Baccarat Odds
Baccarat is one of the best bets in the casino. An excellent game to play online. The house edge is very low if you play it right.
Baccarat can be played with either 6 or 8 decks of cards and the probability distribution for a hand dealt from a complete shoe of 6 or 8 decks is as follows:
|
# of decks |
Banker wins |
Player wins |
Tie |
|
1 deck |
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|
6 decks |
0.458653 |
0.446279 |
0.095069 |
|
8 decks |
0.458597 |
0.446247 |
0.095156 |
The casino's commission on the winning Banker hand is 4% or 5% and payouts on a tie bet (8:1 or 9:1) implies the following house 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% |
As you can see, the more decks that are used, the better odds for betting on the bank, but higher house edge for player and tie.
And in addition, the advantage of card counting is " ... easily eliminated by shuffling the deck". All online casinos shuffle the deck after every play.
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