Table 4 · Punto banco
One decision,
made before you sit
- Banker
- −1.06%
- Player
- −1.24%
- Tie, pays 8 to 1
- −14.36%
- Decisions available during a hand
- none
Baccarat has no strategy because it has no choices. Everything after the bet is a procedure the dealer performs. The only thing worth learning is which bet to make and which display to ignore.
Punto banco · eight decks · no decisions available to anyone at this table
player
—
banker
—
Your bet
Where the money goes
The best bet on the table even after the 5% commission, because the banker acts last and wins slightly more often.
Big road
The display every baccarat table puts in front of you
Deal a few hands and the road fills in.
Casinos hand out pens and scorecards for this. A shoe with no memory cannot produce a pattern that predicts anything, and the road is free because believing otherwise is profitable for them.