Greektown Casino - Baccarat

MIDI-BACCARAT

Midi-Baccarat is an elegant, simple game to play. There are only two decisions you have to make in the game. How much you want to bet, and whether to bet on the bank or the player. If you bet on the bank, simply place your bet in the area closest to you marked "Bankers." Likewise if you bet the player. The Casino-Hotel will collect five percent commission of all money won on the bank. The commissions must be paid at the conclusion of each shoe.

TIE BET
An additional bet you may make is a Tie Bet (that the two hands will end in equal totals). A winning Tie Bet pays 8 to 1. Now for the game itself, Baccarat is played with eight decks of cards. Any card from 2 to 9 has its face value. Ace equals one. Deuce is two. All 10s and face cards, or any combination of them, have no value. When the total of the cards exceeds nine, the first digit of the total is dropped, because in the game of Baccarat, all hands must be a single digit number from 0 to 9. So, 7 + 4 = 1, Queen + Ace = 1.

The game begins when four cards are dealt alternately from the shoe: the first card to the player, the second card to the bank, the third card to the player and the fourth card to the bank. If the point count of either hand is 8 or 9 it is called a Natural and no additional cards are drawn. The cards are dealt according to set rules. There are no options regarding drawing the third card for either the player's or banker's hand. The dealer announces the point count of the player's hand and the banker's hand and the dealer will draw additional cards when appropriate. All bets must be placed before the dealer calls, "no more bets" and the cards are dealt. No more than one additional card will be drawn to each hand. The hand closest to 9 wins and is paid at odds of 1 to 1. If both the player's and banker's hand result in identical totals, it is a Tie Hand and the Tie Bet wins; neither hand wins nor loses. These charts describe the fixed rules governing the drawing of additional cards.

BANKER RULES
When the player stands on 6 or 7, the banker will always draw on totals of 0-1-2-3-4 and 5 and stand on 6-7-8 and 9. The banker shall always draw on the totals of 0-1 or 2, and then observe the following rules:
When first two cards total
1-2-3-4-5-0 Draw
6-7 Stands
8-9 Natural (Stands)
Banker having Draws when Player's Does Not Draw when Third Card is: Player's Third Card is:
0-1-2 Banker Always Draws
3 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9-0 8
4 2-3-4-5-6-7 1-8-9-0
5 4-5-6-7 1-2-3-8-9-0
6 6-7 1-2-3-4-5-8-9-0
7 Stands
8-9 Natural (Stands)

MINI-BACCARAT

Mini-Baccarat is a smaller form of Midi-Baccarat. However, all cards in Mini-Baccarat are dealt by the dealer and the dealer controls the shoe. The decisions made are the same as Baccarat. The player must decide on whether or not to bet on the bank, the player or on the Tie Bet. Five percent commission is collected on all money won on the bank.

The card rules in Mini-Baccarat are identical to Baccarat.

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