The purpose of baccarat is to guess whether the banker's hand or the player's hand will get a point value closest to 9. The hand with the highest point value wins.
To wager, place a bet on the player's hand, banker's hand or on a tie. A tie is when both hands have equal point values. If the outcome of the game ends in a tie, bets on the banker and player neither win nor lose and the bets are given back.
All winning bets pay even money. Note that if the banker wins, the house receives 5% commission. A tie pays 8 to 1.
All ten-value cards count as zero and aces count as one. All other cards are the point value indicated on the card. If a hand total is more than ten points, just subtract ten. The balance is the baccarat point value of the hand. An example would be: 7+7=14, this would count as 4.
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