Baccarat Rules

[RayanM]

Objective

Baccarat is most popular in the middle east but is played in major casinos all over the world. In this thrilling game the player predicts that either their hand will win, the banker's hand will win, or that the game will result in a tie (draw).

Rules

The object of baccarat is to predict if the player or the banker's hand will get a point value closest to 9.

All ten-value cards (including jacks, queens and kings) count as zero and Aces count as one, suit is irrelevant. The hand with the highest point value wins.

The highest total any baccarat hand can have is nine. Two cards with a total of nine is called a "natural" and cannot lose. A total of eight is the second-best hand and is also called a "natural". If both the player and banker are dealt identical hands, it's called a stand-off (a tie) and neither the banker nor the players hand wins.

You do not receive any cards, or play against anyone; the game is to predict which hand will beat the other.

The player and the banker are each dealt a two-card hand. Following standard baccarat rules, a third card is dealt to the player and/or the banker if the hand is not a "natural": If anyone is dealt a Natural the game ends and no more cards are dealt.

Card Values:

Ace = one point
Face (picture) cards and tens = zero

All other cards carry the point value stated on the card. If the cards in a hand total ten points or more, simply subtract ten; the remainder is the baccarat point value of the hand. For example: 8+8=16, which counts as a 6 in baccarat; and a Jack+7=17, which counts as 7.

Third Card Rules

The below baccarat rule chart governs when the player and/or the banker will automatically be dealt a third card.

Player:

Point Value of First Two Cards:	Action Required
0-1-2-3-4-5	Draws a third card
6-7	Stands
8-9	"Natural hand", no further draw

Banker

Point Value of First Two Cards:	Draws when the player´s third card is:	Does not draw when the player´s third card is:
0-1-2	Always draws a card	-
3	0-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9	8
4	2-3-4-5-6-7	0-1-8-9
5	4-5-6-7	0-1-2-3-8-9
6	6-7	0-1-2-3-4-5-8-9
7	Always stands	-
8-9	Player cannot draw	Player cannot draw

Payouts

Winning Wager	Odds Payout
Banker (receives 5% commission)	1 - 1
Player	1 - 1
Tie	8 - 1

 

[RayanM]

1:Basics of Baccarat​

The game played with 312 cards between two parties. Players do not play against the House but against each other. One party holds the bank and is therefore known as the banker. He also deals the cards. The other party are his opponents, called the players, and there is no limit to their number. The object of Baccarat is to hold 2 or 3 cards, which count 9, or as nearly 9 as possible.

2: Rules of Baccarat​

Both parties play for the unlimited stake of the bankholder, called BANKO. There is only a minimum stake for each table that is set by the casino. The bankholder can always retire. The complete stake is placed in front of the croupier. The Bankholder and the opposite party get two covered cards and can get a third one if they wish. The highest score wins. The range of points is between zero (Baccarat) and nine. If the parties are level on points the game starts again. If one party scores 8 or 9 the cards are put on the table immediately, without the chance of drawing a third card. This is called SCHLAGRECHT and can be used by both parties. The casino gets a tax of 5 per cent of the stake of the bankholder. In case of losing the game the bankholder has to pay the stake of the opposite party. The bankholders lose only their banko. After that, the sledge is moved to the next player who is the bankholder then. During the game the sledge is moved from one player to the other, this is where the French name ‚Chemin de fer' (railway) comes from.

3: Values of the Cards​

The ten and court cards count zero, the other cards have their pip value. If the total number of pips from 2 or 3 cards is a two digit figure, only the second digit counts. Thus, a 7 and an 8
add up to 15 = a point of 5, and two 8s and a 7 adds up to 23 = a point of 3.

4: Tips on playing the game​

Baccarat is pretty much a game of chance, and all you really have to do is decide which hand you think will win, and bet accordingly.

5: Strategies and Tactics of the game​

Normally, playing the table game, you would have to consider the cards already dealt from the deck (which is not endless), to consider the quality of the players playing for the Banker and for the Player. That leaves you with a few factors that are subject to mistake, and would not help you with the bet. In our case though, the dealing is strictly random and the same algorithm is playing for both of the players, which leaves the game mostly to the chance, for the benefit of the gambler.