Okay, here it is.  After several hours of looking at my notes from the previous two good to great sessions, I was able to define what I was referring to in the above posting.

I was definitely overpowered by my winning. I believe because it came fast and hard, out of the norm, out of the so-called schedule by all means. In brief, the winning was disruptive.

Winning is always welcomed, don't get me wrong. However, I strive to control both my losing and winning wagering with merging both into my money management method.

My money management method, posted and written about enough on the forum, does control me in the upper 90% percentile of all of my play.

But my problem was, I went out of conscious and clear frame of mind.  I wagered far greater amounts, as well as not as much as I should have after the winning was coming at me, fast and hard. Yes, I far accomplished my session goal!  And while I was NOT going to color up and walk away, I followed the winning recklessly and like I said, I was out of schedule.  I wish to stress, I did not give it back, not by any means whatsoever. I had my buy in. I had my session goal and I was continuously winning at an out of schedule return rate.

I should have wagered what was winning in a different light, as well as larger amounts while merging into the temporary out of schedule, fast and hard winning, with my normal 1/3rd 1/3rd 1/3rd MMM and being conscious of my 'everything held' (buy in and previous wins/goal), so that means 2/3rds held and a wagering continuation with the last 1/3rd of my wins for additional wins with conscious and clear frame of mind. 

The last part is what I should have done and I did not do. And that is what I am referring to, The Power of Winning can change you.

What is The Art of Baccarat?

The fact is, I understand it because I have the experience, the brick and mortar play with over four decades of solid play starting with those big beautiful 14 seat BAC tables, two sided with seven seats on each side, three dealers with two floor people, one at each end, the entire shoe, each and every shoe.  The shoe was held by each player in a counterclockwise rotation and each player dealt the cards until that player dealt out a winning Players hand, no matter what side the person was wagering on.  It truly was an 'art' because of the way it was played, the majority understanding the complexity of the game and the extreme respect for it that surpasses anything seen these days.

No scoreboards, no side bets, just simple and pure, respectful BAC. The game was played by the majority of its players that really did understand what was happening and how to approach it. Of course that developed into the mini and midi BAC tables with the scoreboards the players adore, watching and pointing to, believing they can transport the statistics that they read about on the Internet into real life with guaranteed triggers.

However, you have to understand the true Art of BAC. There is a distinct definition of not just what it is, but the how and the reasoning of why. Not, and I emphasize the "should" or the "statistics" that do not consistently and never will apply to the 1-2-3 or 4 shoes anyone sits down to play in a session.

The Art of BAC is definitely the ability, the execution, using profits to comfort oneself, avoiding grinding down the buy-ins that sit in front of the players because the players that understand the Art of BAC, are different than the highest of the highest majority of all players these days.

The Art of BAC. There is one, seriously there is. If you get it right most of the time, you got it. If not, sit down and think hard and long, change your ways. Once you do, you're on your way to understanding the Art of BAC.

You have to be a receiver of your actions and not a defensive wall the highest majority of the time. The game of BAC is not just about watching the presentation of hands produced +/- 80 times from a shoe. The Art of BAC is about you and your ability to understand it and merge your conscious with a skillful application of imagination and creativity that develops into intellectual responses entitled, 'wagering'. That my friend is the art of BAC.

BUMP! 

I was at the casino within the last week.  Both sessions were good to great!  However, my mind was not there even though I was winning and turned profits. 

Could I have done better?  Absolutely.  Why did I blocked myself from winning a lot more than I did?  Because I fell prey to 'The Power of Winning'.

Walking out to the parking lot with my hand on the obvious bulge of cash in my front pocket, I remembered this post I wrote. 

Will explain when I write it out and define it, later tonight or tomorrow.

Can't make this stuff up.  Pull tabs, huh?  Yeah, gambling I guess.

Federal charges accuse a payroll manager of embezzling more than a million dollars from a Minnesota company "to fund her gambling and pull-tab addiction."

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/payroll-manager-embezzles-1m-for-pull-tab-addiction-charges-say/#

Reference the card rooms new and changing dissolution.

CARDS CLOSE Americans can say goodbye to blackjack and other card games thanks to April 1 rule change in US state

https://www.the-sun.com/news/16147835/california-sales-tax-hike-card-room-games-april/

REALITY BACCARAT

PLEASE NOTE:  This will be a new thread of shorts, tidbits and similar baccarat reality.  Real life, non statistical and leaving the, 'should have' out.

