High Limit Baccarat

Baccarat is really quite a simple card game–which can perhaps account for its huge popularity among casino goers everywhere. Nevertheless, there are a few things to remember that will not only have a direct bearing on how well you do in the game, but also contribute greatly to your enjoyment of it.

A baccarat game typically begins by the dealer handing out two cards for the player hand and another two cards for the bank hand.

Each of these hands has their own rules governing their play. For the player hand for example, the player must stand without drawing a card if his or her first two cards have a total value of 6 or more. If his or her first two cards amount to 5 or less however, one other additional card must be drawn.

For the banker hand, if the first two cards have a total value of 7 or higher, the banker must stand without drawing another card. The banker must draw another card however, if his or her first two cards have a total value of 0, 1, or 2. If the first two cards of the banker have a total of 3, 4, 5, or 6, he or she may have to draw another card, based on whether or not the baccarat player had to draw a card.

Baccarat ranks right up there along with blackjack and poker as one of the most popular card games around.
When playing baccarat, the cards are dealt from a shoe holding either 6 or 8 decks of cards. The house dealer deals out two hands to the baccarat players–the “banker” hand and the “player” hand. The player has three options for betting, which he or she must make before being dealt the hand: he or she may place a bet on the banker hand, the player hand, or a tie.

The payout on winning bets is determined as follows: bets on the banker or player are paid out at 1:1. A commission is typically charged on bank bets however–usually equal to 5%–which makes the odds on bets such as these 0.95 to 1. There are some casinos however that will take a lower commission–sometimes even as low as 4%.

The payout on tie bets tend to vary between baccarat games, with some paying out 8:1, while others paying out 9:1.

In the event of a tie, any bets on the banker or the player are returned to the baccarat player. Once the bet has been placed however, the baccarat player may not make any further changes to his or her decision.