Baccarat Rules

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Baccarat Dealer Rules
  1. Baccarat is played with 8 decks of cards and every card will be played and archived before 8 new decks are introduced
  2. Players can bet on any outcome (Player / Banker / Tie) or combination of outcomes and include side bets (Player Pair / Banker Pair)
  3. Draw a card for Player then Banker and repeat so both hands have two cards
    • Cards A 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 have face value (A = 1)
    • Cards 10 J Q K have zero value
    • Add the cards and the last digit is the hand value
    • K + Q = 0
    • A + 10 = 1
    • 7 + 8 + 9 = 4
  4. The coup ends if either opening hand is 8-9 (Natural)
  5. Draw a 3rd card for Player if Player shows 0-5
  6. Draw a 3rd card for Banker if
    • Player did not draw a 3rd card and Banker has 0-5
    • Player drew a 3rd card and
      • Banker has 0-2
      • Banker has 3 and Player 3rd card is not 8 (38 Special)
      • Banker has 4 and Player 3rd card is 2-7 (427)
      • Banker has 5 and Player 3rd card is 4-7 (547)
      • Banker has 6 and Player 3rd card is 6-7 (667)
  7. The winning outcome is the highest hand or tie