It is surprising how simple Baccarat is to play, once you have mastered a few simple rules. Although the casinos would have you believe that Baccarat is a game only for the elite, and that only people who have been playing it their whole lives can play it in earnest.When you play you are given the choice of betting either on the dealer hand winning or on the player hand winning or a tie between the two. If the tie you bet on win, either the player or the dealer, you win even money. This means that if you bet ten dollars, you are given back your ten dollars and an additional ten dollars. If you bet on a tie between the dealer and the player, then you are paid 8 to 1, which means that you get you ten dollars back and an additional eighty dollars.Now, a winning hand is a hand that is closest to 9.Tens and face cards count as zero, with the exception of the ace, which is worth 1. Cards 2 to 9 are worth their face value. The only tricky part is that when your initial card total is a two digit number, the first one is dropped. Say you are dealt a six and a seven, and the total is 13. your tally is set to 3, as the one is dropped automatically according to the rules.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 baccarat 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. Now, when you play, it is important to have fun. That is the paramount thing in any casino game. When you see that you are losing and exorbitant amount of money please, please, leave the game. You will be able to do this with respect. And it would be better to leave than lose a lot of money.

Chemin de Fer is a flexible version of baccarat, but in Banque you can find less of that character. The main difference between Chemin de Fer and Banque is in the rotating role of the banker. While in Chemin de Fer the role of the banker moves after he lose his stakes it is not so in Banque, in this baccarat's variation the banker continue to play, as long as he has the funds to support himself.Three packs of cards are used in this game, more can be found in use in different clubs and casinos but that is uncommon. The banker holds his position until all cards are dealt, or if he cannot finance his role, or if he decides to retire. The position on the bank is put to sell before the game commences and the highest bidder wins, though in some places the first to put his name on the list may take the role of the banker, while doing so with any amount of money he wishes to risk. The banker must play at least one hand before retiring, and when he retires he must announce the amount he earned or lost, and the next banker must start his role with the same amount of money being present in time of the banker's retirement. The role of the banker moves in rotation, and any player may decline the offer to become the banker. The past banker takes the place of his heir. After a player takes the role of the banker the game commence, the croupier shuffles the decks and handing them forward to the punters who then shuffle them if they wish to do so, the last shuffle is reserved to the banker, so do the option to choose the punter who would cut the cards. The banker sits in the middle of the baccarat table, facing him is the croupier, and between them, from each side of the table, there are five players in each side, thus ten in total, which is a full table. Other punters may bet outside of the table but only if the stakes of the players is lower than the banker's.After the cards are shuffled and cut the punters lay their bets and the banker deals three cards. One to the player to his right, one to the players to his left and then one card to himself. Thr procedure reapets once again, thus ending the banker and the two players, with two crads each.The right wing wins or lose depending on the cards given to them by the banker, the same goes to the left wing. After a punter loses his cards a next hand is dealt to the player sitting next to him.The croupier do not interfere unless the players or the banker disobeyed the rules. As for the rules for dealing a third card, when a banker stands and so on can be found in our article about Chemin de Fer, the rules are the same in both cases. A player may "go bank" at any given time, if he lose he may do so once again, but no more than three times. The player to the banker's right has the first claim to "go bank", If two players, from both sides of the table, decide to "go bank" then, in case they win, they split the bank among them. A player may also split two cards, thus making two hands, and go bank with them. For more information read our articles about Chemin de Fer and PuntoBanco.

• Pair of Jacks or Better - Pair of Jacks, Queens, Kings or Aces. Achieveing this will return whatever you have bet.
• Two Pairs - A hand that contains two pairs such as two 3's and two 7's. Achieving this pays double your bet.
• Three Of A Kind - Three cards that are the same numberwise. Achieving this pays 3X your bet.
• Straight - All 5 cards consecutive but not in the same suit. For example, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. Achieving this pays 3X your bet.
• Flush - Any 5 cards of the same suit, the numbers do not matter. Achieving this pays 5 to 6X your bet.
• Full House - Two cards of the same value and three cards of the same value such as 7, 7, Queen, Queen, Queen. Achieving this pays 6-9X your bet.
• Four Of A Kind - Four cards of the same numerical value such as four 10's. Achieving this pays 25X your bet.
• Straight Flush - Five cards of the same suit in numerical order such as 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 of hearts. Achieving this pays 50X your bet.
• Royal Flush - Five cards of the same suit, MUST be 10, Jack, Queen, King, Ace. Achieving this pays 250X your bet if you bet 1 to 4 coins and 4000X your bet if you bet 5 coins.

Card counting is one of the better known ways of beating the house it is also one of the most difficult. The basic premise is that the counter keeps track of what cards have been dealt out of the shoe and uses this information to base his decisions on. Card counting is not as accurate as many people believe, as you do not know what card is going to be dealt next you just keep track on whether the deck is favourable. You can do this by keeping track of the amount of high cards to low cards that have been dealt. So if very few high cards have been dealt in the first half of the shoe then the deck could be described as favourable. High cards are 10's face cards and aces. It is easier to keep track of cards that score ten, as they are the most plentiful cards in the deck. There are three main reasons that decks high in face cards are favourable to the counter and not the casino. Firstly, the higher the proportion of tens and aces in the deck then the higher the likelihood that you can get a blackjack. It is true that the dealer is also more likely to pull a blackjack as well. However when the dealer is dealt a blackjack you lose all your wager when you are dealt a blackjack you win 3 to 2 so you get 150% of your wager and lose only 100%. So if you and the dealer trade blackjacks at the end you will be up. The dealer must draw when he has a 16 or less. He has no choice. When the deck is favourable, he runs a greater risk of busting. You, on the other hand, can alter your strategy to take advantage of favourable conditions. You don't have to take a card when the odds of busting are great because of a favourable deck. With doubling down on 10 and eleven with a favourable deck it is very valuable as the odds of the next card being a ten or ace is quite high which gives you a very high hand at double your initial wager.