How to play Baccarat

Rudimentary rubrics of playing Baccarat

1. Once all the bets are placed at the baccarat table, both the player hand and the bank hand are dealt, each of which contains two cards each.
2. The goal here is to predict the hand that will have a total that is most close to 9
3. If you are a player, you can wager on the tie bet, the player hand or the bank hand
4. In this game, as aces count as one, faces and tens account to zero whereas other cards count their face value
5. You can only subtract ten from the total if the count of a hand surpasses 9
6. Since the maximum of cards per hand is three, some house rules ascertain whether the player or the bank hand will receive a thrown card
7. A 1 to 1 payoff is guaranteed for players who bet on a winning player hand
8. If you bet on a winning bank hand, you receive a 1 to 1 payoff. However, you must remit 5% commission. You have a 19 to 20 payoff odds
9. A winning tie wager has payoff odds of 8 to 1

The game of baccarat may appear as intimidating to some people (average players of course), whereas others find it serious and elegant. However, it is a simple game to play. For your information, in any casino, the house edge is always the lowest.
Baccarat is a game, which anchors on the ‘baccara,’ an Italian game. The meaning of the word is zero, which translates that in baccarat, all tens and cards are valued at zero. Baccarat was a popular game in the 1400s, especially in France and Italy. Most of the French royalty used to play it. This game survived through the ban on public gambling, which was in effect in France by 1837. It is a game, which was played by common people as well as the elite of society. As such, the game continued to grow with time and found its way into the casinos of Riviera. This made it a premier game in most of the casinos in Europe.

Baccarat has grown over the years into several versions of the original. Even though the rules are virtually the same, there is a difference in the manner in which the cards are dealt. These versions include:

1. Punto Banco or the American Baccarat
2. Chemin de fer or the Chemmy

Baccarat Banque Tommy Renzoni, a professional gambler was able to convince Sands Casino management to try Punto Banco, thereby orchestrating a debut in of this game in Las Vegas on 20th November 1959. He had previously introduced the same baccarat in Cuba, witnessed its success, and made several modifications to it. He knew that it would hit in Las Vegas. The game became so popular in Las Vegas that other casinos started offering it. That is how its popularity rose.

To many Indians, Baccarat is an intimidating game only played by high rollers in a separate part of the casino. In reality, it is not because there are low stakes versions of Baccarat that are played on a blackjack-sized table in the main casino. Merits of playing Baccarat
This is why you should play Baccarat:

1. The rules are easy
2. Even if you are not experienced in this game, you will still get the best odds in a casino
3. Regardless of the eve of your wager, you will still find high and low stakes versions of Baccarat in a casino
4. Online casinos also have the Baccarat game