How to Play Baccarat :

Baccarat follows the basic blackjack rules only you make your bet before the cards are dealt.
You can wager on the “Player” winning, the “Banker” winning or if you think there will be a tie or “push” you can bet on that too. There really is no “Player” or “Banker”, (you actually do not receive any cards!) those are just the names given to the 2 hands.

*The value you are looking to reach but not go over is 9 instead of 21 like in original Blackjack.

*2 hands are dealt in the centre of the table.
The first hand is that of the Player, the second hand is the cards for the Banker. All you need to decide is which hand you’ll wager is highest, trying to get closest to a combined value of 9.

*If you bet on a push and you’re correct, you win a pot that’s 9:1 of your wager.

*Cards 2-9 are worth their value, 10s, Jacks, Queens and Kings are worth 0 and Aces are worth 1.

*Hands are 2 cards each and the score is taken by adding them and if they come to 10 or more, you take away the first digit. So for example, if you get an 8 and a 2, that equals 10 but that would make a score of 0. Another example is if you have a 4 and a 9, that equals 13 but would amount to a score of 3.

*The table of play is used to decide if the Player or Banker pick up 1 more card each or hold.

*If you win, you’ll get paid even money (1-1).

*The name of the game, Baccarat, actually means 0 and it is a unique quirk that the game is named after the worst possible outcome!