Baccarat Banque Policies and Strategy
Baccarat Chemin de Fer Rules
Baccarat banque is bet on with eight decks in a shoe. Cards under 10 are worth their printed number and with Ten, Jack, Queen, King are zero, and A is 1. Wagers are made on the ‘bank’, the ‘player’, or for a tie (these aren’t actual people; they just represent the two hands to be dealt).
Two hands of two cards are then given to the ‘banker’ and ‘gambler’. The score for every hand is the sum total of the cards, however the 1st digit is dumped. For example, a hand of five and six has a total of 1 (5 plus 6 = 11; drop the 1st ‘one’).
A 3rd card will be dealt using the following rules:
- If the gambler or banker gets a total of 8 or 9, the two players stand.
- If the player has less than 5, she hits. Players otherwise hold.
- If the gambler holds, the banker takes a card on a value less than five. If the player takes a card, a chart is used to figure out if the bank stays or takes a card.
Baccarat Odds
The bigger of the 2 scores wins. Winning bets on the banker pay out 19 to 20 (equal cash minus a 5% commission. The Rake is tracked and cleared out when you quit the table so be sure to have funds left over before you leave). Winning bets on the gambler pays out at one to one. Winning bets for a tie usually pay 8:1 but occasionally 9:1. (This is a poor bet as a tie occurs lower than 1 in every 10 rounds. Be cautious of wagering on a tie. Although odds are substantially greater for nine to one versus eight to one)
Gambled on properly baccarat banque provides relatively decent odds, apart from the tie bet of course.
Baccarat Banque Course of Action
As with all games Baccarat has quite a few accepted misconceptions. One of which is the same as a absurdity in roulette. The past is not a fore-teller of future actions. Recording past outcomes at a table is a poor use of paper and an insult to the tree that was cut down for our stationary needs.
The most accepted and almost certainly the most favorable strategy is the 1-3-2-6 method. This technique is employed to build up profits and minimizing losses.
Begin by betting one dollar. If you succeed, add another to the 2 on the table for a total of three units on the second bet. Should you succeed you will retain 6 on the table, pull off 4 so you have 2 on the third wager. If you win the 3rd round, add two to the 4 on the game table for a total of six on the 4th round.
If you don’t win on the initial bet, you take a loss of one. A profit on the first bet followed by a hit on the second brings about a loss of two. Wins on the initial two with a loss on the 3rd provides you with a gain of 2. And wins on the first three with a loss on the fourth means you balance the books. Succeeding at all 4 bets gives you with twelve, a profit of 10. This means you are able to not win on the 2nd bet five times for every favorable run of 4 bets and in the end, balance the books.