bet. If you succeed you will retain 6 on the table, pull off 4 so you have 2 on the 3rd round. If you win the 3rd round, add two on the four on the game table for a sum total of 6 on the 4th round.
If you lose on the initial bet, you take a hit of 1. A profit on the first round followed by a hit on the 2nd causes a hit of two. Wins on the 1st two with a hit on the 3rd provides you with a take of 2. And success on the first three with a defeat on the fourth means you balance the books. Winning all 4 wagers leaves you with 12, a profit of ten. This means you will be able to squander the second round five instances for each favorable run of 4 bets and in the end, are even.