The Online Casino Gambling Blog

There is an innumerable amount of roulette, craps and baccarat systems out there with people who will swear up and down they actually work. This is not true. No matter what anyone tells you, there is no foolproof way to win at any of these games. However you can have a really good baccarat strategy that can help you to win more often that just playing blindly – it will not work every single time though. Below you’ll find a less on the 1-3-2-6 Baccarat system that has very little risk and is designed to give you quick wins.

First, unlike blackjack counting cards won’t give you any advantage as the majority of the cards in blackjack are useful to the player unlike the significantly smaller number that make for a winning hand in blackjack. Baccarat like roulette and craps is a game based completely on chance so any system that’s based on the outcome of previously played hands is totally useless to you.

The house always has the edge in baccarat: if you’re betting on the bank hand it is 1.01%, if you’re betting on the player hand the edge goes to 1.29% and you bet on the tie the edge leaps up to 15.75% so a smart player definitely doesn’t bet on the tie.

Aside from knowing the edges and avoiding betting on the tie there’s not much more you need to know before starting to playing baccarat.

Most systems say to watch for streaks and bet with them but really you’ve still got the same odds if you bet against the streak. In reality the best baccarat system is betting on the bank hand as it will win more frequently than the player will so even with the 5% commission from bets on the bank you’re still making more money than you would with the player. The good news is that baccarat has great odds and with a little luck you can easily turn a tidy profit.

Here are some basic tips from experienced baccarat players directed mainly at intermediate players who are looking to improve their game. These tips will be helpful mainly if you already have a strong grasp on the rules of baccarat even if you have no experience.

- Be ready to risk an intermediate amount of your gambling budget – baccarat is a high limits game so your bankroll should be in the area of 20-50 units.
- Keep track of each decision with a scorecard in every baccarat game. Most players use P for player and B for bank to enable swift note taking.
- For the opening 20-30 hands of the shoe you should only bet single units.
- Keep an eye out for trends during those first 20-30 rounds.
- Never make tie bets in a baccarat game!
- Betting with the house is to your advantage if the commission is less than 5%.
- Betting with the player is to your advantage if the commission is more than 5%.
- After a three streak of Banco or Punto stop betting until the streak ends or change your bet to go with the streak – it is never wise to bet against a streak of Banco or Punto.
- If both Banco and Punto are participating on short streaks and you’re on a roll you should parley your bet twice and aim for a win of three hands in a row.
- If your luck isn’t so great you should bet on whichever side that won the last hand doesn’t win the next three in a row.

The best thing about baccarat is that it’s a lot easier than it looks to play. Most of the actual play is dictated by the rules and handled by the dealer, all you really need to be able to do is decide how much to bet.

Mini baccarat is much more popular than traditional baccarat which is actually more difficult and usually only played for very high stakes. Traditional baccarat requires the players to handle the cards themselves but beyond that they’re played about the same.

There’s not even a lot of strategizing to worry about in baccarat in general as there’s very little you can do to improve your chances of winning. Even the usually foolproof strategy of counting cards is useless to you here.

In baccarat kings, queens, jacks and 10s are all valued at 0, aces at 1 and all the other cards at face value. The object of the game is to pull a two or three card hand that adds up to 9 or as close to 9 as you can get. If your hand adds up to 10 or more, for example if you draw a 7 and a 6 giving you a hand of 13, 10 points are dropped off it thus leaving you with a 3. In baccarat there is no bust.

Play starts by dealing the Player and the Bank two cards apiece. If the player or the bank’s hands add up to 8 or 9 both hands will automatically stand. If the player has a 6 or 7 the player will stand. If the bank has a hand that equals to 5 and the player stands the bank draws a third card. If the bank has a 7 it is required to stand. If the player has a 5 or less then the player will draw another card. Any other combination the next move depends upon the value of the third card drawn by the player if the player chooses to draw. For a total of 0,1,2 or a total of 3 the bank will ask for a hit unless the third card drawn by the player brings that hand up to an 8. The bank will hit on a total of 4 if the player asked for a hit and the card was valued at 8,9 or 1. The bank will hit on a hand with a total of 5 if the player asked for a hit and the card was valued at 1,2,3,8,9 or 0. The bank will stand on a hand valued at a total of 6 unless the player has drawn a card valued at 6 or 7.

In baccarat you have three options for betting you can bet on the bank winning, you can bet on the player winning, or you can bet that both the hands will tie. The house edge on the bank depends on the house’s cut – a percentage of the bank’s winning is paid back to the house when the bank wins a bit, the house edge can be as low as .6% if the cut is 4%, however it’s more commonly 5% which gives the house an edge of 1.06%. For the bet on the player the house edge is usually 1.24%. Never bet the tie - depending on the pay out the tie bet can give the house an edge ranging between 5 to 14% thus the odds are much worse than betting on either the bank or the player. Unless you know where the 4% cut lies, bets on the bank or the player actually end up having about equal odds and are thus the better route to take.

Now you know how to play baccarat.

Hello Players

Today I feature Baccarat. This game is mostly guess work and so the strategies revolve around placing bets which give you the best odds.

Hence the most profitable bet for you as a player is to bet on the Banker. This is because the Banker has better odds of winning than the player. Never ever bet on the Tie as the chances of winning this bet is very slim.

Generally speaking with baccarat practice makes perfect and the more you play you will find your results getting better and better.

Regards

Sarah Harrigan

Gambling Online Tips and Online Casino Baccarat