Thread: What to Look Out For When Playing Internet Baccarat

I’m writing this article to provide you with good quality, free ideas for playing baccarat over the Internet. I have been playing successfully for a couple of years, and as such I can give you valuable advice that you may have to pay quite a bit for elsewhere.

One important thing you should realize about playing baccarat is that it should be fun. It is interesting to meet players from all cultures and backgrounds, and get to socialize with such a wide variety of people since you usually would not get the opportunity to do so. However, some of the players will deliberately try to antagonize you. This is a common tactic and should be ignored; the more these players wind you up, the less carefully you are likely to play well.

Note that online, you often get to play twice or even three times as many hands in an hour as you would be able to in a casino. However, even in this accelerated environment, there come times when you will not receive a winning round in quite some time. You should try to be patient and bide your time; when you eventually get a solid pattern, you will get a chance to win a good amount. Do not fall into the trap of betting more and more when you lose ("Chasing Money") simply because you feel you are due a winning play. This and similar mentalities can be devastating if you do not take care. Be patient and you will be making money online. There is no need to rush. The people who get bored are the ones that bet blindly, and these are the people that will be giving major amounts of cash to the casino.

When you have not been dealt a good play in quite some time, try to relax: maybe put some music on, or talk to the other players. Note that you should still stay somewhat attentive, as you might be able to pick up some baccarat information by watching how they play and what they say.

There are some very aggressive and loose players online known as maniacs. Though these players might win in the short run, they will lose to their own greed in the long run. Keep your calm and stick to your game plan – do not let these players lure you in to this style. When the time is right, you'll be winning and they'll be crying.

You should be careful to keep your baccarat money separate from money you need for important necessities such as food, rent and other bills. Too many players fall into the trap of losing all of their baccarat cash and as a result they deposit more, repeating this and ending up in a lot of debt. Play sensibly and do not allow yourself to become addicted. If you are losing, do the sensible thing. It is not a good mentality to try to play until you have won a certain amount; if you are down, you could well lose more instead of even becoming level again. Enjoy your games and try to concentrate on what is happening on the long run. We all have bad luck and we all have good luck.

Do you recommend any sites that have live dealers for Baccarat games that will accept US players?

Originally Posted by evageagesmews

I’m writing this article to provide you with good quality, free ideas for playing baccarat over the Internet. I have been playing successfully for a couple of years, and as such I can give you valuable advice that you may have to pay quite a bit for elsewhere.

One important thing you should realize about playing baccarat is that it should be fun. It is interesting to meet players from all cultures and backgrounds, and get to socialize with such a wide variety of people since you usually would not get the opportunity to do so. However, some of the players will deliberately try to antagonize you. This is a common tactic and should be ignored; the more these players wind you up, the less carefully you are likely to play well.

Note that online, you often get to play twice or even three times as many hands in an hour as you would be able to in a casino. However, even in this accelerated environment, there come times when you will not receive a winning round in quite some time. You should try to be patient and bide your time; when you eventually get a solid pattern, you will get a chance to win a good amount. Do not fall into the trap of betting more and more when you lose ("Chasing Money") simply because you feel you are due a winning play. This and similar mentalities can be devastating if you do not take care. Be patient and you will be making money online. There is no need to rush. The people who get bored are the ones that bet blindly, and these are the people that will be giving major amounts of cash to the casino.

Hi,

Your advice is really sound.I am from Singapore and there are no land casinos here.The only place that I can play is online.Since you are also playing online can you recommend some online casinos which you think are honest in their play and have no payment issues.I have been playing on playtech casinos and find them not great but ok.However,I have always heard rumours about playtech casinos cheating.What are your personal opinions about playtech?Would really love to hear your views

Thank you and have a pleasant weekend

tee kong kia, generally speaking, the more money involved, the more cheating. Sometimes just the consistent winners are targeted; and, because it's easier than going through the paper-work of (formally) banning a player. (A good reason to not draw attention to one's self at any time.)

I don't speak of cheating per se unless i've seen it first-hand because there's just too many "stories" out there. So here's some of MY OWN observations, and stories, from live-dealer games, in which casinos usually put out (before-unseen) "ringers" to do the dirty work.

The primary purpose of the cameras is to keep track of the staff. VERY few players (try to) cheat the casinos. (Players are more likely to cheat other players.) I've seen staff much more often cheat players (and sometimes casinos,) eg by short changing the player coloring up, and palming the difference. (I had a dealer short change me a black chip once, and after i complained to the MANAGEMENT i NEVER again saw that dealer at that casino. And to lose your job at one casino is to never get another at another.)

