Re: Is baccarat that great/bad a game?

John Harkness <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> On 17 Nov 2003 16:42:46 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joe
> LadyKiller) wrote:
> 
> >John Harkness <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >> On 14 Nov 2003 11:26:38 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joe
> >> LadyKiller) wrote:
> >> 
> >> >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!
> >> 
> >> James Bond is not playing North American style baccarat, but European
> >> style chemin de fer, which is basically the same game, but where the
> >> players play against each other, rather than having the hands played
> >> to a set of pre-determined rules.
> >
> >   I should be annoyed at your post, really, but I'm not. Instead I say
> >  007 plays essentially the *same* game. Let's just agree and say it's
> >  the same, though maybe different rules in different casinos. There
> >  is also mini-baccarat, which I've played. So, really, I have played the
> >  same game Bond plays, but he wins all the time.
> 
> No, you're not playing essentially the same game.

  Yes, you are playing essentially the same game. Poker has many forms 
 as well. 

> casino baccarat is a game where people bet against the house and the
> hands are set according to predetermined rules -- the players make no
> decisions.
> 
> chemin de fer is banked by the player, and the players decide how to
> play their hands, which is an entirely different thing. 
> 
> It's the difference between playing one of those poker table games
> where you're playing against a dealer hand, everything turned over at
> showdown, and playing real poker against a live player, where you can
> beat someone even if you don't have the better hand.


  All casino poker games are still poker games...

  It's the same, you are still playing in a casino, whether against
 the dealer or other players...let's agree to disagree...