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Baccarat is a game of chance and you’ll want Lady Luck on your arm when you take a seat at the table. Strategically, there’s very little you can do to change the fate of the cards.

In most casinos, you’ll be allowed to keep track of your past hands with a scoreboard in the hope that you might see a pattern, however don’t place too much emphasis on this. Whether a banker has won 10 or 20 times in a row, it doesn’t mean that he or she will be more likely to lose in the next round.

And think about it:Why would the house promote tracking when it could cause them great loss? They encourage it because they know it isn’t going to allow much leverage on winning.

There also is no use in trying to count cards like some players attempt to do in Blackjack. In Blackjack, cards are returned to the shoe which allows for card counting, and you can also change your bet in the middle of a hand. Baccarat doesn’t offer you the same opportunity to take advantage over the house.  

On that note, there are a few helpful hints for you to keep in mind:

Don’t bet against a run of Banker or Player wins. Logic would tell you that after a run, rooting for the underdog hand should be favourable. However we advise you to either stop betting until the run stops or bet with the run.

Don’t make bets you cannot afford to lose and don’t raise your bet while in a losing streak. A lot of bettors feel the desire to increase their bets to “chase their losses”; do not follow in their footsteps. Rather increase your bet while in a winning streak and decrease it when losing.

The Banker hand is usually the most popular hand to bet on because it has the lowest house edge of 1.06%. Most players opt for this hand because it is considered less risky and the Banker hand tends to win more. However, because of its popularity, there is a charge of 5% commission to even out the house edge for the player who bets on this hand and wins.

Never bet on the Tie! This is the riskiest bet in Baccarat. If you bet on the probability of a tie of hands, there is a very slim chance and probability. There is a high house advantage of 14.36%, but because of the equally high 8:1 payout, players often fall into the trap of betting on this hand. That is why it is sometimes called the “sucker bet”.