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$4,995 (previously $100,000) Baccarat Card Counting Method Sold on eBay

Check out this baccarat card counting method being sold on eBay for $4,995.  It was originally listed for $100,000, but of course, no one bought it for that price. Baccarat Gambling System -Learn how the Professionals Win. Starting bid:  US $4,995.00 Item Specifics: Condition:  Brand New:  A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with […]

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Baccarat Simulation Series 35 Results: High-Hand Card Counting

In this series, I examined the High-Hand Card Counting Method. High-Hand Card Count P.A. Net Total Bet High Low No MM -1.43% -12,135.70 851,248 32.90 -12,135.70 MM -1.40% -3,208.30 228,593 36.45 -3,208.50 Number of Shoes % Total Shoes Shoes Won +1u 66,733 66.73% Shoes Lost -3u 13,554 13.55% Shoes Lost Neg >40 19,708 19.71% Shoes […]

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Baccarat Advantage: A Bogus Black Box

A friend sent me a computer application Baccarat Advantage (baccaratadvantage.com), a black box which outputs bet placement instructions based on inputted Banker and Player hand total values. The creator of Baccarat Advantage calls himself “Dr. Jacob Steinberg,” and claims to have achieved a positive expectation after running 1 million live shoes through his program.  Because […]

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Baccarat Simulation Series 31 Results: Baccarat Advantage

Results from Baccarat Simulations Series 31 are presented below. In this series, I entered sets of 12,100; 4,100;  and 2,100 shoes (each set varying in B/P compositions) into the black-box Baccarat Advantage application and analyzed the results. Read a full discussion of these results at the following post: Baccarat Advantage: A Bogus Black Box. Set […]

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Does A Harvard Education Help You Win Baccarat?

My friend pointed out to me a couple of threads at BaccaratForums by a member stevefoxwong who claimed to have tested two methods which won both Zumma sets of shoes.  Based on his results, stevefoxwong proclaimed them as “holy grails.”  One of the methods is by “Harvard educated” Zuan Xin and his successor and classmate, […]

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Baccarat Simulation Series 30 Results: Zuan Xin Baccarat Great Learning

Results from Baccarat Simulations Series 30 are presented below. In this series, I examined a core test of Zuan Xin’s Baccarat Great Learning method.  For a discussion of the results, please refer to the post Does A Harvard Education Help You Win Baccarat? Wait 1s Ratio Threshold Player’s Advantage Net Score Total Bets 5 25% […]

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P and B Events Statistics: A Comprehensive Comparison

Update:  See the related post, Effect of Card Removal on Bias and Event Frequencies in Baccarat. In this post, I comprehensively compare the Player (P) and Banker (B) events statistics in several different data sets, live and computer generated. An “event” is a repeating sequence of one side.  A 1s event is a single instance of […]

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Baccarat Simulation Series 29 Results: R Setups

Results from Baccarat Simulations Series 29 are presented below. In this series, I examined R setups. Player’s Advantage Net Score Total Bets Bust Frequency Bust % P, O1-6 R7-8 -3.18% -1,307.45 41,061 48 2.03% R1-6 O7-8 -6.48% -9,938.30 153,428 288 12.19% R1-5 O6 R7-8 -1.92% -2,972.80 154,995 263 11.13% B cont -0.33% -526.45 158,058 233 […]

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Baccarat Simulation Series 28 Results: A2 Setups

Results from Baccarat Simulations Series 28 are presented below. In this series, I examined A2 setups, examining RAPB Disparity Thresholds. Disparity Threshold Player’s Advantage Net Score Total Bets High Bet 1 -1.11% -546.90 49,312 1 2 -1.16% -400.00 34,467 1 3 -1.34% -318.25 23,691 1 4 -1.43% -228.85 16,048 1 5 -0.81% -87.60 10,755 1 […]

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Trying to Beat the Baccarat LIAR Detector

Some time ago, a friend asked me to examine an interesting statistic from my simulations, the average frequency of the losses-in-a-rows (LIARs).  His reasoning was that if all methods were doomed by the odds to have essentially the same negative expectancies, perhaps what might distinguish some of them is how often they lose in a […]