Free Online Lessons on Baccarat Rules

The Knowledge of baccarat rules is essential, if you are planning to play online baccarat. Baccarat is a single play game. It permits you to make only one mover in a hand. The rules of baccarat can be categorized under the two headings:

Betting rules
Drawing rules

Rules of baccarat are more or less similar in all three variants, and even in online baccarat games.

Objective of the game

To play baccarat, a six-deck or an eight-deck shoe is used. Getting as closer to 9 as possible is the objective of Baccarat. To learn about the value of cards and value of hands you may refer to, Learn for Free How to Play Baccarat.
Two cards each are dealt to the player and the banker, in the same order, at the beginning of the game.
It is important to remember that, in the game of baccarat, the word the player denotes the outer row, where player hand or player bet is placed. Only one player hand is dealt, no matter how many wagerers are at the table.

Baccarat betting rules
Baccarat game has three betting options. These are:

Type of Bet	Meaning	Action	How to win baccarat
Player	Refers to the player’s hand	Place your casino chips in the ‘player row’ right on the baccarat table.	If the player’s hand has the highest value on the table
Banker	Refers to the banker’s hand	Place your casino chips in the ‘banker row’, the row next to the player row.	If the banker’s hand has the highest value on the table
Tie	Refers to the hand in which the player and the banker gets the same total	Place your casino chips in the tie area, if you are betting for a tie.	If there is a tie, the bets on both (the banker’s and the player’s) are returned.

Baccarat drawing rules

Like the game itself, the rules of baccarat are quite simple and are followed automatically. The player has no say in it and the dealer works based on the prescribed rules. Hence, it is imperative to know about the following baccarat rules.

9 is the maximum in baccarat and it is called a natural when the total of two cards is nine.
8 is the second best hand and it is also called a natural.
When all hands have equal value, it is a tie. No body wins.

The following tables will give you an idea about the rules in every situation. The first table talks about the players’ responses in certain situations whereas the second table talks about bankers’ responses.
Player hand:
The baccarat rules regulating the player’s hand is quite simple.

If the total of the first two card is	Action to be taken
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 10	Player draws a card
6 or 7	Player stands
8 or 9	It’s a natural. Player and dealer stand.

Banker’s hand:

The rules of baccarat here are a little complicated in comparison to the rules applicable for the player’s hand; so, read carefully.

If the total of the first two cards is	Draws, if the player’s hand is	Stands, if the player’s hand is
3	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 or 10	8
4	2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7	1, 8, 9 or 10
5	4, 5, 6, 7	1, 2, 3,8, 9 or 10
6	6 or 7	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9 or10
7	Stands
8 or 9	Natural - stands
0, 1 or 2	Always draws

Third card rule

Whether a player will get a third card or not depends upon the value of the player’s hand. If the player draws a card then whether the banker’s hand will get another card or not depends on the total of the player’s hand, and the game proceeds according to the following table:

Banker’s hand	Player’s hand
Banker’s hand	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
0	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
1	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
2	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
3	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	S	D
4	S	S	D	D	D	D	D	D	S	S
5	S	S	S	S	D	D	D	D	S	S
6	S	S	S	S	S	S	D	D	S	S
7	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
8	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
9	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S