Baccarat (card game)

Baccarat, Baccarat or Baccarat also, is a card gambling.

The French spelling, Baccarat is now common in German-speaking countries furthest, the spelling Baccarat has virtually disappeared; in the English language can be found next to Baccarat Baccarat also with a silent "t" at the end.

The game should have been invented frequent sources claim that in Naples in the 16th century and the name have its origin in a Neapolitan dialect, means in the baccarat zero. It is possible that the name of the game derives also from the nearby city near Luneville from Baccarat.

Despite these statements regarding the old age, as they are also often read in game descriptions of casinos, baccarat is - according to research by David Parlett - probably originated much younger and only at the beginning of the 19th century.

Baccarat is in the casinos offered in two main variants: baccarat chemin de fer and baccarat banque. Of these two game modes, there are further variations.

The name Chemin de fer (French " Railway " ) is often explained by the fact that the card slides in this category like a small train pulls his rounds. Chemin de fer is James Bond's favorite game and was also a favorite pastime of the English King Edward VII, who even had to testify in court as Prince of Wales in the course of Tranby Croft or Royal Baccarat Scandal. In the English-speaking Chemin de fer is also called Chemmy.

A game similar to baccarat and possibly a precursor Macao.

2.2.1 Banco
2.2.2 Suivi
2.2.3 Suite
2.2.4 Prime
2.2.5 Banco double - doubling the total bank
2.2.6 limits
2.2.7 Gambling

2.3.1 Punto Banco 2.3.1.1 rules
2.3.1.2 Bank benefit

3.1 Basic rules
3.2 Variants 3.2.1 baccarat banque à ouverte or baccarat banque à tout va
3.2.2 baccarat banque à limitée or baccarat banque à hauteur

3.3.1 Banco
3.3.2 tax

General

Baccarat is played with six packets of French playing cards of 52 cards, so 312 sheet. Baccarat cards carry no index mark and have uniformly monochromatic backs without pattern. It uses three packets with light pink and three packets with light blue back.

The aim of the game is to be achieved with two or three cards nine points, or at least get closer to nine points than the opponent. The count values of the cards are: Ace, a point two to nine, however, include two to nine points, ten images and zero points. Give the card a total of ten or more points, so only counts the units digit; i.e., a player has a seven and a five, so this counts (7 5 = 12) two points; a player has a six and a four, so this counts (6 4 = 10 ) null points or just " Baccara ".

The chief croupier is called the Baccarat Chef de partie or Tailleur; it is the Changeur who moves chips to the side.

Baccarat chemin de fer

Basic rules

Preparations

At the beginning of a match, the cards are shuffled by the dealer and a player coupiert (off-hook ), while the following ceremonial is common: The dealer puts the cards on the table and stirred it with both hands, after some time he turns the cards sets stirring with the now hidden cards away and makes them into a stack ( the so-called waist). For Coupieren (cutting, lifting ) puts the player sitting to the left of the dealer, a neutral on both sides red card ( Carte de coupe ) at the point in the stack where he wants to have withdrawn. Lifting itself in turn leads through to the croupier. This now puts a more neutral card ( Carte d' arrêt ) before the siebentletzte card and places the stack in the card shoe (French Sabot, " Pantin " or " wooden shoe "; engl: shoe). Later, when the neutral map is displayed, the coup that has just begun (i.e., the just begun individual game ) played to the end, and then the cards will be reshuffled.

The end of a game

The player who sits at the right hand of the dealer is the banker ( banker, banker ) in the first game and gives the dealer his efforts, he wants to risk as a bank sum ( Banco ). The other players who Pointeure, now set against the bank.

Is greater than the sum of the missions of the opponent, the bank sum, so count the bets from the neighbors to the right of the bankers beginning until the sum reaches Bank ( cf. Prime). Inserts that are not held will be rejected, unless the banker increases the Banco. Put the opponent a total of less than the current bank sum, the excess amount is withdrawn and returned to the banker; this amount is not being played, he goes " au garage " or " au chocolat", so the reduced sum is the new Banco.

Are the stakes placed, the banker deals the cards as follows obscured from: the first awarded to the opponent who has made the highest bet, that is, the Ponte, the second receives the banker, the third card Ponte, the fourth again the banker. According to the rites of the game puts the banker the maps of the Ponte on a pallet, with the croupier's cards presented to the Ponte.

Contraction rules for the Ponte

Now the Ponte looks at his cards and counts the eyes. Has the Ponte with his first two cards

0 to 4 points, so he puts his two cards face down next to each other on the table and asks with the words " carte, s'il vous plaît. " (Eng. " card please " ) to another card.
5 points, so he has a free hand to draw a card or stand to stay.
6 or 7 points, so he puts his two cards face each other on the table, says " Non, Monsieur " ( " No, sir " ) or "leftovers" ( " yoke " ), indicating that he has no more cards would like to draw.
8 or 9 points, so he covers his cards - this is called a Naturel - and says " Huit " ( "eight" ) or " Neuf " ( "Nine " ) and " La petite " ("The Little " ) or " La grande " ("The Great"); the banker then also reveals, in this case, no third cards are drawn.

