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Similar
to blackjack, in baccarat the player and the dealer are both
dealt 2 cards. Cards are valued based on the face value
with aces counting as 1 and 10 to King counting as 10.
A players cards are then added up to make a total, and then
reduced by ten as many times as required until the total is
between 0 and 9 (mod 10 for mathematicians). So for
example cards K and 7 would make 17, which would get reduced
to 7 and that would be the players score. Consequently
every hand has a value of 0 to 9.
Before the cards are dealt you can bet on whether the player
(i.e. you), or the banker will have the higher score, or if
it will be a tie.
After the two cards are dealt, both the player and the banker
may take another card depending on a few rules
 if either the player
or the banker can make a score of 8 or 9 then the game ends
if the players hand
is 5 or less then he gets another card, otherwise he stands
if the player stands
then the banker will take a card on 5 or less
if the player hits
then the banker will either stand or hit depending on the
bankers score and the players third card
The first thing to realise is while this sounds a bit complicated,
there is actually no decision for the player to make, hence
it is a simple game to play (although a bit harder to understand
what's happening) |
Baccarat