Punto Banco Principles
Baccarat banque is wagered on with 8 decks in a shoe. Cards under 10 are worth face value while Ten, Jack, Queen, King are zero, and Ace is one. Bets are made on the ‘bank’, the ‘player’, or for a tie (these are not actual people; they just represent the 2 hands that are dealt).
Two hands of two cards are then dealt to the ‘house’ and ‘gambler’. The value for every hand is the sum of the two cards, but the 1st digit is dumped. e.g., a hand of five and six has a score of one (five plus 6 = 11; drop the first ‘1′).
A third card can be given out based on the rules below:
- If the player or bank has a value of eight or nine, the two players stand.
- If the gambler has 5 or lower, he takes a card. Players stands otherwise.
- If the player holds, the house takes a card on five or less. If the gambler hits, a chart is used to figure out if the house holds or takes a card.
Punto Banco Odds
The higher of the two hands wins. Winning bets on the banker pay out 19 to 20 (even money less a 5 percent rake. The Rake is kept track of and cleared out when you depart the table so be sure to still have money around just before you leave). Winning bets on the gambler pays out at 1:1. Winning wagers for tie usually pay 8 to 1 but on occasion 9:1. (This is a awful bet as ties occur less than one in every 10 rounds. Be wary of putting money on a tie. However odds are astonishingly better for nine to one versus eight to one)
Played correctly baccarat chemin de fer gives fairly good odds, apart from the tie wager of course.
Punto Banco Strategy
As with all games punto banco has a handful of accepted misconceptions. One of which is close to a false impression in roulette. The past is not a fore-teller of future events. Recording past outcomes on a page of paper is a waste of paper and an insult to the tree that was cut down for our paper desires.
The most common and likely the most acknowledged course of action is the 1-3-2-6 plan. This plan is employed to build up profits and minimizing losses.
Start by placing one chip. If you succeed, add another to the two on the game table for a sum total of three dollars on the second bet. If you win you will retain six on the table, take away four so you keep two on the third bet. If you succeed on the 3rd round, put down 2 on the four on the game table for a grand total of 6 on the 4th wager.
If you lose on the 1st bet, you take a hit of 1. A profit on the initial round followed by a loss on the 2nd creates a hit of 2. Success on the first 2 with a loss on the 3rd provides you with a take of two. And success on the initial three with a hit on the fourth means you break even. Succeeding at all four wagers leaves you with 12, a profit of ten. This means you will be able to give up the second round five times for every favorable run of four rounds and in the end, are even.
