Baccarat Protocols
Baccarat is played with eight decks of cards. Cards that are valued under 10 are give a value of face value while at the same time ten, J, Q, K are 0, and A are each applied a value of 1. Wagers are placed on the ‘banker,’ the ‘player’ or for a tie (these aren’t actual gamblers; they only depict the two hands to be played).
2 hands of two cards will then be given out to the ‘banker’ as well as ‘player’. The total for every hand will be the total of the 2 cards, but the very first digit is removed. For example, a hand of seven and five has a tally of 2 (7plusfive=12; drop the ‘one’).
A 3rd card might be given depending on the foll. codes:
- If the player or banker has a value of eight or nine, both bettors stand.
- If the player has five or less, he hits. bettors stand otherwise.
- If bettor stands, the banker hits of five or less. If the gambler hits, a chart will be used to figure if the banker stands or hits.
Baccarat Odds
The greater of the two scores is the winner. Successful bets on the banker pay out 19 to twenty (even money less a 5% commission. Commission is kept track of and cleared out when you leave the table so make sure that you have $$$$$ left before you leave). Winning bets on the player pay one to 1. Winning bets for tie customarily pays out at 8 to 1 but sometimes nine to 1. (This is a crazy bet as ties will happen less than one every ten hands. be cautious of wagering on a tie. Still, odds are greatly better – 9 to one versus eight to one)
When done smartly, baccarat provides relatively decent odds, apart from the tie wager obviously.
Baccarat Strategy
As with every games, Baccarat has some well-known misconceptions. 1 of which is similar to a roulette myth. The past is in no way an indicator of future results. Monitoring of historic outcomes on a chart is simply a waste of paper and an insult to the tree that gave its life to be used as our stationary.
The most accepted and probably most successful strategy is the one-3-two-six concept. This schema is used to build up payouts and lowering risk.
Begin by betting one unit. If you win, add one more to the two on the table for a total of three on the 2nd bet. If you win you will have six on the table, take away four so you have 2 on the third wager. If you win the 3rd bet, add 2 to the 4 on the table for a grand total of six on the fourth wager.
If you don’t win on the initial bet, you suck up a loss of 1. A win on the first bet quickly followed by loss on the second creates a loss of two. Wins on the 1st two with a loss on the 3rd gives you a profit of two. And wins on the first 3 with a loss on the fourth mean you break even. A win on all four bets leaves you with twelve, a profit of ten. This means you can get beaten the 2nd bet 5 times for every successful streak of four bets and still break even.