Baccarat Strategy
Baccarat is purely
dependent on your luck. Every game has different
rules to play. The game is played using a fixed
set of rules for the player and the dealer, and
they represent the best odds of winning for both
the player and for the house which makes it fair
for both sides to win. Again, it depends on your
luck from here. Calculations have been made that
show the odds of the player winning are 44.62%,
losing 45.85%, and 9.53% to tie. Thus it would
seem to be to your advantage to bet on the house
winning on every hand.
To even the odds, the
particular casino charges usually 5% on winning
player bets placed on the house. Now the next
question that strikes in one's mind is that how
should this change the way of how a player wagers?
If the commission is less than 5% then it is
always to your advantage to bet, while if the
commission is more than 5% it pays to bet on the
player winning.
The casino's
commission on the winning Banker hand ( 5%) and
payouts on a tie bet (8:1 or 9:1) which implies
the following casino advantages:
| # of decks |
Banker
bet 5% |
Banker
bet 4% |
Player bet |
Bet tie 9:1 |
Bet tie 8:1 |
| 1 deck* |
1.01% |
|
1.29% |
|
15.57% |
| 6 decks** |
1.0558% |
0.5972% |
1.2374% |
4.9313% |
14.4382% |
| 8 decks |
1.0579% |
0.5993% |
1.2351% |
4.8440% |
14.3596% |
|
