Re: Is baccarat that great/bad a game?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joe LadyKiller) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> I played baccarat just last night, the play was extra choppy. I bet Banker, 
>  it came Player, I bet Player, it came Banker. Continuously! If I changed,
>  it too changed. All with a loss of a cool $160, after which I walked.
>  People stayed behind. Strange how most of the those lured to Baccarat are
>  Chinese. Last week I won fine, about a hundred at the onset, later lost 
>  $50.00 at the end of the night. Played slots in between, but I don't
>  care or take them seriously anymore. 
> 
>    A buddy of mine has been playing Baccarat for several years now, first
>  at a Canadian casino, then at the new American side casino run by Indians.
>  He gets angry when he loses, but he loses most of the time! He's probably
>  lost close to a quarter of a million by now! 
> 
>   Yep, only James Bond wins all the time at this game...I believe that!

it's a game of negitive expectation, thus one can never win long-term.
however it's considered to be one of the better house games. poker's
the only form of gambling in which i'm an overall winner.