Global Sports: Baccarat Rules and Strategies

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Baccarat Rules and Strategies

By Danny Bannahan


We could tell you all of the wonderful stories about how we really like baccarat, but this just isn't that article, so lets get started. Baccarat is played with 8 decks of cards in the shoe. Cards under 10 count face value whilst 10, J, Q, K are 0, and A is 1. Bets are put on the 'banker,' the 'player' and for a tie (these aren't real people; they just represent the 2 hands to be dealt). Two hands with two cards will be then dealt for the 'banker' and 'player'. The score for each hand is the sum of the two cards, but the first digit will be dropped. For example, a hand of seven and 5 has a score of two.

A third card might be dealt depending on the following rules: When the player or banker posesses a score of 8 or 9, each players stand. When the player has 5 or less, he hits. Players stand otherwise. When the player stands, then the banker hits of 5 or less. When the player hits a chart is used to determine in the event the banker stands or maybe hits.

The greater of these two scores wins. Winning bets for the banker pay off 19 to 20 (even money with a deducation of a 5% commission). Commission is kept a record of and cleared out after you leave the table so be sure to have funds remaining before leaving). Winning bets for the player pay one to one. Winning bets for ties usually pay 8 to 1 but sometimes 9 to 1. (It is a bad bet seeing that ties occur under 1 out of every 10 hands. Avoid betting on the tie. However chances are substantially better for 9 to1 as opposed to 8 to 1). Played the right way baccarat offers reasonably good odds, apart from the tie bet obviously.

As with every games Baccarat has a few common misguided beliefs. One of these is similar to a myth connected with roulette. The past just isn't an indication of future events. Checking past results with a chart is a waste of paper and an insult towards the tree that gave its life for your stationary needs. The most typical and possibly best technique is the 1-3-2-6 method. This method can be used to increase winnings and minimizing risk.

Begin with betting 1 unit. If you win, add yet one more to the two on the table for a total of 3 on the second bet. Should you win you should have six available, remove four so that you have 2 within the third bet. Should you win your third bet, add two towards the four on the table to get a total of 6 in the fourth bet. Should you lose on the first bet, you are taking a loss of 1. A win in the first bet then loss within the second creates a loss of 2. Wins on the first two, which has a lost on the third, gives you a profit of 2. And wins for the first 3 along with a loss in the fourth will mean you break even. Winning all four bets simply leaves you with 12, a return of 10. This means you can lose the second bet five times for every successful streak of 4 bets and still break even.




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