Baccarat
1) A game with two players with one player being the bank. The goal of Baccarat is to get closest to 9 without going over. A hand value of 15 scores as 5. Two cards are dealt, a hand value below 5 requires a third card to be dealt, 6-7 the hand stands and a 8 or 9 is a "natural hand" and no further cards are drawn. There are separate rules controlling the banker hand which are laid out in the table below.
Banker
Point Value of First Two Cards: Draws when the player?s third card is: Does not draw when the player?s third card is:
0 ? 1 ? 2 Always draws a card.
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.
2) Also known as Chemin de fer, Nevada Baccarat, Punto Banco or American Baccarat.
3) The preferred card game of James Bond.