Contraction rules for the banker

Has the Ponte explained, the banker reveals his cards ( he has not yet seen before). Does the banker 8 or 9 points, so a desired on the part of Ponte third card is no longer issued and billed the same; has the banker but seven or fewer points, so it is open to the possibly desired from Ponte card. Now, says the banker, if he wants to pull or not. He plays on the slide when it adheres to the following contraction rules ( tableau de tirage ):

Does the banker

7 points, so he pulls never a third card.
6 points, so he draws a third card only if he has a 6 or a 7 is the Ponte.
5 points, so he draws a third card if he has a 5, 6 or 7 are the Ponte or if the Ponte fits; he has free choice in issuing a 4 and fits on the issue of a 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10 or a face card.
4 points, he draws a card while he gives the Ponte a 1, 8, 9, 10 or a face card, in all other cases buys the banker.
3 points, so he draws a third card if he has a 8 gives the Ponte he has free choice of output of a 9; in all other cases buys the banker.
0 to 2 points, he always draws a third card.

Profit and loss

If both parties are served, is settled; the party with the higher number of points; case of a tie ( "en cartes ") is the coup invalid.

Beat the banker, he must of his earnings a tax of 5% payable to the casino (that is, he wins in the ratio 0.95 to 1). The banker must keep in this case the Bank. But he may not withdraw any capital; the current bank sum increased by the profit now forms the new Banco. If, however, do not achieve the missions of the Pointeure in the next game, this enlarged bank sum in full, the banker may refer the excess (see above).

Winning the Pointeure, so they get a profit in the amount of the insert; that is, they win in the ratio of 1 to 1, a tax is not payable in this case. The banker now has to leave the bank and continue pushing the carriage to its neighbor on the right. In this case again the so-called minimum Banco ( see below).

Other Rules

Banco

If a player wishes alone put an amount equal to the sum of the bank ( Banco ), he says " Banco " or " Banco solo"; the stakes of the other opponent will be rejected and the coup played only between the banker and this one player. Also, two players play together Banco and announce, " Banco à deux ".

If a player wishes to put half the bank amount, it says " Banco avec la table " or simply " Banco avec "; the other players can mitsetzen up to half the en banque situated sum then only. Banco player Will play one after the operations of other Pointeure remaining difference to the full bench sum, he says, " Banco et la table marche ".

The announcement Banco solo takes precedence over Banco à deux; Banco à deux takes precedence over Banco avec.

Suivi

If a player has played Banco and Banco lost and he wants to play again, he says " Suivi "; He then has the privilege before any other player who wants to play Banco.

Suite

Has won the banker and wants the bank no longer hold on, so it can deliver this and remove his capital, including profits, he says "Il ya une suite. " Or " La main passe. " The bank will then take turns to current Banco offered; wants to take over the bank a player, he says " Passez -moi les cartes. " but finds no one who wants to continue the bank with the current total, the Bank will be auctioned. Is anyone a bid, the bank goes to those players who would not get this as the next player, the Bank; it must at least set the minimum Banco.

Once the suite falls, so the bank loses, the player gets to the right of the original bankers the sled.

Prime

If several players Banco play, so one has the privilege ( Prime), sitting closer to the right hand of the banker. ( Suivi goes but before Prime. )

While the suite is essential for the prime law of the place to the right of the original bankers.

The Prime - law is also relevant for the validity of the inserts of Pointeure if their sum exceeds the Banco (see above).

Banco double - doubling the total bank

A player can play on the side of the banker, by his hand, brings chips to the value of the current bank sum in the bank. Banker and Mitbänker are equal partners in profit and loss; but a Mitbänker has no say in the decisions of the bank, eg give Suite or continue to hold the bank behavior in the Volonté cases.

Limits

Chemin de fer is generally played for very high stakes; of the casino is only a minimum Banco, the minimum amount that has to put a banker prescribed; a maximum does not exist. The minimum bet for an opponent of the Bank shall be one -tenth of the minimum Banco.

Gambling

( Coup ) after each game be terminated, usually a game but finished only at the end of a "sled ", that is, if the cards would have to be mixed again: In principle, the game any time, in more detail. Of course, the amount that is the end game in the bank belongs to the current banker.

Descendants of the Chemin de fer

Punto Banco

Regulate

Punto Banco is different from Chemin de fer as follows:

Players do not play against each other but against the casino; that is, the sum of the bets on Punto may therefore exceed the stakes on Banco or vice versa. There is of course no Banco, Suivi, Suite, etc.

A player may (within the limits set by the casino )

Profit Banker ( Banco or banker ) or
On winning the player ( Punto or player) or
Bet on draw ( or tie Egalite ).

Banco wins 0.95 to 1, Punto wins 1 to 1, Egalite wins 8 to 1

There is no Volonté Falls: The drawing rules of Punto Banco determine that the "players" ( Punto ) must buy at five points; also set the " banker " ( Banco ) at three points at issue and a nine, or five points and a four- issue.

Since these rules do not draw more freedom, the game can be carried out by the dealer, and the cards are dealt face up on the same.

