Punto Banco Regulations

Baccarat chemin de fer is wagered on with eight decks in a dealing shoe. Cards under 10 are counted at face value while at the same time Ten, Jack, Queen, King are zero, and Ace is 1. Bets are made on the ‘banker’, the ‘player’, or for a tie (these are not actual people; they just represent the two hands that are dealt).

Two cards are given to both the ‘bank’ and ‘player’. The value for each hand is the sum total of the 2 cards, but the 1st number is ignored. For example, a hand of five and 6 has a value of 1 (5 plus 6 = eleven; dump the first ‘one’).

A 3rd card could be dealt based on the rules below:

- If the player or banker gets a value of 8 or 9, both players hold.

- If the player has less than five, he takes a card. Players holds otherwise.

- If the player stays, the bank hits on five or lower. If the player takes a card, a chart is employed to figure out if the bank holds or hits.

Baccarat Chemin de Fer Odds

The better of the two hands wins. Winning wagers on the house pay out nineteen to Twenty (equal cash minus a 5 percent rake. The Rake is kept track of and cleared out when you leave the game so make sure you still have cash left just before you depart). Winning bets on the player pays 1:1. Winning bets for tie usually pays eight to one but occasionally nine to one. (This is a bad wager as a tie occurs lower than 1 in every 10 hands. Be cautious of betting on a tie. Although odds are astonishingly better for 9 to 1 vs. 8:1)

Wagered on properly baccarat chemin de fer gives pretty good odds, aside from the tie bet of course.

Baccarat Banque Strategy

As with all games Baccarat has a few familiar false impressions. One of which is the same as a misunderstanding in roulette. The past is not a fore-teller of future events. Keeping track of past results at a table is a poor use of paper and an affront to the tree that gave its life for our stationary desires.

The most common and almost certainly the most favorable course of action is the one, three, two, six method. This method is employed to pump up profits and minimizing risk.

Start by placing one unit. If you succeed, add another to the 2 on the table for a sum of three dollars on the second bet. Should you win you will now have six on the table, pull off four so you keep two on the 3rd wager. Should you succeed on the third round, put down two on the 4 on the table for a grand total of six on the 4th wager.

If you do not win on the first round, you take a loss of 1. A profit on the initial wager followed by a hit on the second causes a hit of two. Success on the first two with a loss on the 3rd gives you with a profit of two. And success on the first 3 with a hit on the fourth means you experience no loss. Winning all four rounds gives you with 12, a profit of ten. This means you are able to lose the second bet five times for every favorable streak of 4 bets and still balance the books.