Baccarat Chemin de Fer Policies
Punto banco is played with eight decks in a dealer’s shoe. Cards under 10 are counted at their printed number and with 10, J, Q, K are zero, and Ace is one. Wagers are made on the ‘bank’, the ‘player’, or for a tie (these are not really people; they simply represent the two hands to be dealt).
Two cards are dealt to both the ‘bank’ and ‘gambler’. The total for each hand is the sum of the two cards, however the first digit is ignored. e.g., a hand of 5 and 6 has a value of 1 (five plus 6 equals eleven; ditch the first ‘1′).
A 3rd card might be given using the following rules:
- If the player or house achieves a score of eight or 9, both players hold.
- If the gambler has less than five, he takes a card. Players otherwise stay.
- If the gambler holds, the bank takes a card on a value lower than five. If the player hits, a table is employed to decide if the bank stands or hits.
Punto Banco Odds
The bigger of the 2 hands wins. Winning wagers on the banker payout 19 to 20 (even money minus a 5% commission. The Rake is kept track of and paid off once you leave the table so make sure you have funds left over just before you quit). Winning bets on the gambler pay one to one. Winning wagers for a tie usually pays eight to one but on occasion nine to one. (This is a awful wager as ties happen lower than one in every 10 rounds. Avoid wagering on a tie. However odds are astonishingly better for nine to one vs. 8:1)
Bet on properly punto banco provides relatively good odds, aside from the tie wager of course.
Baccarat Chemin de Fer Strategy
As with all games punto banco has some established misconceptions. One of which is similar to a absurdity in roulette. The past isn’t a fore-teller of events about to happen. Recording past results at a table is a poor use of paper and a snub to the tree that was cut down for our stationary needs.
The most common and likely the most favorable strategy is the 1-3-2-6 method. This method is deployed to pump up earnings and minimizing losses.
Start by placing 1 dollar. If you succeed, add one more to the two on the table for a sum of 3 dollars on the second bet. Should you win you will retain 6 on the game table, pull off 4 so you are left with two on the third wager. If you succeed on the 3rd wager, deposit 2 to the 4 on the game table for a total of six on the fourth round.
Should you lose on the first bet, you take a loss of 1. A win on the first round followed by a loss on the second causes a loss of two. Wins on the initial two with a hit on the third gives you with a take of two. And success on the initial three with a defeat on the fourth means you experience no loss. Succeeding at all four wagers leaves you with twelve, a take of 10. This means you are able to give up the second round 5 times for each favorable streak of four rounds and still break even.