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Casino baccarat games is actually a modified version
of the French games chemin de fer,Which itself is
a modification of the original European baccarat
games. We're telling you this in case you wander
into a casino in Bucharest and sit down to play
a game that looks like American Casino baccarat
games. The European rules are different.
There is evidence that baccarat games was also the
genesis for blackjack games. The two games are similar
in their basic structure. The critical difference
is that baccarat games allows no decisions in the
play. The cards are drawn for both hands by a strict
rule. Think of it as a casino-imposed basic strategy.
Baccarat games makes up for this disadvantage by
allowing players to wager on either hand.
The Games is About Nine
Two hands are dealt in baccarat games regardless
of how Inany people are sitting at the table. One
hand is called banker and the other is called player.
Each hand initially receives two cards. The suits
of the cards mean nothing; their rank is of sole
importance. Two through nine are counted at their
number value. Tens, jacks, queens, and kings are
counted as zero. Aces are counted as one. Hands
that total more than nine are reduced by ten. This
is easily done by dropping the first digit; fifteen
becomes five, twelve becomes two, eighteen becomes
eight. The highest possible hand is a nine. It's
called a natural, or more formally le grande natural.
An eight is le petit natural. A natural automatically
wins unless it is tied (nine beats an eight).
Drawing and Betting
If neither hand is a natural, then each hand will
receive exactly one additional card as specified
by the rules. Player draws first. After the draw,
the hand with the highest point total is the winner.
They're interesting, but don't give yourself a headache
trying to learn them. It's the dealer's job to know
when a card should be drawn.
Bettors can wager on either player, banker, or a
tie. A win on player or banker pays even money;
a tie is a push for these bets and no money changes
hands. A winning wager on tie pays 8:1 (some casinos
pay 9:1). The true odds for a tie are about 9.5:1.
The mathematics for winning somewhat resemble blackjack,
so banker has a positive expectation. This is reversed
with a via (commission) on bank wins. It's usually
five percent but some casinos charge four percent.
No vig is charged for losses. |
