Online Baccarat Street
Baccarat-st.com, the online portal for baccarat lovers only, learn all there is to know.



Play Online Baccarat with GoldenPalace.com
Play Free Casino Games

Grand Online Casino
Flamingo Club Casino
24KTGold

Baccarat Rules

The best place to come before playing any casino game is online. Here you can check the rules and strategies of the particular game that you want to play. This holds true for all casino games, including baccarat.

Baccarat rules do not get too complicated and thank god for that because there are too many games out there that do have complicated rules and sometimes that takes away from the enjoyment and experience of the game.

In order to learn the rules you may consider downloading some software that allows you to play for free. I sometimes find it easier to play and learn. You could download the software, stick close to this site, and learn how to play like a pro. This style of learning definitely helps me to learn, so you may want to consider this method yourself.

As the player, you are given the choice of either betting on the banker hand winning, the player hand winning, or a tie between the two. Two cards are dealt to the player and the banker. If the hand you're betting on wins, you win even money. Even money bets are 1 to 1, meaning if you bet five dollars, you're paid back the five plus five more, so your profit is equal to your bet. If you bet on a tie and it turns out to be one, you're paid 8 to 1. Meaning if you bet 5 dollars on a tie and win, you're paid back your five, plus 40 dollars more.

The goal of your two-card hand is to try and have a total that is close to 9. Tens and face cards count as zero, with the exception of the ace, which is worth 1. Cards 2 thru 9 are worth their face value. The simplicity of baccarat rules reflects the simplicity of the scoring and goal itself. There is really only one tricky part: although there is no such thing as a 'busting hand' as in blackjack, when your initial card total is a two digit number, the first digit is dropped. Say you are dealt a pair of sevens - the total is 14, but the count is set to 4, as the leading 1 is arbitrarily dropped.

If the first two cards of a hand total 8 or 9 the hand is declared a 'natural' and wins (unless there is a tie between two naturals). If either hand is a natural, both hands stand, the natural hand wins. If the total is not a natural win on either hand, another card is drawn for each hand to determine the winner. Winning banker hands are usually taxed 5% by the casinos. Remember, anybody can be the banker, not always a casino employee. This hint is enough to gain an advantage in baccarat, because you know if the casinos take a cut of just one hand, that one hand probably has a good chance of winning.

Something the other baccarat rules pages on the Internet aren't likely to offer as info is this interesting tidbit: even with the 5% cut taken from winning on a banker hand bet, there is still an advantage to betting on the banker. The advantage is slim, in the area 0.18%, but in the world of gambling that's really not that small. So from reading this page you should have picked up enough about baccarat rules to play a game. It may still be a good idea to try it online first, and within minutes you'll feel comfortable enough to play anywhere. There aren't many rules, and the baccarat rules that do exist are fairly simple, they just differ from other games you may have played at the casino, so may take a little getting used to.



Video Poker | Craps | Keno | Roulette | Blackjack
Online Baccarat Street