Baccarat game overview

Baccarat is one of the most popular casino games. It is loved by many players due to its simple rules and straightforward betting system.

Baccarat is a favorite card game among game of chance funs, as baccarat is a game of luck, although many believe that there are some strategies that can be used when playing.

There are three main variations of the baccarat:

• Baccarat Chemin de Fer (6 decks of cards are used);
• Baccarat Banque (3 decks of cards are used);
• Punto Banco (6 or 8 decks of cards are used).

Punto Banco is considered to be a standard baccarat game that came from North America.

The main idea of baccarat is to predict the game winning outcome and place bets. As it can be seen it is very easy to learn how to play baccarat. There are three possible winners: the Bank, the Player and the Tie (the game ends drawn).

Basic rules of baccarat

The baccarat dealer is responsible for cards shuffling and handling them to the players. When he announces that no more bets are possible, players have no right to place bets and the dealer gives out 2 cards for the Bank and the Player. Each card has its value: Jacks, Queens, Kings and Tens - 0, the Aces - 1, the rest of the cards have as many points as on their face.

The given cards are counted and the winner is the hand with the number of points that is closest to nine.

Table limits at live baccarat

Being not difficult game of chance, baccarat requires some skills for playing. It is necessary to know where to place bets and what bets should be. It is common knowledge that every game has its house edge and baccarat is not an exception. Baccarat house edge differs in accordance with the bets. The lowest house edge is when players place bets on the Bank (around 1,09%) and the highest - on the Tie (around 14%). The payout rises with the house edge, for example, 1:1 if the Player wins, 0,95% if the Bank wins and 8:1 if the Tie wins.

Baccarat table limits give players the ability to choose the affordable sum of money to spend when gaming. There are 3 kinds of baccarat tables: low, medium and high. The minimum and maximum bets allowed at each baccarat table can be seen below.