Secrets of Winning Baccarat [Paperback]

Brian Kaysar (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 22, 2003

For the average player, baccarat offers the best odds in the house, giving the house barely a 1% edge.  With the winning strategies presented in this book, you can take advantage of this by using Kayser's remarkably clever betting systems to walk away with the casino's money.  Seventeen informative and power-packed chapters show beginning and experienced players everything they need to know about the game of baccarat, from the rules of the games, casino etiquette, and the history of baccarat, to basic plays, winning strategies, and advanced techniques.  256 pages

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Cardoza; 1 edition (April 22, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1580420877
• ISBN-13: 978-1580420877
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #420,920 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Worthless baccarat book, December 5, 2003

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Seeker (East Coast, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Secrets of Winning Baccarat (Paperback)

The author recorded the results of each hand for 232 shoes and concocted a system that would work against that set of results. He doesn't recognize that anything can happen in such a small sample. For example, he reports that, in his 232 shoes, the Player hand won 50.8% of the non-tied hands. In the long run, of course, the Player wins less than 50% of the non-tied hands. Otherwise, anyone could win at baccarat just by betting Player all the time. This is why serious analysts use computer simulations to study samples of literally millions of hands.

The author's basic method is an up-as-you-lose progression. Any such system will indeed tend to win more often than it loses, because it wins large bets that recoup earlier small losses. The catch is that, when the large bets lose, then the system loses big. The few big losses will offset the many smaller wins. The net result, over the long run, will be in keeping with the game's underlying math -- which, in baccarat, means that the bettor will lose about one percent of the total amount bet. Therefore, this author's claim that his system will win two-thirds of all shoes is plausible. Unfortunately, the long-run result will be the same as that of a player who didn't bother to record hand results and just bet the same amount every hand -- i.e., a net loss.

The author states, correctly, that the odds on each hand are the same regardless of the results of the preceding hands. Nevertheless, he advises betting that streaks won't continue. He doesn't explain this inconsistency. (There's actually an extremely slight interdependence among successive hands, so that streaks are very slightly more likely to end than to continue, but the author doesn't discuss this phenomenon and correctly doesn't rely on it. It's far too small to meaningfully reduce the house edge.)

The author's expertise is said to be in the construction of mathematical models. His error here is to construct a model based on very limited data. As the saying goes, "Garbage in, garbage out."

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Baccarat - Carefully, July 18, 2004

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Dale Smith (Sterling Heights, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Secrets of Winning Baccarat (Paperback)

I wouldn't buy this book if you are just starting in the game. This book can help you through bad shoes, but you must be able to recognize what a bad shoe is, and then apply a combination of basic strategy and advanced strategy #3 (Run Vs Singleton).

However in good shoes. 7 or more ties per shoe(Because I play ties) I have found that if you use the methods in this book. It costs you money on good shoes in mini-baccarat. Now if you have good money management skills. (aka. quit while ahead.) And know what you are doing, but would like some help getting through bad shoes, purchase this book. If you are looking for a book to start learning the game. Look elsewhere.

1.0 out of 5 stars Horrible, January 17, 2011

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Simon Kayser - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Secrets of Winning Baccarat (Paperback)

There is nothing useful in this book at all, the sample size is just too small. The only bet I would make is that the author rigged the results. STAY AWAY!