How To Play Baccarrat And Win

Most casinos, online or off-line offer Baccarat. Whether of French or Italian origin, this centuries old game offers the player a real chance. As with Blackjack, Baccarat offers the player the least house edge. Furthermore, like Blackjack it is remarkably easy to understand. Indeed, we recommend using your free money casino gambling bonuses on baccarrat.

Apart from baccarat, you can also try out situs Judi online to get a general understanding as to how this particular gambling venture would turn out because it is an excellent way for enhancing your skills through regular training, which would be a good preparation module for the bigger venture and now we shall look at the important variants that need to be mentioned.

Several variants to Baccarat exist but for the purposes of this guide we shall stick to American Baccarat or “Punto Banco” as it is often called. If new to Baccarat we would suggest that you allocate yourself a token stake of a few hundred dollars to familiarise yourself with the game. It can be daunting but, get it right and you´ll come off richer in the long run.

So, how do you play casino baccarat?

  • OBJECTIVE: ACHIEVE A TOTAL AS CLOSE TO 9 AS POSSIBLE OR A TOTAL THAT BEATS THE BANK
  • Prior to being dealt your first two cards you must bet. Here you have 3 options:
  • Betting on your hand to win PAYOUT 1-1
  • Betting on the Banks hand to win PAYOUT 1-1 (bank commission 5%)
  • Betting on a draw PAYOUT 8-1

Due to the house edge being small, Casinos usually charge a commission of 5% for winning bets being placed on the bank. If you bet on the Bank or yourself and there is a tie you are returned your bet.

Baccarat play is fairly simple:

After placing your bets in the designated area 2 cards are dealt to the player and 2 cards to the bank.

  • CARDS WITH FACE VALUE 2 -9 KEEP THEIR VALUE
  • ACES ARE VALUED AT 1
  • 10’s AND PICTURE CARDS ARE VALUED AT 0
  • YOU CAN NEVER EXCEED 9.
  • IF TOTAL MORE THAN 9 YOU SUBTRACT 10 (16 becomes 6)

If with the first 2 cards either the player or the Bank has a total of 8 or 9 the hand is called a “NATURAL” and automatically wins. However if neither hands are “natural” play continues.

The player goes first followed by the bank.

  • IF THE HAND TOTALS 6 or 7 THE HAND MUST STAND
  • 5 OR LESS THE HAND MUST DRAW
  • UP TO 3 CARDS CAN BE DRAWN IF TOTALS DO NOT REACH 6-9
  • CLOSEST TO 9 WINS
  • (please note that some games vary whereby the bank must draw on 6)

Baccarat Strategy

As far as strategy goes be very wary of people who espouse winning systems, as they don’t exist. Unlike Blackjack counting cards is of very little use. Examination of passed hands is no good. Each hand starts from scratch and is a 50:50. The only 2 systems worth any weight are the 1 – 3-2 – 6 and Martingale systems.

With the 1-3 -2-6 system you bet one unit ($1, $10, $20, whatever), Win and add another unit to your stake (a total of 3 units). Win and you now have 6 units. Now in the third round remove four units leaving 2. Win again; you add two to your stake for a total of 6 units. Win and profit = at least 12 units. With this system even your losses are minimal or you break even. The Martingale method doubles up each time you lose until you are even. (So long as the table limit allows).