Playing Baccarat Online

Baccarat is a fairly simple casino game to enjoy as all facets of the game are governed via a predetermined set of game rules. The banker controls the cards, and there are no decisions to be made after the bet. .

The idea of the game is to get closer to 9 with your hand total than the dealers hand does..
A hand cannot “bust” like in Blackjack. In baccarat when a total is 10 or more, then 10 is subtracted from that total so the count is at all times less than 9.

The player firstly chooses somewhere to wager, then once bets are done everybody is given out two cards to begin with.

If either hand is a total of eight or nine it is known as a natural, the hand wins and the round is done. When both hands have an 8 or 9, that is a draw.

Provided neither the player or banker gets a ‘natural’, then the following rules decide what occurs after that:

First the players hand is dealt with.

Players Hand: Players Required Action:
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Gets a third card
6 or 7 Stay

Once the players cards have been dealt, the bankers actions are based off the players hand.

The Bankers Required Action:
0, 1 or 2 Any hand Draw a card
3 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 Takes a card
8 No further cards
9 Stay
4 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 Takes a card
0, 1, 8 or 9 Stay
5 5, 6 or 7 Draws a card
0, 1, 2, 3, 8 or 9 Stay
4 Draw a card
6 6 or 7 Takes a card
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 or 9 Stays
7 Anything Stays

As soon as every one of the cards have been dealt out, the 2 hands are compared and the one with the value closer to nine wins the round.