Unlocking Baccarat Success: A Deep Dive into Baccarat Roads

How to Read Baccarat roads

Ever wondered how certain players are able to thrive in this game of chance? In Baccarat, "roads" are visual scoreboards that show the results of prior hands so that players can see trends and patterns as the game progresses.

As a result, players can expect a variety of "roads" to be expected throughout the game of Baccarat, each of which provides a different pattern on the game's outcomes and anticipate what's next. Despite the fact that no approach is 100% accurate, the following five trends can be observed:

Figure 1 Overall roads diagram

  1. Big Road
  2. Bead Road
  3. Big Eye Boy
  4. Small Road
  5. The Cockroach Road

The Big Road

The Big Road is where the game results are recorded. It is also called ‘Big trend’ and ‘Big trail’. A hollow red circle represents a banker win and a hollow blue circle represents a player win. Ties are not shown as a separate circle. Instead, they are defined as a green line crossing the most recent circle drawn.

The Big Road is a grid of rows and columns. A column can only extend six rows. Each column represents consecutive outcomes (Player or Banker) until the result changes. A new column begins when the winning side switches.

The Bead Road 

The bead road will be recorded with a Chinese character. The bead road will show the exact same sequence as the big road. However, the bead road does not show naturals or pairs, also what adds the difference is it records ties as a separate symbol occupying a whole white cell in the grid, unlike the big road which shows ties as a green slash in the previous symbol only.

             Figure 2 The bead road

Big Eye Road/Big Eye Boy

The starting point of Big Eye Road will be the second result after the first change in the game which corresponds to cell B2 on the Big Road scorecard. Since B2 is empty, the starting point will be C1. We will check the previous two column lengths and compare them.

For example, columns A and B have the same length of results, therefore:

  • The first outcome will be red
  • The second outcome will be blue because B1 and B2 don’t match
  • The third outcome will be blue because columns B and C have different length

Figure 3: Baccarat Big Road recorded in Excel

Small road

The small road is working the same as the Big Eye Road. However, it skipped the left column of the current column to make a comparison. To have enough information to go on, the Small Road must wait until the entry in the fourth column of the Big Road.

The results of the small road will be like:

  • The first outcome will be blue because B1 and B2 don’t match
  • The second outcome will be blue because columns A and C have different length
  • The third outcome will be red because columns B and D have the same length

The Cockroach Road

The starting point of the cockroach road in the baccarat game will be the second result after the third change in the game. The cockroach road works like the small road. The difference is it skips two columns to the left of the current column of the big road. So, it must wait until the fifth column of the big road occurs to start.

The cockroach road uses diagonal lines and small marks (circles or slashes) to record trends. When the outcomes or results are recorded in quick succession, the chart seems to be cluttered, and it looks like the random movement of cockroaches that resemble the scattered tracks. Therefore, it is called the Cockroach Road, a quite funny name, right?

According to the example of the big road above: 

  • The first outcome will be blue because B1 and B2 don’t match
  • The second outcome will be red because B2 and B3 matched
  • The third outcome will be red because B3 and B4 matched

The 3 Derived Roads

Big Eye Boy, Small Road and Cockroach Road are called derived roads, or some might refer to them as predictive roads. They didn’t follow the actual results of the game, but they all described slightly different patterns. They follow the current trend and pattern of the game as it goes along. If the game result is following a certain pattern, then it will be marked as a red hollow circle. Otherwise, it will be marked as a hollow blue circle.

It is important to note that the red colour and blue colour symbols on the 3 derived roads do not represent banker wins or player wins

Basically, for those predictive roads:

  • The red circle means the baccarat game is going along the current pattern
  • The blue circle means the baccarat is not going along the current pattern
  • There are no special markings corresponding with ties, pairs, or natural
  • The derived roads are only for the trends

The derived roads do not start at the beginning of the baccarat shoe because they can only track patterns after a few games and have formed a pattern.

  • For Big Eye Boy: The hand after the first hand in the second column of the Big Road
  • For the Small Road: The hand after the first hand in the third column of the Big Road.
  • For the Cockroach Road: The hand after the first hand in the fourth column of the Big Road.

