Baccarat Rules and Strategy
Baccarat Banque Policies
Baccarat is wagered on with eight decks of cards in a shoe. Cards valued less than ten are worth face value and with 10, J, Q, K are zero, and A is 1. Wagers are made on the ‘banker’, the ‘player’, or for a tie (these are not actual people; they just represent the two hands that are dealt).
Two hands of two cards are then given to the ‘banker’ and ‘player’. The total for every hand is the sum total of the cards, although the 1st number is dropped. e.g., a hand of five and six has a total of 1 (5 plus 6 equals eleven; dump the first ‘one’).
A 3rd card might be dealt depending on the rules below:
- If the gambler or house has a total of 8 or nine, both players hold.
- If the gambler has less than 5, he hits. Players stands otherwise.
- If the gambler holds, the banker takes a card on 5 or lower. If the player hits, a guide is used to see if the banker stands or hits.
Baccarat Banque Odds
The better of the 2 scores wins. Winning bets on the banker pay out nineteen to Twenty (equal cash minus a 5 percent rake. The Rake is tracked and paid off once you leave the game so make sure you still have money left over before you head out). Winning bets on the gambler pays one to one. Winning wagers for a tie usually pays 8:1 but sometimes 9 to 1. (This is a poor wager as a tie occurs lower than one in every 10 hands. Be wary of betting on a tie. Although odds are substantially greater for nine to one vs. 8 to 1)
Wagered on properly baccarat chemin de fer gives generally good odds, apart from the tie bet of course.
Baccarat Banque Course of Action
As with all games baccarat banque has some accepted false impressions. One of which is the same as a misunderstanding in roulette. The past is not an indicator of future events. Keeping score of previous outcomes at a table is a waste of paper and a snub to the tree that surrendered its life for our stationary needs.
The most familiar and almost certainly the most favorable method is the one-three-two-six technique. This plan is used to maximize earnings and minimizing risk.
Start by placing 1 unit. If you win, add one more to the 2 on the game table for a grand total of three chips on the second bet. Should you succeed you will have 6 on the game table, take away 4 so you have two on the 3rd round. Should you succeed on the third round, put down two on the four on the table for a grand total of six on the 4th bet.
Should you do not win on the 1st round, you take a loss of one. A profit on the initial round followed by a hit on the second brings about a hit of two. Success on the first two with a loss on the 3rd provides you with a take of 2. And success on the initial 3 with a hit on the fourth means you experience no loss. Winning all four wagers leaves you with twelve, a take of 10. This means you can lose the 2nd bet five instances for each successful streak of four rounds and in the end, balance the books.