Baccarat is one of the oldest games, which is still very popular nowadays. Players all over the world love the complex rules, high probability of winning, dynamism and fascination.
According to legend, baccarat first became known in France when soldiers brought it from Italy in the late 15th century. Even the ban of casinos in 1837 could not reduce the popularity of the game among the French nobility. Although it was long believed that the game of baccarat occurred several decades later, the game of baccarat has been played again in the United States for fifty years.
Interesting fact: the release of Ian Fleming’s book “Casino Royale” and the movie of the same name, in which Agent 007 James Bond plays with a Soviet spy, led to a new wave of popularity of baccarat.
Baccarat: rules of the game The aim of the game is to guess who will win – the banker, the player or a tie.
The game is run by a dealer who uses 6 or 8 decks of 52 cards in a shuzu. The dealer draws cards from the shuz and places them on the table for the player and the banker in turn. In a round, whichever outcome scores the most points from two or three cards wins. The maximum points total is nine. In the event of a tie, there is a draw (Tie).
In baccarat and other types of card games, the term “shuz” is used to refer to the device that holds the decks of cards.
In baccarat Aces, cards with a face value of 1 are considered lower value cards.
The face of each card from 2 to 9 indicates their face value.
Cards with figurative elements (Jack, Queen, King) and 10 are 0.
In baccarat, only the numerical value of the card is important, the suit is irrelevant, and extra bets such as “Perfect Pair” are not counted.
In each round, the dealer starts from the player’s field and deals two cards each to the banker and the player. Adding up the values of the cards received determines the points of each hand. If the total sum of points is greater than or equal to ten, ten is subtracted from the resulting number.
For example, a player received cards 7 and 9, which when added together give 16, and 16 is greater than 10, so the total sum of points is 6 (16 – 10 = 6).
If the player’s or banker’s first two cards total 8 or 9 points, this is called a natural combination and no third card is dealt.
The third card rule applies when there is no natural combination and the sum of the player’s or banker’s cards is between 0 and 7 points. In this case, the player receives a third card from the dealer.
