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Originally Posted by rickdawson88
I'd like to get into Baccarat. I've been playing cards for years but never actually tried it. I'm not even sure my regular online casino offers it but if they do I might give it a go.
Would be helpful if I could hear 1 bit of advice on how to play from each of you! I always find hearing from players is better than reading a how-to guide online.
Hi.
Besides the low house edge, baccarat is a game full of traps and very very few seasoned players can get the best of it in the long run.
Forget online games, mainly because many cards are cut off from the play.
There are no foolproof winning systems even though plenty of internet sites are telling you this.
Baccarat is not an endless succession of independent coin flips, actually you are simply wagering about an actual card distribution every single shoe will provide.
Rules dictate to get more Banker hands than Player hands by a 1.36% edge shifted to the Banker but this feature taken alone can't be of any help.
Since Banker winning bets will be cut by a 5% vig, itlr always betting Banker will give you a 1.06% loss of your bets.
If you play "no commission baccarat" tables (EZ tables), house edge on B bets will be lowered to 1.01%.
In reality itlr almost no one player will lose around 1% of the total amount wagered, he/she will lose a lot more.
Why?
Because bac losing players apply a bad money management in the effort to break even, forgetting the random nature of the game that will approximate all expected values only in the long run.
Seen from the other side, the worst player any house could face is represented by a player regularly wagering the maximum bet allowed on B and P as such player will mathematically lose the exact expected amount but reduced by the huge comps he is entitled to get. Not mentioning some side benefits as a percentage cut of his possible losses.
This player will surely lose less than the entitled 1.06% or 1.24% without the risk of applying a bad MM in the worst situations.
This is true just for a possible "no brainer" player as counting cards will get any acute player a sure mathematical edge.
E. Jacobsen and other authors (including our team) have demonstrated that counting cards at baccarat will get a nearly cumulative 5.5% average advantage on certain side bets.
I'm referring to Fortune 7 bets (dragon bonus), Panda bonus, Dragon bonuses, ties and pairs bet.
Here I'm not talking about the intricate issues regarding the asymmetrical hand actual probability (enhancing or not the Banker hand appearance in relation of the remaining deck composition) but on the simple registration of the cards burnt.
The game offers a multitude of betting options and no betting situations (we can bet whenever and whatever we want) that it's almost impossible to NOT select the situations where our bets will be EV+.
It's a difficult task but it can be done.
Providing a lot of study and experience.
Last edited by Mike Haven; 12-05-2017 at 03:50 AM.