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The Baccarat table is rectangular and about
the size of a Crap's table. It has even spaces
for players numbered 1 through 6 on one side,
and 7 through 12 on the other. Each
player's position features three betting areas, marked
Player, Banker, and Tie. There are 12 little boxes,
called Commission Boxes, where dealers place the players'
appropriate commission payments due the House before
each player leaves the game.
How to Play Baccarat.
In Baccarat, the gaming chips are quite a bit bigger
than the regular casino chips; purely for show. At the
Baccarat table is doesn't matter which seat you take.
You are not playing against the other players or the
House. Your betting action is against the cards, and no
player decisions are involved. Baccarat is played with
eight standard decks of cards, no jokers, all shuffled
together. The Shoe containing the eight shuffled decks
is called The Bank. In American Baccarat, the player
holding The Bank has no specific advantage over the
other players. Each player at the table is then given
The Bank in turn and can hold it as long as the Bank
wins. Once it loses, The Bank moves to the player on
his or her right, counter clockwise, and so on. The
player holding The Bank deals out four cards, two sets
of two cards, with the first and third cards going to
the Player hand, and the second and fourth cards to
the Banker hand. There are only three bets available
in Baccarat, the The Bank hand, the PLAYER hand, or the
Tie hand. You can place your gaming chips in the area so
marked.
Baccarat Rules
For the bettor, the object of Baccarat is to place
a wager on the hand that will at the close of dealing,
be closest to '9' in total value, without going over.
In Baccarat, all 10-value cards and face cards are counted
as zero, Aces are counted as 1, and all other cards are
counted at their numerical value. The various suits play no
role in this game. If either Baccarat hand has a King and
a 2, the value of the hand is 2. There are very strict rules
dictating whether, after the first two cards dealt, more are
to be drawn. Players in Baccarat have no choice in what cards
are drawn and cannot manipulate the outcome. There are no
individual hands dealt to players. The game ends on its own
and bets are paid on this final result. Winning depends on
what option you placed your bet on . If either the Player's
hand or the Banker's hand is dealt an 8 or 9 on the first
two cards, this called a Natural. The desired objective in
Baccarat is to receive a Natural. If both the Player's hand
and the Banker's hand draw the same Natural, say '9', it is
called a Tie, neither hand wins or loses, but the payoff is
made on those bets placed on the Tie hand. Tied hands do not
occur frequently, but pay off at '9 to 1 odds', while the other
two bets, Banker and Player hands, only pay off at Even Money.
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