I agree with this post, baccarat is a game where there are significant runs, for example the banker runs with eight banker winning hands and then the player side runs with eight player winning hands or something that can be easily seen when you are charting the plays accurately on your Baccarat Card.
The other side of a “run” is a little thing known as the “chop” and when the cards are choppy, it is safe to assume you do not want to be playing the game by yourself.
When a chop appears, it is very hard to determine what card is supposed to fall where when you look at your card or chart. When it occurs, you may have a series of banker and player wins scattered and in no particular pattern.
If you are playing a chop, you can lose a lot of money fast - this happened to me recently at
Zodiac Casino due to my stubbornness.

If you are playing by yourself, without the luxury of sitting out a few hands at your leisure, this game can eat up even the heftiest of bankrolls.
The best rule of thumb is to never play by yourself at all unless the casino will allow you to play both sides of the table until you have someone else join the table.