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Remove the mystique surrounding Baccarat

By admin on 2010-07-27 10:32:50

One of the casino games that remains surrounded in mystique is Baccarat or Punto Banco and the reason is probably that land based casinos have always seen the game as the preserve of the wealthy by putting high minimum table stakes on the game but with the coming of online casinos all that has changed and now you can play Baccarat for small stakes if you so wish. For all the mystique that surrounds online Baccarat the game is just about as simple as you can get with only three possible bets which are:- the player wins (also known as the Punto bet which could be where our word “punter” comes from), the bank wins (Banco) or a tie. The game is a card game but rather unusually only the dealer plays the cards which sounds a bit strange but when you consider that the cards have to be played according to strict rules with no exceptions it doesn’t actually matter who plays the cards. Baccarat does have an unusual way of playing and counting the cards all of which is explained in detail in our Baccarat section but strangely enough because of the strict rules you do not need to understand to be able to play but it does help if you know what is going on so we do recommend a read before you play. If you know that a player win pays at odds of 1 to 1 and a banker win pays at 1 to 1 less 5% you know immediately that there will be more bank wins than player wins and a tie pays at 8 or 9 to 1 (check the online casino you are playing) so you know that does not happen too often. It must also be the only game that allows you to bet on the bank winning so play Baccarat online at any of our recommended online casinos and remove the mystique, it really is a great game.