Our mission
Everyone can learn to read the roads.
The Big Road, Big Eye Boy, Small Road and Cockroach Pig look like a secret code. They aren't. Baccarat Smart exists so every player can learn how they work, with free lessons, free tools and a place to learn them together.
Big Road · who won
21 hands
Big Eye Boy
Small Road
Cockroach Pig
Why we're here
The roads shouldn't be a secret
Road reading gets passed around as table superstition, or sold as a system that promises wins. It's neither.
Every red and blue mark follows two rules. Learn them once and you can read the board at any table, and see for yourself what it can and can't tell you.
- MythThe roads tell you who wins next.
- TruthThey show whether the Big Road's shape is repeating or breaking. They describe hands already dealt, not the next one.
- MythReading the roads is a secret passed down at the table.
- TruthEvery derived mark follows two rules, and Module 1 teaches the foundations free.
- MythYou have to pay for a system to see the roads.
- TruthThe calculator that draws all four roads is free for everyone.
What we believe
Open, accurate and honest
Open to everyone
Module 1 is free: 10 lessons, about 64 minutes, no card needed. The road calculator is free for everyone.
Accurate on every mark
One road engine draws every board here, in the lessons, the quizzes, the calculator and the app. A locked test fails if its rules ever change.
Honest about what roads can't do
We tested the road-agreement signal our own calculator used to show on 2,000 simulated shoes. Its bets won 49.50% of the time and lost about twice as much as betting Banker every hand. So we deleted it.
Learn together
Nobody has to learn the roads alone
Bring a shoe you can't read. Ask the question you think is too basic. Everyone starts at Column 1.
Watch the roads live
Real shoes on Kick, with every road building on screen. Drop a shoe in chat and we'll read it together.
Read any shoe yourself
Enter the hands into the free calculator and watch all four roads build, one hand at a time.
The course
From your first bead to certification
6 modules, one road at a time, on the web, iOS and Android, with 94 quiz checks along the way.
- lessons
- 36
- quiz checks
- 94
- hands-on exercises
- 74
- of lessons
- 5.5 hrs
- 01FoundationsFree10 lessons
- 02Big Eye Boy5 lessons
- 03Small Road5 lessons
- 04Cockroach Pig5 lessons
- 05Reading the Signal8 lessons
- 06Certification3 lessons
Learn the game. Play within your limits.
Reading the roads helps you understand the game. It won't make any bet more likely to win. Baccarat Smart is for adults: set a limit before you play, and stop when you reach it.
Responsible gambling resourcesStart at Column 1.
Module 1 is free: about 64 minutes of lessons. When you want the whole course, it's $25 a month.