Seeing Beyond Figures

Besides the wonderful charts and the mathematical calculations, baccarat is ultimately a game about people. A game about people has to necessarily be a game about emotions. Human beings are unique in that they are intricately involved in the emotional status of their fellow human beings. If you are happy, sad, elated, panicked or confident the other players will be interested because it will give them a clue about how they can beat you. They may not be able to read your hand or even predict your next move with any sort of accuracy but if they can work out your state of mind and emotions at the time, they may just about make the right guess.

Much Maligned In the Beginning

Emotional intelligence does not have a very high reputation among academic circles. When it first came about, the snobs among the educated so it as some sort of new age nonsense which was supposed to distract us from the real issues facing the education systems across the globe. However as time has gone on people have understood that in some instances emotional intelligence can surpass even the most astute academic in trying to get things done. Emotional intelligence is about knowing people and if you know people, then you can work with them and get them to do the things that you need to accomplish.
Baccarat is similar to other gambling games in as much as it relies on the ability to correctly identify the strategy of your opponent and even decipher what is happening to their game plan. You might be in a position whereby you cannot see what is going on behind the mask. The mask is the veneer of neutrality that poker players normally put on to distract their opponents form ever knowing what is really going on.

Using the Intelligence

The good baccarat player will need to have the courage and the skills to smash the masks and unpick the treasure trove of strategic advantage that lie beneath. You will also be able to know when someone is trying to play at having bravado when in reality they in all sorts of trouble. The first thing that some people do when they are losing a game of baccarat is to pretend that it is not happening. They will give an impression that they are either in a neutral position or that they are in a winning position. This might distract their opponents from going for the kill at the right moment.

If you have emotional intelligence, you will know all about these tricks and you will take time to ensure that you can cope with the situation by exploiting the weaknesses in the other players. It sounds mercenary but sometimes you have to be mercenary in order to win at such complex gambling games. In gambling there is little room for sweet sentimentality.

Having emotional intelligence also means knowing how your body reacts to situations and being able to hide your own emotions appropriately if you are in a critical situation as you play baccarat. This means that emotional intelligence is both internal and external.

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