baccarat

casinogambling wrote: It is a casino card game. It is believed to have been introduced into France from Italy during the reign of Charles VIII of France (ruled 1483-1498), and it is similar to Faro and to Basset. There are three accepted variants of the game: baccarat chemin de fer (railway), baccarat banque (or à deux tableaux), and punto banco (or North American baccarat). Punto banco is strictly a game of chance, with no skill or strategy involved; each player's moves are forced by the cards the player is dealt. In baccarat chemin de fer and baccarat banque, by contrast, both players can make choices, which allows skill to play a part.

bstern wrote: Can anyone give some advice or strategies when playing baccarat?

Manne wrote: The object of baccarat is to obtain a hand whose point total is closest to 9. Aces count as one; cards from 2 through 9 keep their value; 10 and face cards count as 0. If the initial value of your hand is ten points or higher, subtract ten from this value, the reminder being the value of your hand. For example: 7 +5 = 12 = 2 or 4 +6 = 10 = 0

Place your bet on the dealer's hand and/or the player's hand and/or the Tie. The dealer distributes to the player and to himself a hand of two cards. In some cases, a third card is given to the player or the banker or both (Third Card Rules). The cards are dealt from a shoe with 6 decks of cards in it. Cards are reshuffled before each game.

The player closest to 9 wins.

If you bet on the player and the player wins, you will be paid a ratio of 2 to 1 on your original bet.

If you bet on the dealer and the dealer wins, you will be paid a ratio of 2 1 of your initial bet minus a 5% commission that the bank attributes takes.

In case the player's hand and the dealer have equal totals, the game ends in a draw (Tie). If you placed a bet on the scope of a Tie, you will be paid a ratio of 9 to 1 on your original bet.

Third Card Rules

The rule of baccarat table below shows where the player and / or dealer receive automatically (`s to say" being served ") a third card Baccarat.

If the rules are a bit confusing to you, you do not need to know them exactly when you start. You can play with fun money at most online casinos without risking any real money, while you learn the baccarat rules.

As for any game of chance, all you need to do is determine which hand you think will win, and bet accordingly. Of course knowing the exact rules will certainly help you follow what is going on, making the game a lot more enjoyable.

You have the choice of betting on either the Bank, the Player or for a Tie. (Betting "tie" is not usually recommended, as the house advantage is the highest in this case). Except for the Tie bet, Baccarat has a very low house advantage - 1.36 % if you bet on Player and 1.17% for bets on Banker. This is one of the reasons why Baccarat is a favorite choice for savvy gamblers.

The game is played as follows:
1. Two hands are dealt, one for the Player and one for the Banker - it is time to bet on one or the other.
2. If the hand you bet on wins, you receive a 1 to 1 (even money) payoff. You can also bet that the hands will tie, but as mentioned above, it is not recommended. You receive an 8 to 1 payoff, but ties occur less than once out of every ten hands, making the tie bet a rare (but rewarding) choice.