While it is safe to say that Baccarat is very popular card game, there is less certainty as to its actual origins. Some claim it was invented in Italy, while others say it originated from France. What we do know for certain is that there are three popular variants of the game today: Punto Banco (also called "North American Baccarat"), Baccarat Chemin de Fer, and Baccarat Banque (or "� deux tableaux").
In Baccarat Chemin de Fer and Baccarat Banque, by contrast, both players can make choices, which allow skill to play a part in proceedings.
Baccarat is a comparing card game played between two hands, the "player" and the "banker." Each Baccarat coup has three possible outcomes: "player" (player has the higher score), "banker," and "tie."
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How to Play
In the game of Baccarat, a total of 8 decks (416 cards) of cards are used. Number cards Two to Nine are worth their respective face value and Aces are worth 1 point while Picture cards (Jacks, Queens and Kings) and Tens are worth 0 points. The actual value of each hand is the total value of all the cards, this calculated by summing up the total value of all the cards. For example, a hand of Four, Queen and Ten is worth 4 points (4+0+0=4) while a hand of Ace and Nine is worth 0 point (1+9=0).
Play begins by all players betting either on the "player", "banker", or a tie. At some tables you may also bet on a player pair and banker pair.
In every round of a game, 2 cards will be dealt to each Player and the Banker. No 3rd card will be dealt to the Player or Banker when either Player or Banker has a total of 8 or 9 points.
The score of the hand is the right digit of the total of the cards. For example, if the two cards were an 8 and 7, then the total would be 15 and the score would be a 5. The scores will always range from 0 to 9 and it is impossible to bust.
Third-card Rules
A third card may or may not be dealt to either the player or the dealer depending on the following rules:
- A 3rd card will be dealt to the Player if the hand is a total of 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 points.
- The player will stand if the hand is 6 or 7.
- If the Player is not dealt a 3rd card, the Banker will be dealt a 3rd card if the Banker has a total of 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 points.
- The Banker will also stand if the hand is 6 or 7.
Payouts are as follows:
Player: Pays 1 to 1
Banker: Pays 0.95 to 1
Tie: Pays 8 to 1 (Player and Banker bets will be returned)
Player/Banker Pair (first 2 cards are a pair): Pays 11 to 1
Big (total number of cards in the game is more than 4): Pays 0.54 to 1
Small (total number of cards in the game is 4): Pays 1.5 to 1
Super Six Baccarat, also sometimes known as Punto 2000, is a Baccarat variation with slightly different payouts to traditional Baccarat. Just like normal Baccarat, you start the game by placing a chip on either the Banker, Player or Tie boxes. The live dealer will then deal to the Banker and Player hands according to normal third card rules.
You win if you bet on the correct outcome: Banker, Player win or Tie. Payouts for Player (1:1) and Tie (8:1) bets are the same as for normal Baccarat but the payout for Banker wins is different. Instead of paying 0.95:1, in Super 6 Baccarat the Banker win pays 1:1 unless the Banker wins with a score of 6 in which case the payout halves to 0.5:1.
There is a side bet offered as an insurance to a Banker 6 win. If you take the Super Six side bet you are betting that the Banker will win with a score of 6 and this side bet pays 12:1 if successful.
Player: Pays 1 to 1
Banker: Pays 0.95 to 1
Tie: Pays 8 to 1 (Player and Banker bets will be returned)
Player/Banker Pair (first 2 cards are a pair): Pays 11 to 1
Big (total number of cards in the game is more than 4): Pays 0.54 to 1
Small (total number of cards in the game is 4): Pays 1.5 to 1
Super 6 Baccarat
Super Six Baccarat, also sometimes known as Punto 2000, is a Baccarat variation with slightly different payouts to traditional Baccarat. Just like normal Baccarat, you start the game by placing a chip on either the Banker, Player or Tie boxes. The live dealer will then deal to the Banker and Player hands according to normal third card rules.
You win if you bet on the correct outcome: Banker, Player win or Tie. Payouts for Player (1:1) and Tie (8:1) bets are the same as for normal Baccarat but the payout for Banker wins is different. Instead of paying 0.95:1, in Super 6 Baccarat the Banker win pays 1:1 unless the Banker wins with a score of 6 in which case the payout halves to 0.5:1.
There is a side bet offered as an insurance to a Banker 6 win. If you take the Super Six side bet you are betting that the Banker will win with a score of 6 and this side bet pays 12:1 if successful.