Originally Posted by
coach belly
Let's just say that I am a strong believer in the fact that no matter how hard you try you cannot make a negative expectation game positive unless you are comp hustling or using different forms of advantage play.
Then you are clearly not a serious gambler. If you can keep the game to a near-even money bet (and Baccarat is that) and you exercise disciplined money management, you can leave a winner far more often than not.
The advantage the player has is that he can LEAVE when he is ahead. and in even money (or near even money) games, that happens often, especially if you stay focussed on why you are playing.
The three non-skilled games (poker is a skilled game) that are worth looming at for serious players (as opposed to the self-destructive comp chasing slots types) are 21 (with any discipline at all, near break-even, if you can count, you can go positive by a small amount), craps and Baccarat. I never play anything but craps, but Baccarat is very, very popular among serious A Card players. IIRC Baccarat has a house edge of 1.6%, triple odds craps is at 0.35% and 21 with the right play and basic counting basically even money.
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