 

Common Trends in Baccarat

When these trends happen, many players get excited as this is what players love to see. The thrill of witnessing their luck manifest in real time often evokes strong emotional responses. For many, learning and analyzing these trends provides a sense of structure and predictability in an otherwise unpredictable casino game. Players will be chasing the baccarat trends together probably with bigger and bigger bets as it develops with the belief in the "power of momentum" or that the streak will continue. 

While some players would prefer to join in on the excitement, the latter would much prefer to strategically capitalize on the psychology of the baccarat trend. These players may choose to bet against the baccarat trend to break from the crowd and position themselves for potentially larger payouts if the trend reverses. 

With that in mind, players can take advantage of these trend patterns below to predict this game of chance.

The Baccarat Dragon Trend

When the Player or Banker wins consecutively, forming a long streak that appears as a distinct ‘L’ shape on the chart, it is referred to as "The Dragon".

This trend is the most exciting pattern for Baccarat players to encounter as it represents an extended winning streak by one side. The term "Dragon" captures the essence of something powerful and rare, much like the thrill of watching a single side dominate the game. This trend is highly sought after by Baccarat players of all levels because it rarely happens yet exhilarating when the trends appears.

This trend has the chance to appear on the Big Road, the primary Baccarat chart, making it easy for players to track and follow as the game progresses. 

 

                                                                                                                                   

Figure 4: 'Dragon' pattern

The Baccarat Double Dragon Trend

This pattern is formed when both sides, the banker and player experience extended winning streaks in succession, creating a visually striking and rare sequence on the Baccarat chart. Simply saying, when a dragon occurs twice along banker and player, a double dragon trend is formed. 

Players will typically bet on the current streak to continue or anticipate the streak's end and bet agianst it. Example, if the Banker wins consecutively after a Player streak, players will begin to maintain the trend by betting on the banker. 

 

                                                                                               

Figure 5: 'Double Dragon' pattern

The Baccarat Ping Pong Trend

The Ping Pong is a baccarat trend that shows alternative wins consecutively between the player and the banker. This back-and-forth outcome resembles that of a ping pong ball being hit between two side, hence the name of the trend. 

This ping pong trend is easy to identify on the Baccarat charts as it creates a visually obvious pattern of alternating results. Example:

  • Hand 1: Player wins (red circle).
  • Hand 2: Banker wins (blue circle).
  • Hand 3: Player wins (red circle).
  • Hand 4: Banker wins (blue circle).

This pattern continues until one side breaks the pattern by winning consecutively.

Players leverage upon noticing this trend alternate their baccarat game strategy to match the back-and-forth nature of the results. For example:

  • If the Banker wins, they bet on Player for the next hand.
  • If the Player wins, they switch back to Banker.

   

 

                                             

Figure 6: Ping Pong pattern

The Baccarat Double Ping Pong Trend

Just like the Ping Pong trend, the Double Ping Pong is a baccarat trend that shows alternative two consecutive wins between the player and the banker instead of one. A repeating pattern of "two wins per side" adds an ectra layer of perdictability and excitement for playre in tracking the game.

This trend is easily identifiable on Baccarat charts such as the Big Road because of its distinct alternating blocking pattern.

For instance:

  • Hand 1: Banker wins (red circle).
  • Hand 2: Banker wins (red circle).
  • Hand 3: Player wins (blue circle).
  • Hand 4: Player wins (blue circle).
  • Hand 5: Banker wins (red circle).
  • Hand 6: Banker wins (red circle).

This sequence between two consecutive Banker and Player wins continues until the pattern breaks.

Baccarat players will enjoy following the trend because of its structured pattern than the classic Ping Pong trend above. Not to mention that this trend is easily adaptable to and anticipate switch. 

                                                                                                          

 

 

Figure 7: Double Ping Pong pattern

Conclusion

Like all trends in Baccarat, such casino games are subjected to randomness with no streak or pattern fixed or guaranteed to persist. Players may choose to bet against the pattern in hopes that it will break while some will choose to continue the streaks and follow trends. Nonethelss, Baccarat strategies are to provide a sense of control and strategize for the next upcoming bets but should be approached with awareness as the game itself is unpredictable.