Rules of Baccarat
Baccarat Protocols
Baccarat is played with 8 decks of cards. Cards which are valued under 10 are said to be worth face value and on the other hand 10, J, Q, K are 0, and A are each equal to 1. Wagers are placed upon the ‘banker,’ the ‘player’ or for a tie (these aren’t actual people; they merely represent the 2 hands to be played).
2 hands of 2 cards shall then be given out to the ‘banker’ as well as ‘player’. The value for any hand will be the total of the 2 cards, but the 1st digit is dropped. For e.g., a hand of seven … 5 produces a value of two (7plus5=twelve; drop the ‘one’).
A third card may be played depending on the foll. protocols:
- If the bettor or banker has a value of 8 or nine, the two players stand.
- If the gambler has 5 or less, he/she hits. bettors stand otherwise.
- If player stands, the banker hits of five or lower. If the gambler hits, a chart will be used in order to see if the banker stands or hits.
Baccarat Odds
The greater of the two scores wins. Victorious stakes on the banker pay at nineteen to 20 (even odds minus a 5% commission. Commission is monitored and moved out when you leave the table so make sure you have money still before you leave). Bets on the player that end up winning pay one to one. Winner bets for tie by and large pays out at 8 to one but on occasion 9 to 1. (This is a bad gamble as ties happen less than 1 every ten hands. Stay away from laying money on a tie. Nonetheless odds are far better – 9 to one vs. eight to one)
Played accurately, baccarat provides generally good odds, apart from the tie bet of course.
Baccarat Tactics
As with just about all games, Baccarat has some common false impressions. 1 of which is similar to a misconception of roulette. The past is in no way an indicator of future actions. Monitoring of historic results on a chart is for sure 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 technique is the 1-three-2-six concept. This technique is employed to pump up wins and reducing risk.
commence by wagering one unit. If you win, add 1 more to the two on the table for a total of 3 on the 2nd bet. If you win you will have six on the table, subtract four so you have 2 on the 3rd wager. If you win the 3rd bet, add two to the four on the table for a value of six on the fourth wager.
If you don’t win on the first wager, you suck up a loss of one. A win on the first bet followed up by loss on the 2nd causes a loss of two. Wins on the first 2 with a loss on the third gives you a profit of 2. And wins on the first three with a loss on the 4th mean you break even. Arriving at a win on all four bets leaves you with 12, a profit of 10. This means that you can lose the 2nd bet 5 times for every successful streak of 4 bets and still break even.