At one big mini-baccarat game i noticed a dealer having trouble racking up the discards. But it got more and more obvious. I mean she was really working the blue deck over. I didn't think any more of it until the blue deck came back into play (,and she was long gone,) and the cards started coming out of the shoe boxed (,face-up.) I guess the shuffler machine does that to bent cards. Anyways, and as i had already figured out, the dealer calls the pit-boss over to "make a ruling", the pit-boss "studies" things, then rules against the big bets as much as possible: with CONFLICTING rulings on 3 or 4 different games! That's the most common form of cheating in bj, using the disputed plays.

And one time while i was up pretty good over the month in a $20 (my bet) game of bj all of a sudden the dealer stopped taking my instructions (to split, etc.) I mean, i was in last position, and he'd just go by me and take my money. (You can't win often with ,eg, a pair of unsplit 2's.) Just for hellry i sued. I won, but it's TOO MUCH work. However, it WAS a real eye-opener about how things work overall (, if you know what i mean.)

Originally Posted by garnabby

tee kong kia, generally speaking, the more money involved, the more cheating. Sometimes just the consistent winners are targeted; and, because it's easier than going through the paper-work of (formally) banning a player. (A good reason to not draw attention to one's self at any time.)

I don't speak of cheating per se unless i've seen it first-hand because there's just too many "stories" out there. But here's some of MY own observations, and stories, from live-dealer games, in which casinos usually put out (before-unseen) "ringers" to do the dirty work.

The primary purpose of the cameras is to keep track of the staff. VERY few players (try to) cheat the casinos. (Players are more likely to cheat other players.) I've seen staff much more often cheat players (and sometimes casinos,) eg by short changing the player coloring up, and palming the difference. (I had a dealer short change me a black chip once, and after i complained to the MANAGEMENT i NEVER again saw that dealer at that casino. And to lose your job at one casino is to never get another at another.)

At one big mini-baccarat game i noticed a dealer having trouble racking up the discards. But it got more and more obvious. I mean she was really working the blue deck over. I didn't think any more of it until the blue deck came back into play (,and she was long gone,) and the cards started coming out of the shoe boxed (,face-up.) I guess the shuffler machine does that to bent cards. Anyways, and as i had already figured out, the dealer calls the pit-boss over to "make a ruling", the pit-boss "studies" things, then rules against the big bets as much as possible: with CONFLICTING rulings on 3 or 4 different games! That's the most common form of cheating in bj, using the disputed plays.

And one time while i was up pretty good over the month in a $20 (my bet) game of bj all of a sudden the dealer stopped taking my instructions (to split, etc.) I mean, i was in last position, and he'd just go by me and take my money. (You can't win often with ,eg, a pair of unsplit 2's.) Just for hellry i sued. I won, but it's TOO MUCH work. However, it WAS a real eye-opener about how things work overall (, if you know what i mean.)

Well said indeed however you still have the option of playing in a brick and mortar casinos whereas I do not have much of a choice.They will think twice about cheating in a loand casino simply becos they have loads of eyes looking but online things can happen like a bad connection or technical hiccup,as a player you will never know the truth and this sort of things can be very damaging if you are playing progression.

On a personal note,I feel that online casinos registered in the UK are more trustworthy,casinos in UK are regulated by the goverment,if they are any cheating issues,it shall be seriously dealt with.It seems that many online UK has a reputation for being clean,honest and outsanding customer service.

Originally Posted by tee kong kia

Since you are also playing online can you recommend some online casinos which you think are honest in their play and have no payment issues.I have been playing on playtech casinos and find them not great but ok.

Here's a little list of some online casinos that I've heard talked about in this forum and seem to have their act together:

BetUS (open to U.S. players)
Casino Classic (open to U.S. players)
CS Casino
InterCasino
Omni Casino
PlayersOnly (open to U.S. players)
Sportsbook.com (open to U.S. players)
SuperBook (open to U.S. players)
VIP Casino
Zodiac Casino (open to U.S. players)

Originally Posted by lilochik

Do you recommend any sites that have live dealers for Baccarat games that will accept US players?

Take a look at this post for some info on live action baccarat games:

Microgaming Software Allows You to Play Live Action Baccarat Games

Here's a quick list of some live action baccarat casinos:

Casino Del Rio
Casino Tropez
Dublin Bet Casino
Europa Casino
Golden Palace Casino
Grand Online Casino
Vegas Red Casino

As far as I know, these 7 don't accept US players.. sorry