Just to help me focus a bit at the table.  I consolidated down my betting and Pos Progressions on a score card.  These are for a $2,000/$2,500 max bet table.  It really does help me in numerous ways.

They are read from Left to Right.

There is a distinct definition of not just what you desire o wager on and how you manage your win or loss, subsequent to a wager.  We all have our unique and exclusive styles of doing such.  However, I personally look for stability in my play and positive progressions such as those on my sheet below, giving me a constant reminder of what I should be doing when I win wagers. 

EXAMPLE:  If I can do a $450-$900-$1,800 and profit net $3,150 on my short 1 + 2, I can then divide up the $3,150 for the ammunition, stress free, buy-in free, to attack something sizable within the shoe. 

It works for me as I constantly am looking at my sheet.  Easier than attempting to implement it all into my subconscious.

Wynn Casinos and Resorts and their weak security systems falls prey to hackers.

https://www.securityweek.com/wynn-resorts-says-21000-employees-affected-by-shinyhunters-hack/

Sky was on fire this morning, not one doubt about it!

My gaming partners and myself adopted these:

* Black is Black.

* Nothing from Nothing Leaves Nothing.

* You Can't Change What is Going to Happen.

Quote from: KungFuBac on April 06, 2026, 05:22:51 AMThanks for elaborate explanation for how you play.


?Did I understand you correctly that you also wager for "BOTH" P and B on each hand as well?

Thx in advance.

Reference your last inquiry.  I only wager one base bet (main wager NOT SIDE), meaning base wager of bankers or players.  But all or most of the side bets for P and B. 

I have done extremely well with the shoes I play. 

Here is another shoe from last week, large amounts of winning side bets as well.

Many winning side bets including a beautiful 3 card 7-7 with $50.00 on it for 200:1 payout.  4 Panda 8s and another 3 Fortune 7s.  Numerous others.

Once again, love that equalization in the last quarter, my huge advantage very few believe in or play.

Quote from: AsymBacGuy on April 05, 2026, 08:57:08 PMThe above considerations might suggest what we name as "The right/wrong bettors strategy" knowing that baccarat is formed by an half part of frustration and an half part of patience. Obviously both factors being not perfectly balanced along any shoe we're destined to face.

More later.

as. 

Oh absolutely!  Just this morning I was discussing this very same topic with my regular playing peers!!!

So very very true. But for most players it is much larger than 'half' part frustration.  It really is.

Like my man Ron White says, "you cannot fix stupid!". This guy has to be the ultra stupidity of all idiotic F***ing people.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xe-bQ2qwjsM


And like my man says:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UQv7Tr8HbGE&pp=ygUecm9uIHdoaXRlIHlvdSBjYW4ndCBmaXggc3R1cGlk

Here is a very detailed outline of what is happening.  It affects all California card rooms with card games.

https://capitolweekly.net/cardrooms-file-legal-challenge-to-new-gaming-regulations/

Here are the changes effective April 1st, 2026.

On February 6, 2026, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced that the Office of Administrative Law approved two long pending California Department of Justice regulations governing cardroom operations. The regulations were finalized without substantive revision and will take effect on April 1, 2026. This marks a significant shift in how cardrooms may lawfully operate their most popular games.

https://www.womblebonddickinson.com/us/insights/alerts/california-cardrooms-face-major-operational-shift-following-doj-rule-approval

The other night, a show following our fantastic and off the wall, abundance of winning side bets.

Equalization.
Heavy 3rd Card Increases and Reductions.
Naturals Cut.
Sections Following.

35 Bankers
36 Players
4 Ties
75 Total Hands

Sides:
2 P8s
2 F7s
1–3 Card 9-9 Heavenly 9s
1 Blazen 7s 2 Card 7-7 Tie
11–3 Card 9s Heavenly 9s
45–Dragon Bonues 4:1 to 30:1 Payouts


Will post later how we played it and some reasoning as to why.

7 iar P
1 B
7 iar P
1 Tie
2 B
1 P
1 B
2 P
1 B
2 P
3 B
1 P
1 Tie
2 B
2 P
2 B
2 P
1 B
1 P
1 B
1 P
1 B
1 P
3 B
5 P
4 B
2 Ties iar (1 3 card 9-9 & 1 Nat 8-8)
1 P
1 B
1 P
1 B
1 P
6 B
1 P
5 B

My friend keeps notes on most all shoes as to the card values. I will call him and see if he has these.  Especially to figure out what the Dragon Bonuses paid out.