High Limit Baccarat is played with eight standard decks of 52 cards. The decks are shuffled after every game.
There are five types of bets:
Player
Banker
Tie
Player and Tie
Banker and Tie
The bets in high limit baccarat work as follows
Bet Type
Description
Banker bet
A bet on the Banker's hand winning the game. A chip is placed on the Banker betting area.
Player bet
A bet on the Player's hand winning the game. A chip is placed on the Player betting area.
Tie bet
A bet on the Player's hand and the Banker's hand will have the same value. A chip is placed on the Tie betting area.
Banker and Tie bet
This is a dual bet on the Banker's hand winning the game, or the Player's hand and the Banker's hand having the same value. A chip is placed on the Banker betting area and the Tie betting area.
Player and Tie bet
This is a dual bet on the Player's hand winning the game, or the Player's hand and the Banker's hand having the same value. A chip is placed on the Player betting area and the Tie betting area.
The objective of the game is to predict whose hand, the Banker's or the Player's, will be closer to the value of nine. You can also bet on the possibility of a tie which pays 8 to 1.
The value of a hand is calculated by adding up the total of the cards. The card values are:
Card Face Value (Any Suit)
Card Point Value
King
0
Queen
0
Jack
0
10
0
9
9
8
8
7
7
6
6
5
5
4
4
3
3
2
2
Ace
1
If the total of a hand exceeds nine, the value of the hand is the "unit" portion of the total. For more information, see the examples below.
If the hand you bet on wins, you are paid out according to the Payout Schedule.
Examples:
A hand consists of an Eight of Clubs and a Seven of Diamonds. The point values are 8 and 7, so the total of the hand is 8 + 7 = 15. As the "tens" portion of the total is ignored, the value of the hand is five.
A hand consists of a Nine of Spades, a Two of Hearts and a Nine of Diamonds. The point values are 9, 2 and 9, so the total of the hand is 9 + 2 + 9 = 20. As the "tens" portion of the total is ignored, the value of the hand is zero.