The casino table game of Baccarat is a favorite game of high rollers and smart casino players. The reasons for this are the house odds are one of the lowest in favor of the house. In fact if they did not charge a commission on bank side wins, the odds would be the best of all casino games for the players. Thee are three bets that a player of this game can make before each deal. The bets are the Bank bet, the Player bet and the Tie bet. The first two pay even money and the last bet pays 8 to one. A Bank win is charges a 5% commission.

A betting strategy that is followed by many players of this game is known as following the shoe. The player in this game plays the side that won the last deal.
The strategy is this game has streaks of wins on either side of the shoe, the Player bet and the Bank bet. The Tie bet rarely goes past three ties in a row. The Bank side or the Players side has been known to go 26 wins or more in a row. That is the idea of betting on the last winning side. The hope is that the baccarat player will be lucky and catch a long trend of wins on that bet. If this happens the wins can quickly give a player a substantial increase in their stake.

Another strategy is to follow a pattern of a group of hands. Lets say that the shoe is showing a run of three wins on one side or the other. If this seems to be the trend then the player can try to play this pattern. or pass on the losing bet on the fourth deal. A remarkable pattern I saw one night playing this game was a complete match of the second column of a card to the first. If the prior column won on the bank the second column did the same. The pattern of the first column was matched the entire second column. A player must be aware of trends in this game and the quicker the trend is identified the more winning hands the player will catch. As the saying goes in stock trading the trend is your friend.
This is definitely true in this popular table game offered by most casinos. So remember the cliché, the trend in your friend.