Punto Banco Rules and Strategy


Baccarat Banque Principles

Baccarat is played with eight decks in a dealing shoe. Cards below ten are valued at their printed value and with Ten, Jack, Queen, King are zero, and Ace is 1. Wagers are made on the ‘bank’, the ‘player’, or for a tie (these aren’t really people; they just represent the two hands that are dealt).

Two cards are dealt to both the ‘bank’ and ‘gambler’. The value for each hand is the sum of the two cards, however the 1st digit is dropped. For instance, a hand of five and 6 has a score of one (5 plus 6 equals eleven; dump the first ‘1′).

A 3rd card could be given based on the following rules:

- If the gambler or banker gets a value of 8 or 9, both players stand.

- If the gambler has less than five, she takes a card. Players otherwise hold.

- If the gambler stays, the house takes a card on 5 or less. If the gambler hits, a table is used to figure out if the house stays or hits.

Baccarat Chemin de Fer Odds

The greater of the 2 totals wins. Winning bets on the bank payout 19:20 (equal cash minus a 5 percent commission. Commission are tracked and paid off when you depart the game so be sure to still have money left over before you leave). Winning bets on the player pays out at one to one. Winning wagers for tie usually pays 8 to 1 but occasionally nine to one. (This is a awful wager as ties occur less than 1 in every ten rounds. Be cautious of wagering on a tie. However odds are astonishingly greater for 9 to 1 versus eight to one)

Played properly punto banco provides relatively good odds, apart from the tie wager of course.

Baccarat Method

As with all games punto banco has some familiar misunderstandings. One of which is the same as a misunderstanding in roulette. The past is not an indicator of events about to happen. Keeping track of previous outcomes at a table is a waste of paper and an affront to the tree that surrendered its life for our stationary desires.

The most familiar and almost certainly the most favorable method is the one-three-two-six technique. This plan is used to maximize profits and limit risk.

Start by placing 1 chip. If you win, add one more to the two on the game table for a total of 3 units on the second bet. If you succeed you will retain six on the table, take away 4 so you keep two on the third wager. Should you win the 3rd wager, deposit 2 to the 4 on the game table for a grand total of six on the fourth wager.

Should you do not win on the 1st bet, you take a hit of 1. A win on the first wager followed by a loss on the 2nd brings about a hit of 2. Wins on the first 2 with a hit on the third provides you with a gain of 2. And success on the initial 3 with a loss on the 4th means you balance the books. Winning all four wagers leaves you with 12, a profit of 10. This means you are able to not win on the second bet 5 times for each favorable run of 4 wagers and still balance the books.

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