BACCARAT RULES
The
rules are always the same at every table and they'll usually
have a printed copy of the rules at the table and will give
you a copy if you ask for it. After playing the game for awhile
you'll start to remember the rules on your own, but until then
here's a rundown on how it works:
As
noted before, if the first two cards in either hand total 8
or 9, then the game is over and the highest total wins. If the
totals are both 8 or both 9 then it's a tie and neither hand
wins. For any other total the rules have to be consulted and
it's
always the player hand that goes first. If the player hand has
a total of 6 or 7, it must stand. The only other totals it can
possibly have are 0,1,2,3,4 or 5 and for all of those totals
it must draw a card.
The object of the
game is come as close as possible to the number nine as possible.
Face cards and tens,or any combination of cards totalling ten,
count as zero. The rest of the counting system is: aces count
as 1, dueces count as 2, etc. Each hand will be dealt at least
2 cards but no more than 3.
There is a "Bank"
and a "Player" You bet on one or the other. When you place your
bet for example, on the "Bank" you are betting that the "Bank"
will win the hand. Neither player nor bank have an option in
the card they draw. It is all predetermined by the rules of
the game and the way the cards are counted.
Both player and
bank play a community hand, that is one hand applies to all,
players betting on one or the other, The "Bank" hand
applies to all bettors betting on the "Bank" hand and
the "Player hand applies to all players betting on the
player hand. Unlike Black Jack there are only two hands, Bank
and player. In Black Jack each player plays his/here own hand
against the dealers hand. To recap a player may bet on the
"Bank" hand, the "player" hand or on a
"TIE" hand.
Winning bets are paid even money. However, a winning
"Banker" bet pays a 5% commission (sometimes 4%) which
is withheld from winnings after each such bet. If both hands
result in identical totals, the "Tie" bet wins, paying
8 to 1. When a "Tie" occurs, all bets on the
"Player" and the "Banker" are neither paid
nor taken.
Rules -- when to draw, when to stand
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