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Baccarat Strategies
&
Third Card Rules
by Gayle Mitchell
This
lesson continues your education with Baccarat Strategies
including Third Card Rules but first, a quick review.
There is an easy
decision here. Bet the banker or player hand.
The tie bet is
a bad bet and is
to be avoided.
All number cards, 2 through 9, count as their face value or
the number of pips on the card. All
10’s
and face cards count as 10. Aces
count
as 1. No hand can be worth more than 9.
If it is, the last
digit of the total
is used.
Third Card Rules:
It is important to remember that no hand is too bad or too
good to win, because the count can change with the third card, if one
is
required. This
creates a mounting
suspense, and that’s what makes baccarat such an exciting adventure.
PLAYER:
Dealt–1-2-3-4-5-10–draws
a card.
6-7–stand.
Dealt 8-9–natural–banker
cannot draw.
BANKER:
5 or
less–draws.
6 or more–stands if
Player does not draw third
card.
If
Player hand draws a third card:
Banker–dealt
2–must draw.
Banker
dealt 3–draws to player–1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9-10, does not
draw to player–8.
Dealt
4–draws to player 2-3-4-5-6-7, does not
draw to 1-8-9-10.
Dealt
5– draws to player–4-5-6-7, does not
draw to 1-2-3-8-9-10.
Dealt
6–draws to player 6-7, does not
draw
to 1-2-3-4-5-8-9-10.
Dealt
7–stands.
Dealt
8-9–natural–player cannot draw.
Maximum
number of cards in any hand is three.
Strategies:
Card-counting
basics are as
follows: Cards more favorable to the bank hand
are 9-8-10-J-Q-K.
in order of strength, while 4-3-2-5 are player favorable cards.
Ace,
6 and 8 are neutral; no favor for either hand.
Bet
player when there is a higher ratio of twos through fives in the deck
and
banker when there is a higher ratio of high cards in the deck.
An
average shoe will deal about 82 hands. Bank will win 38 times, player
36 wins,
and 8 ties (about every 10th hand).
Bank hands win more
because the bank stands
on a 7, 8 or 9, while player stands on 6, 7, 8 and 9. Bank can draw on
a 6
where player cannot.
Another baccarat strategy I recommend is to bet on the hand
that won the last game, because streaks are legendary in this game.
A banker or player can win 10, 15, or even 20 hands in a row
after the shoe opens up.
My goal is to encourage educated gamblers to observe and
participate in this game because of the low house edge and the
possibility of
profits.
That road to profits in baccarat is definitely with
progressive
betting after each win.
Baccarat
Strategies is followed by a lesson by Frank
Scoblete
OR
Return
to Gambling: Learn
Other Games
Program.
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