How baccarat roads work
Every mark on the board has a reason.
The Big Road shows who won. The three roads under it — Big Eye Boy, Small Road and Cockroach Pig — never do. They show whether the Big Road's shape is repeating or breaking, using two rules you can learn right here.
- Red: repeating
- Blue: breaking
- Tie: a slash, never a bead
Big Road · who won
21 hands
Big Eye Boy · repeating or breaking
01Watch, then tap
The Big Road
Same winner goes down the column. A new winner starts a new column to the right.
A tie never adds a bead. It shows as a green slash.
Each new bead adds a red or blue mark to the three roads underneath, and the board says why. Watch a few hands, then take over.
Big Eye Boy
Small Road
Cockroach Pig
Hand 5 · Player again → down to Row 2.
- Big Eye Boy: blue (≠)
- Small Road: blue (≠)
- Cockroach Pig: blue (≠)
Big Eye Boy: This bead is at Row 2. Column 3 stopped at Row 1, one row above → blue (≠).
02Rule 1
A new column compares depths
When the Big Road starts a new column, compare the column that just finished with the column N further back. Same depth is red. Different depth is blue.
- N=1Big Eye Boy
- N=2Small Road
- N=3Cockroach Pig
Each road waits until there is something to compare. Big Eye Boy's first mark is at Column 2, Row 2 (or Column 3, Row 1). Small Road starts one column later, Cockroach Pig two columns later.
Column 3 starts → Big Eye Boy adds a mark.
Big Eye Boy adds
Column 2 has 1 bead. Column 1 has 1 bead. Same depth → red (=).
03Rule 2
Going down checks one row
When the Big Road goes down a column, look at the column N to the left. The mark is blue only when that column stopped exactly one row above this bead. Every other case is red.
- That column has a bead at this row → red
- It stopped exactly one row above → blue
- It stopped earlier → red
Hand 3 · Player again → down to Row 2.
Big Eye Boy adds
This bead is at Row 2. Column 1 stopped at Row 1, one row above → blue (≠).
04Three roads
Same rules, different distances
Big Eye Boy, Small Road and Cockroach Pig follow the same two rules. The only difference is how far back they look: 1, 2 or 3 columns. Tap any mark to see which beads made it.
Column 8 starts → compare Column 7 with Column 6 (1 column further back).
Tap a Big Eye Boy mark
Column 7 has 3 beads. Column 6 has 1 bead. Different depth → blue (≠).
05Your turn
Read the next mark
Three quick rounds. Picture the next hand on the Big Road, then choose the mark Big Eye Boy adds. Miss one and you'll see why.
If Banker wins next, what does Big Eye Boy add?
The course
Read the roads at table speed
Six modules, one road at a time. Module 1 is free. Start there.
6 modules · 36 lessons
On the web, iOS and Android. The road calculator is free for everyone.
- 01FoundationsFree10 lessons
- 02Big Eye Boy5 lessons
- 03Small Road5 lessons
- 04Cockroach Pig5 lessons
- 05Reading the Signal8 lessons
- 06Certification3 lessons