Aug 19 2026
Card Counting the Super Pay Egalite Baccarat Side Bet
Many of the side bets I analyze on this blog are small-time opportunities that are unlikely to get much action from card counting APs. That is not the case with UR Way Egalite (URE) baccarat side bet or its first cousin, Super Pay Egalite (SPE). The ordinary Tie bet allows the player to wager that the result of the hand will be a tie.
Richard Munchkin Says …
At the table games conference last week, there was an ironic incident that I would like to share with you. It occurred during one of the premier panel discussions: "What You Can Learn from Table Game Players Who Are Smarter than All of Us," on Tuesday, November 19, 2013.
Co-Card Counting the Dragon and Panda Side Bets in EZ Baccarat
The Dragon side bet and Panda side bet for EZ Baccarat have known card counting issues. Recently I received an e-mail from an employee in surveillance at a major casino asking if this was still the case, or if I had retracted my work. I discussed this surprising e-mail in this post.
Ultimate Texas Hold’em Hole-Card Play: One Dealer Card, One Turn/River Card
When an AP finds a dealer on Ultimate Texas Hold'em (UTH) who is vulnerable to hole-carding, it is not unusual for her to expose the bottom card of every packet of cards she delivers. This includes exposing one of her two hole-cards as well as one of the common cards.
