Reality is still king and will always be the number one thing that allows you to win and the number one thing as well, that causes you to lose at a session.
I have written about it many times in one form or another. But, it seems with the questions I receive and the previous comments, most people do not understand it or simply choose to ignore it. As well, I see it consistently at the baccarat table no matter where I play at.
What do I mean, the following is what I mean. The reason the table game is there in the first place is, the money generates to the casino property for its existence. If you think you can go in and beat the house with any kind of simple or elaborate Wagering schedule, that will stand up to what the shoe presents, shoe after shoe, you are 100% dead wrong my friend. And that is a good example of reality at play. Consistently at play that is, shoe after shoe.
Do not fool yourself. Reality will govern how you think, how you wager and how your plans with their entire 'perfect', well thought out and strategic thinking will actually play out in the casino. Why? Because of influence, perception and your very own self-confidence with ego mixed right within. All of it equals emotional frustration at some point, that can jeopardize the best of plans. Reality will add unknown amounts of influences to almost all players.
Be careful at the table. You have to remain completely conscious as to what you are doing. Easier said than done. I do not mean looking at the scoreboard or following someone on an extreme heater or someone losing every wager and betting the opposite. I do not mean wagering for the anti-streak or following the streak. I do not mean anything about actual bet selection whatsoever.
Reality is the presentments of the shoe without any other influences whatsoever. Not the shuffle, not the cut or the burn. Not a whole host of other things. Reality is going to prove an unknown number of chops, streaks, ones and twos, doubles, triples, and any combination of those types of trends, without rhyme or reason. Reality will also produce a completely different outcome in the following shoe or possibly close to the same, no telling until it is said and done. Reality could and quite frequently produce an extremely predictable Section of presentments or perhaps a totally unpredictable section of events. That is a good example of reality at play as well.
Reality dictates you will win if you wager with the shoe rather than a much harder task of, wagering for the shoe to present what you desire.
If you do not believe what I am saying here, go to the casino with a set mechanical schedule of wagering selections or any other set of beliefs as to why and how hands form. Wager just those while ignoring the entire surrounding of everything and anything. Does not matter how many wagers your schedule is, three or six or nine or 18 or every hand. Play that and keep playing just that. See how long and how much you can profit week after week.
Once you understand what reality truly is at the baccarat table, you will become a more profitable player with a larger hold of the wins and much better control of your losses.