The game is simply nortorious for producing phenomenon as well as preceived karma and countless superstitions, more so than any other game in the casino. You can fuel into these unreliable and 'hit sometimes traits as well as lose an equal or higher number of times traits'. The choice is yours. But once you are done believing and attempting to win, with all those types of things, the game is very playable with a strong money mangement, money divison and holding system, positive progressions when a section is excelling your way and your refusal to buy into all the false beliefs that are present at most every table.
The most important thing to learn first and always remember, is that once the shoe is set, nobody and nothing can change the outcomes and the shoe will not produce any type of continuous outcome you draw in your own mind for whatever reason.
The absolute greatest thing in baccarat is the ability to win no matter what the shoe is presenting. There is really no side that you can lose on, unless you so choose. The problem is, almost all the players believe in karma, mechincal systems and other reasons the shoe 'must' or 'will' produce something, etc. There are only four possible 'sections' outcomes or presentments that can happen in say 3 or 4 sections of the shoe, divided up--but the score board and the player's thoughts in dreamsville, stop them from profiting or if they won a certain amount, they almost always wind up giving it back and going on tilt while exhausting their available funds they have or can get access to. All in the mind!