How to Play Internet Baccarat

Baccarat is a card game that is played between the "Player" and the "Banker." It is played with a single standard deck of 52 cards. Your goal is to predict which of the two hands will come closer to a total value of 9 — the highest hand in Internet baccarat.

Counting the Baccarat Cards

In most cases, the value of the baccarat cards is exactly what you would expect it to be. A 3 is worth three points, a 7 is worth seven points, and so on. But there are a couple of unusual baccarat rules that you need to be aware of.

First, aces are always worth 1 point, and 10s, jacks, queens, and kings are all worth 0 points.

In addition, when determining the total value of a hand, only the last digit is considered. A hand of 5 and 9 adds up to 14 and has a value of 4. A hand of 7 and King and has a value of 7. A hand of 8-2-Queen has a value of 0.

Since only the last digit counts, it follows that the highest possible value for an Internet baccarat hand is 9.

Playing Internet Baccarat

To play Internet baccarat, you first use the Coin Selector buttons to choose the size of your bet. You then place your bet on either the Player, the Banker, or a Tie.

The Player and the Banker each receive two cards, face up. Sometimes, one or both of the hands will receive a third card. There is no free choice to hit or stand. Whether or not to deal a third card is determined according to the fixed baccarat rules and is applied automatically by the dealer in a land-based casino and by the software in an Internet casino.

After the cards have been dealt, each hand is added up according to the rules for counting the baccarat cards, and the hand with the highest value is declared the winner.

Winning at Internet Baccarat

You win at Internet baccarat if you placed a bet on the hand that ends the game with the highest point value, or if you bet on a tie and the hands tied. Winning baccarat bets pay out as follows:

If you bet on the Player and the Player wins, you receive a 1-to-1 payout on your bet. A winning €10 bet on the Player will win you an additional €10.

If you bet on the Banker and the Banker wins, you receive a 1-to-1 payout on your bet but you must pay a 5 percent commission to the house. A winning €10 bet on the Banker will win you an additional €9.50.

If you bet on Tie and the hands do tie, you receive an 8-to-1 payout on your bet. A winning €10 bet on Tie will win you an additional €80.

If you did not bet on Tie and the hands tie, your bet is returned to you. You do not win or lose anything.

Enjoy Playing Baccarat in the Internet Casino

As you can see, the rules of baccarat are not nearly as difficult or complicated as some people think they are. In fact, baccarat is really one of the simpler Internet casino games. You just need to understand the peculiar rules of how the baccarat cards are added up, and you need to understand that you are free to bet on the Player, the Banker, or Tie, and then you are ready to have a grand time playing baccarat at First Web Internet Casino. Enjoy, and good luck!

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