BACCARAT SCORING

Keeping a score card helps you know when and how much to bet. On the score card, you record which side wins each hand, and you track the sequence of wins for each side.

All casinos will give you blank score cards and a pen at no charge. Or if you are Baccarat gambling online then you must take note at home, or where ever you may be gambling. The score card is laid out in columns of squares, which are headed by alternating B (Bank) and P (Player) columns.

BACCARAT SCORING -THE STANDARD METHOD

If the Player wins the first hand, you mark a black “1” in the first square down in the P column. Next, let’s say the Bank wins. Now you mark a red “1” in the second square down in the B column.

Player wins again on the third hand, so you put a black “2” in the third square in the P column. Player also wins the fourth hand, so you put a black “3” in the fourth square in the P column, and so on.

You continue in this manner straight down the first pair of columns, then move right to the next pair of columns and keep the sequence going. Some people will use not numbers but perhaps X’s and O’s instead. This is the American technique.

BACCARAT SCORING -THE ALTERNATIVE METHOD

The alternative method of keeping score is actually quite simple. Instead of keeping the card upright, it is turned horizontally. You now have alternating B’s and P’s down the left side, marking the rows. These you ignore. Each unmarked column (the former rows) is used to record a singleton or a run for one side. When the other side wins, you start a new column.

There are advantages to this method of keeping score. First, you get a very quick read on the trends in terms of singletons and runs in the shoe. All you have to do is take a quick look across the rows or down the column. It also helps you keep track of the level of your bets and a quick read on how many Player wins and how many Bank wins there have been in the shoe.