Soft totals:
• If you have A,8 A,9, you have to stand, no matter which card the dealer has
• If you have A,2 A,3; A,6; A,7 or A,4 A,5, you have to hit in most cases, see the chart below to see the exceptions.
• If you have A,7, and the dealer has 2,7 or 8, then stand.

*if not allowed to double, then stand
** if not allowed to double, then hit.

Pairs:
• If you have 10,10, then always stand
• Stand, if you have 9,9, and the dealer has 7, 10 or A. In other cases split.
• Double/hit if you have 5,5 and the dealer – 2-9
• If you have A,A, always split
• See the chart to learn when to hit
• On all the other cases split

As you’ve learned in our previous post you can improve your chances by choosing “bet on the banker” bet. In addition to that you can find a casino that offers the lower commission and lower number of decks. The best choice is the baccarat with 6 card decks and 4% commission on the “Banker” hand in case of win. What concerns single deck baccarat it can only be found in severl online casinos powered by Microgaming software.

Money management

Now that we’ve learned about best bet it’s time to think about money management. Many players risk much more often than they should and lose more than they can afford to. Such risk will lead to them losing all their money. Here are some simple rules that will help you to increase your chances to win.

* Decide how much you can afford to lose before you start playing baccarat.
* Split up your money and control how much you bet at each round of the game.
* Put away a certian amount of each time you win.

This simple and easy to understand strategy will help you to enjoy the game and win. Aviod betting too much, be concentrated and you will be winning! And don’t forget about the luck, if you are losing maybe its better to take a little break from the game.

The Martingale system is a negative progression system in the long run but in medium term period it can help you increase your bankroll. If you lose your starting bet, place double the original bet in the next round. If you win a hand you can go back to your standad bet for the next hand.

Baccarat players can also use the “Avant Dernier” system. In french avant dernier stands for “before last” and that’s exactly how you should bet. When placing a bet for the current hand bet on bet on the winner of the hand before the last no matter if is player or banker. For example if the winners of the last three hands were banker, player, and banker you should bet on player.

Each player who uses a certain strategy in casino games receives an advantage over the house. One of the best examples is use of a strategy in blackjack. When players know the basic strategy and understand what card counting is they can beat the negative expectation and get 1% edge over the casino.

Sadly, there no baccarat strategy that will bring the player the same advantage. The player has only a few options – the rules are purely automatic and and after the bets were made he can only hope on his luck. What concerns baccarat systems based on the previous hands they shoudl be ignored completely because they are useless. However, there are several tips that will help you to improve your baccarat skill.

There are only three bets that can be made in baccarat, but that doesn’t mean players don’t have any options at all. Here’s the house edge for each of the bets:

* Bet on the player – the house edge is 1.29%
* Bet on the banker – the house edge is 1.01%
* Bet on a tie – the house edge is 15.75%

In the long run the banker hand wins more often. Even taking into account 5% commission betting on the banker is a bit better than betting on the plaer. Actually, there’s only one good bet – bet on the player.

In case the player bets on tie he can win 9 to 1, but the casino advantage is 15.75% so it would be wise not to bet on a tie.

There are several areas on the mini baccarat table:

* Chip stacks
* Commission Boxes
* Tie betting area
* Banker betting area
* Player betting area
* The Shoe

There are three betting areas in front of each player:

* white number to bet on a tie
* yellow circle to bet on the bank
* red circle to bet on the player

Croupier seats behind the chip rack and in front of the player. The numbered are on the chip rack is used to track player’s commissions. Each number corresponds to the number of players’ positions at the table.

In mini baccarat the dealer is always the Banker and the players are not allowed to touch the cards while in the original baccarat the deal passes from player to player. Other mini baccarat rules are the same as in the original game.

Historically, only high rollers were well aware of an existance of baccarat. A lot of gamblers may have never played this game. Now it’s the most convenient time to start playing because, as we’ve already mentioned above baccarat available almost anywhere. However, before you start playing this exciting game you need to learn the rules.

Playing baccarat is more about skill and not about luck. It’s a really easy game. In the beginning two card are dealt, to the banker (banke) and to the player. The goal of the game is to reach the number 9 but not going over it. All tens and face cards have no value, cards less then ten are counted at face value, aces are counted as 1, suits have no affect on the game and only single digit values are valid. Any hand that totals more than 10, 5 and King, for example will drop the first digit making the total count 5. The bet is made either on the player or the bank.