Baccarat Chemin de Fer Policies and Strategy
Baccarat Chemin de Fer Rules
Punto banco is wagered on with eight decks of cards in a dealer’s shoe. Cards valued less than 10 are counted at their printed number while 10, J, Q, K are zero, and A is one. Bets are placed on the ‘bank’, the ‘player’, or on a tie (these aren’t actual people; they just represent the 2 hands that are dealt).
Two cards are given to both the ‘banker’ and ‘player’. The value for every hand is the total of the cards, but the 1st digit is dumped. For example, a hand of 5 and 6 has a score of one (five plus 6 equals 11; drop the initial ‘one’).
A 3rd card might be dealt using the rules below:
- If the gambler or banker gets a total of eight or nine, the two players stand.
- If the player has 5 or less, she takes a card. Players otherwise stand.
- If the player stands, the bank hits on 5 or lower. If the gambler takes a card, a chart is used to figure out if the banker stays or hits.
Punto Banco Odds
The better of the two scores wins. Winning bets on the banker pay out 19:20 (even money minus a five percent rake. The Rake is recorded and cleared out once you leave the table so be sure to still have funds left before you depart). Winning wagers on the player pay one to one. Winning wagers for a tie frequently pays out at eight to one but occasionally 9:1. (This is a bad bet as ties occur lower than 1 in every ten hands. Be wary of putting money on a tie. However odds are astonishingly better for 9:1 versus eight to one)
Wagered on correctly baccarat offers relatively good odds, apart from the tie bet of course.
Punto Banco Strategy
As with all games Baccarat has a handful of accepted misconceptions. One of which is close to a misunderstanding in roulette. The past isn’t an indicator of future events. Keeping score of previous results on a page of paper is a bad use of paper and a snub to the tree that surrendered its life for our paper desires.
The most common and almost certainly the most accomplished plan is the 1-3-2-6 plan. This tactic is deployed to maximize earnings and limit losses.
Start by betting one chip. If you succeed, add another to the two on the table for a total of three units on the second bet. Should you win you will now have 6 on the game table, remove 4 so you keep two on the 3rd round. Should you succeed on the 3rd round, add two to the 4 on the game table for a grand total of 6 on the fourth round.
If you do not win on the first bet, you take a hit of 1. A win on the initial bet followed by a loss on the second brings about a hit of two. Wins on the initial two with a loss on the third provides you with a profit of two. And success on the 1st 3 with a loss on the 4th means you balance the books. Succeeding at all four rounds leaves you with 12, a profit of 10. This means you are able to squander the 2nd round five times for every successful streak of 4 wagers and still experience no loss.