Baccarat Rules

Basic rules of the Baccarat casino game

Baccarat is a card game played with six or eight deck of cards dealt from a shoe. American Baccarat is the most played baccarat casino game. In this game each player gets a turn to hold the shoe. The house dealer deal two hands, the banker hand and the player hand. Prior to hands dealt, bets can be placed on banker hand or player hand or on a tie. The game starts with dealing two cards each by player and the banker. After the two cards are dealt, at third card is dealt by player or banker depending on some rules.

In Baccarat, the value of a hand is determined by totaling the value of individual cards. There are specific rules for player and banker hands. If the player hand’s card value is total 6 or more, the player can dealt without drawing card. If the player hand’s value is 5 or less, the player must draw an extra card. Banker need not have to draw an additional card if his total card value is total 7 or more. All player bets can be paid off if the banker hand is less than the player hand. Else all banker bets are paid off.

The betting can be made on the hand with the highest total. The highest total of any player or banker hand can have is nine. If any initial hand values total 8 or 9, it is called natural and the game ends. It both player and banker gets similar values, the game is a tie. You can bet on either on players hand or banker hand. If the player hand wins you will get the money and need not have to pay any commission. If banker hand wins, you have to pay 5% commission on winnings. In a tie condition, player and banker bets are returned.

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