RULES

Generally at Baccarat they use 6 or 8 card-packs.

How to play
Each player has in front of him two small boxes. One of these receives the bet of the player (Better) the second one, having the inscription "bank" on it, receives the bets on the Bank. It is also possible to bet, in a particular section, on the parity (égalitè).

The player has got only to decisions to make, before the croupier deal out cards:
1 To choose in which position he likes to bet;
2 To decide the amount of the bet (obviously respecting limits the table provides).

The croupier extracts 4 hidden cards: the first and the third are for the player, the second and the fourth are for the Bank.
Cards have got their face values: court-cards and 10 are worth 0.

The aim in Baccarat is to reach 9 points, which will allow the player to win the hand, or to approach as much as he can this score.

The score of the hand comes from the sum of cards, and if this sum goes over 10, the player has to take off 10 every time he can. For example, if the player cards are 4 and 8, the total will be 12, as a consequence the sum will be 2.
The sum may always vary from 0 up to 9.

The croupier could deal out a third card to both player and Bank.

Scores of 8 and 9 (natural) coming from the first two cards, give the right to beat to both the better and the banker. This means they both can stop, avoiding the opponent te chance to receive the card.

The first acting is the better. He can decide to throw, or not, the third card, according to his score.

Player's actions

Bank's actions
The Bank can overwork two different behaviours, accroding to the Player's action (If he had or not taken the card).

Player draw card:

Player not draw card:

Winnigs
Player and Banker scores are compared. The higher one wins. Winning bets, put on the Players, are worth1:1, the ones put on the Banker are worth 19:20 (the same sum, excepting a 5% for commissions), bets on tie (ègalitè) are usualy worth 8:1.

Notice: in case of "ègalitè", all bets put on both "Player" and "Banker" come back to the player.

In some Casinò, however, the croupier deals out hidden cards, and one of the players, usually the stronger better, takes these cards on the hands and ask or not for nother one, ALWAYS conforming to the above rules.