Baccarat 6- or 8- decks??
- casinos refer 8-deck, playing more hands per shoe. (May be players too)
- all known side bets give 8-deck higher house edge (????) than 6-deck
What other differences? house edge? card counting?
| Bet | 6 decks | 8 decks | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banker | -0.010558487 | -0.010579058 | -0.000020571 |
| Player | -0.012374149 | -0.012350813 | 0.000023336 |
| Tie | -0.144381598 | -0.143596288 | 0.000785310 |
| Dragon Bonus Player | -0.02667513 | -0.026516745 | 0.000158385 |
| Dragon Bonus Banker | -0.0938893 | -0.09373074 | 0.000158559 |
| 4-5-6 (4) | -0.052687369 | -0.052828773 | -0.000141404 |
| 4-5-6 (5) | -0.089380619 | -0.089667494 | -0.000286875 |
| 4-5-6 (6) | -0.047394538 | -0.046937978 | 0.000456560 |
| Lucky Bonus | 0.023044571 | 0.023410601 | 0.000366030 |
| 3 Card 6 | -0.134455835 | -0.133676125 | 0.000779710 |
| Dragon 7 | -0.076061905 | -0.076113345 | -0.000051440 |
| Panda 8 | -0.102073833 | -0.101876322 | 0.000197512 |
The Pairs bet (pair pays 11-to-1) also has a lower house edge with 8 decks than with 6 decks.Quote: UCivan- all known side bets give 8-deck higher house edge (????) than 6-deck
Quote: RoyalBJWhich casinos in las Vegas or Washington or anywhere in USA play 6 deck Baccarat? I have not seen one. Have u seen it anywhere?
Victory Casino Cruise out of Port Canaveral FL deals 6 deck mini-bac, hand shuffled. They cut 16 cards off the back. Minimum bet $5.
Quote: Deck007All you Mathematicians here don't seem to know what is going on in the REAL WORLD.
There is no more Commission Baccarat.
You only get only Non-Commission Baccarat now. B6 win half bet.
It is the speed of play that is important to the casinos. Make much more money this way than the slightly higher HE.
Now if only you guys can take a shot at how much faster it can be played then I will know how much more it will cost me.
It might be better to include the above here.
Deck007 was right about Commission Free Baccarat, because Asian gamble friends told me CFB is popular in Singapore. WOO show the 8 deck data here
Commission Free Baccarat - 8 decks
HE for B8 = 1.46%. I wonder what the house edges for 6 decks CFB is.
Quote: UCivanThis posting appears on the other thread that discussed Lucky 8:
It might be better to include the above here.
Deck007 was right about Commission Free Baccarat, because Asian gamble friends told me CFB is popular in Singapore. WOO show the 8 deck data here
Commission Free Baccarat - 8 decks
HE for B8 = 1.46%. I wonder what the house edges for 6 decks CFB is.
| EVENT | PAYS | COMBINATIONS | PROBABILITY | RETURN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banker wins with 6 | 0.5 | 47322230031360 | 0.053844451 | 0.026922226 |
| Other Banker wins | 1 | 355773521203200 | 0.404808268 | 0.404808268 |
| Tie | 0 | 83552962932288 | 0.095068711 | 0 |
| Loser | -1 | 392220492728832 | 0.44627857 | -0.44627857 |
| Total | 878869206895680 | 1 | -0.014548077 |
