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Chemin de FerLast Update: Jul 20, 2010 IntroductionMy history is rather murky, but I believe that Chemin de Fer is a precursor or modern-day baccarat. Some early James Bond movies feature the game. It is similar to baccarat, except the there was some room for decision making in drawing a third card. I am not aware of any remaining Chemin de Fer tables, especially in the United States.Despite having been to Europe three times, I still have never knowingly seen a game of Chemin de Fer. RulesTo avoid confusion, when addressing the hands of Player and Banker, I will use capital letters. When referring to a human player or banker, I will use lower case. The hand scoring rules in Chemin de Fer are the same as baccarat. Otherwise, the rules of Chemin de Fer are as follows.
StrategyBanker Strategy when Player Draws on 5 Banker should draw on 6 or less when Player stands, and following the following table for drawing a third card after the Player draws. Note that the following table is the same as conventional baccarat, although the rule of drawing when the Player stands is not.
Banker Strategy when Player Stands on 5 Banker should draw on 5 or less when Player stands, and following the following table for drawing a third card after the Player draws. Note the only two changes are standing on Banker 3 vs. Player 9, and Banker 5 vs. Player 4.
The strategy for the Player and Banker hand depends on what the other bettor's strategy is. Much like rock paper scissors. The following is the expected profit of the Banker bet according to the four possible strategy mixtures.
Doing some game theory, which I won't get into, the Player should draw on 5 with probability 77.96%, and the Banker should draw on 6 with probability 42.72%, while making the adjustments of standing on 3 vs. 9 and 5 vs. 4 the other 57.28% of the time. I get into a simplified version of this kind of game theory problem on my MathProblems.info Banker has Less Free Will RuleAccording to The Doctrine of Chances: Probabilistic Aspects of Gambling Links
. by Stewart N. Ethier. This college text has several pages devoted to the mathematicis of Chemin de Fer, although based on an infinite deck, which does affect the odds and strategy. |
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