Baccarat Rules
The Game
Baccarat is a thrilling game played at major casinos throughout the world. Now William Hill Casino offers one of the first multiplayer baccarat games on the Internet. William Hill Casino's High-Limit Baccarat game is sure to impress any true baccarat enthusiast.
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How It Works
Once you have entered the online casino, you can easily check the guest book to see if any of your friends are currently in the casino and the games in which they are currently participating by clicking on Information/Info. You can then go back to the game menu to select your game. In the game room, some tables will be occupied while others will be free. If a table is marked reserved, you must ask permission to enter. The player that initially opens the table has the authority to grant permission or deny access to new players.
If you find all the tables occupied, simply click on the arrow in the upper right corner to move to the next game room.
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Playing The Game
When you select the High-Limit Baccarat banner from the main lobby, you will be taken to the baccarat room where you can choose to play at any one of 12 tables. Choose a table and select if you would like to play alone or with others. If you select to play alone, you control the new table and players must ask permission to join you. If you select a multiplayer table, any player may join you.
Once you have selected a table, press join to sit down. If you are opening a new table, you will be asked to cut the cards. Then, just like in the casinos, you will be given the dealing shoe. Simply place a wager by selecting the value of the chip you wish to bet with your left mouse button. Then click the desired area on the baccarat table where you wish to place your chip. If you want to change your bet before the cards are dealt, click on the placed chip using your right mouse button to remove it.
Once your wager has been placed, hit deal. The game will deal two cards to the player and two cards to the banker. If you have placed the highest player-side wager, you will be given the option to view the cards for the player's side in one of three ways. You may peek at the cards, look at the cards from a side view, or quick view both cards. Once you have seen the cards, hit toss and the cards will be displayed for all to see. If you do not hold the highest player-side wager, you will only have the option of viewing the banker-side hand.
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Shoe Rules
The gambler who has the shoe will always turn (view cards) for the banker side and the gambler with the highest player-side wager will turn for the player side. It is possible for the gambler with the shoe to turn for both sides. The shoe will remain with the gambler until a player-side wager wins. The shoe will then be passed to the next gambler in clockwise rotation. If the shoe is passed to your seat, you may choose to accept or decline the shoe.
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Game Rules
The player and the banker are each dealt a two-card hand. Then following standard baccarat rules, a third card is dealt to the player and/or the banker.
The object of baccarat is to predict whether the banker's hand or the player's hand will get a point value closest to 9, keeping in mind that all ten-value cards count as zero and aces count as one. The hand with the highest point value wins.
To participate in the game, you place a wager on the banker's hand, on the player's hand, or on a tie. A tie results when both hands have equal point values. If the game does result in a tie, wagers on the banker and the player are returned.
All winning wagers for the banker and the player pay even money. However, if you win by betting on the banker, the bank receives 5% commission.
If you correctly wager that the two hands will tie, your payoff is 8 to 1.
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Card Values
Ace = one point
Face cards and tens = zero
All other cards carry the point value stated on the card.
If the cards in a hand total more than ten points, simply subtract ten; the remainder is the baccarat point value of the hand. For example : 8 + 8 = 16, which counts as a 6 in baccarat; and 8 + 9 = 17, which counts as 7.
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Third Card Rules
Player :
| Point Value Of First 2 Cards |
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| 0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 |
Draws a card |
| 6 - 7 |
Stands |
| 8 - 9 |
Natural hand, no further draw |
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Banker :
Point Value Of
First 2 Cards |
Draws If The
Player's 3rd Card Is |
Doesn't Draw If The
Player's 3rd Card Is |
| 0 - 1 - 2 |
Always draws |
- |
| 3 |
0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 9 |
8 |
| 4 |
2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 |
0 - 1 - 8 - 9 |
| 5 |
4 - 5 - 6 - 7 |
0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 8 - 9 |
| 6 |
6 - 7 |
0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 8 - 9 |
| 7 |
Always stands |
- |
| 8 - 9 |
Player cannot draw |
Player cannot draw |
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Betting Limits
Three-Limit Baccarat offers three separate betting ranges: €1 - 1,000, €50 - 2,500, €200 - 5,000. Each of theese three betting ranges has separate limits for the lone tie bet and the tie bet that is accompanied by a player or banker bet :
| Betting Range |
€1 - 1,000 |
€50 - 2,500 |
€200 - 5,000 |
| Minimum bet |
1 |
50 |
200 |
| Maximum bet |
1,000 |
2,500 |
5,000 |
| Minimum lone tie bet |
2 |
50 |
200 |
| Minimum tie bet |
1 |
50 |
200 |
| Maximum tie bet |
250 |
500 |
1,000 |
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Winnings
| Winning Wager |
Pays |
On the banker or the player
(if you win by betting on the banker, the bank receives 5% commission) |
1 : 1 |
| On a tie |
8 : 1 |
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Options Dialog Box
In baccarat, the Options dialog box offers the following game settings :
- Play sound effects
- Play midi music
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Shortcut Keys
| To |
Press |
| Make the same bet again |
F1 |
| Deal |
F2 |
| Open Options dialog box |
F9 |
| Open help files |
F10 |
| Quit |
F12 |
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