Description and Objectives:

The object of Baccarat is to assemble a hand of two or three cards with a point value as close to nine as possible. The perfect hand is one that totals nine in the first two cards. Eight is the second-best hand and along with the nine, constitutes the two "natural" hands. The only hand that will beat a natural eight is a natural nine. If any player hand or the Bank has a natural eight or nine, the others may not draw a third card. In a tie, all bets are called off.

Aces count as one, picture cards as 10 and all others count their face value. If your hand total is in double figures, then the first figure is ignored. So a hand totalling 18 would count as eight.

You can also place a bet on Tie, which pays 9 to 1.