Bank benefit

In the long-term average 9.54% of the games end in a draw, so the house edge for the betting on Egalite is 14.12%, this bet is thus extremely disadvantageous for the player.

The bet on Punto Banco and are approximately equivalent:

Of the remaining 90.46 % of all coups wins in

50.68 % of cases the bet on Banco, the house advantage is due to the payout ratio of 0.95 to 1 just 1.18%, and in
49.32 % of cases the bet on Punto, the house edge on these bets is thus 1.36%.

For comparison, the advantage of the casino with the simple odds of roulette is 1.35 %.

Note: The values given refer strictly to a hypothetical game with infinite number of decks of cards. In practice six or eight packages are used, the resulting difference is insignificant.

American Baccarat

In American casinos, baccarat is usually played so 416 cards with eight packets; otherwise the game is identical to the Punto Banco, but the ceremonial of the Chemin de fer is maintained: that is, the cards are placed face up by the croupier is not equal, but rather by the guests of the casino, after each loss of Banco chance the carriage moves one place further, etc.

Baccarat banque baccarat or à deux tableaux

Basic rules

In baccarat the banker plays simultaneously against two parties of Point your. At the beginning of the game, the bank will be auctioned to the highest bidder. The successful at the auction player is the banker and gives the dealer an amount equal to his command, this puts it in front of him as Banco on the table - the successful bid is no purchase price, but also determines the initial game capital of the Bank. The banker now participates in the middle of a long side of the table, the croupier seat opposite and plays against the two table halves.

Then the cards are shuffled and coupiert, the neutral card is placed in front of the tenth last card at baccarat banque and placed the stack in the tray.

The Pointeure make their bets, then divides the banker the cards face down as follows: The first card, the right hand half of the table, the second card, the left half of the table, the third card of the banker, the fourth right again, fifth left, the sixth of the banker.

Now the banker sees his cards: he has 8 or 9 points, he reveals that Pointeure well and it is billed. If he has 7 or fewer points, so he puts his two cards face down again down. Then the Pointeure take their cards and declare, that they reveal or request a card just like the Ponte at Chemin de fer. Third cards are dealt face up, the banker decides whether to buy or to stop, according to the third edition of the cards Pointeure. Are all parties served, is settled.

Example: After the deal, the banker has three points, the right panel of eight points, the left panel of five points. The player of the right panel reveals and immediately wins; the player of the left panel has a free choice and decides to buy. The banker is one five and now also decides to buy and adopt a six. Now the bank has nine points and wins against the left panel, which now holds zero points, but not to the right, because that player has already chosen the coup by a Naturel for themselves.

Win a punter a coup, or is a coup de cartes, the punter receives in following the coup cards; but loses the punter, we obtain in the next coup the cards his neighbor.

In contrast to the Chemin de fer the Banker in Baccarat banque, the Bank may also continue to hold after losing a coup. As long as a player is holding the bank, he may see no capital; he can the bank but also at any time make (Suite).

Variants

Baccarat banque à ouverte or baccarat banque à tout va

The highest bidder, which may give a player in the auction of the bank is " Banque ouverte "; that is, that he is committed inserts to hold at any height ( " Tous les coups sont tenus. ").

The banker needs to step up to the sum of the inserts of the opponent or leave the bank before any coup the current bank sum; Prizes may not be taken as usual. In Banque ouverte there are of course no Banco announcement.

Baccarat banque à limitée or baccarat banque à hauteur

If the bank does not auctioned to the highest bid Banque ouverte, so baccarat banque à limitée is played, in this case, only three packets are often used, namely two packages with the same back color, and a third package with a different back color.

Does the banker lost his entire bankroll, so the bank is busted, and it must be a new auction. In some casinos, it is, however, allows the banker to continue the bank when he again brings the same sum, with which he started the game in the bank. In earlier times, as the casinos themselves kept the bank, a black cloth was when the bank was blown up, spread out across the table.

If the sum of the inserts of Pointeure the amount contained in the bank, so the banker can accept these applications and increase the bank sum accordingly; but he must then explain Banque ouverte and allow in the following inserts in any amount or leave the bank.

Other Rules

Banco

As with the Chemin de fer can alone put an amount equal to the sum of bank also at baccarat banque. In this case, the player must decide whether he wants to put the entire application on a hand, that is, on a tableau, or use à cheval on both table halves - in the latter case, this means that he applied to each of the two tableaux half the sum of bank placed.

Loses the punter who has played Banco, he is entitled - as in Chemin de fer - the Suivi - law to.

If two or more players Banco play, the Prime - law applies, the ranking starts with the first player to the right of the banker, followed by the first player to the left, then the second on the right, etc. Reports on each half of the table, a player Banco, so the two play equal parts.

Tax

Also at baccarat banque, the banker must pay a tax ( Cagnotte ) to the casino; this is (once) 2.5 to 5 % of the introduced in the bank capital. If the tax is calculated instead of the profits, it is 2% of Banque limitée or 1.25 % at Banque ouverte. Beat the banker in a coup against the higher front panel and loses against the other, then the tax is calculated on the difference of the inserts on the two tableaux, ie losses in a coup be offset against the profits of the same coup.

Otherwise, the rules of Chemin de fer apply.

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