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For those who want to understand the
rules, baccarat is really simple game. Since the object is to get as
close to nine as possible, the perfect hand is one that totals nine in
the first two cards - a face card and a nine, a seven and a duce...it
does not matter. If it adds up to nine, you have got an unbeatable hand.
Eight is the second best hand and,
along with the nine, constitutes the two "natural" hands. The are each
non-drawing hands - requiring no third card. The only hand that will
beat a natural eight is a natural nine. Each hand can, of course, be
tied by one of the same value in the first two cards. If either the
Player or the Banker hand has a natural eight or nine, the opposite hand
cannot draw a third card, no matter what the value.
Each hand stands on seven, and the
Player hand never draws on six.
The Player always draws when he has
five or less (so long as the Banker does not have a natural pair), and
the Banker hand may draw on all hands from three through six, depending
upon what the Player draws. Each hand always draws a third card when
having two or less (three or less for the Player), so long as the
opposite hand is not a natural.
This is where the rules get confusing.
The Banker hand will draw on a six, when the Player hand draws a Six or
a Seven. The accompanying list will explain the third card rules but,
once again, it is not necessary to memorize these rules. The croupier
will announce the results (even at the
online
casinos). These are the third card rules for the Player:
The following
are the third card baccarat rules for the Banker. The Banker
will draw if it totals:
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three, and the
Player's hand stands on six or seven, or draws Ace through
ten, except for eight.
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four, and the
Player's hand stands on six or seven, or draws two, three,
four, five, six, or seven.
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five, and the
Player's hand stands on six or seven, or draws four, five,
six or seven.
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six, and the
Player's hand draws six or seven. The Banker always stands
if the Player stands on six or seven.
The difference
between baccarat and the chemin de fer occurs when the Banker
has a five. In baccarat, the Banker is required to take another
card under certain rules, but in chemin de fer, the Banker can
decide to take a third card under those situations.
Read:
The
rules of baccarat
The history of
baccarat
Baccarat basics in
details
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