Baccarat is a very popular casino card game. There are three variants of the game: baccarat chemin de fer, baccarat banque, and punto banco. The word “baccarat” is derived from Italian and French words “zero”, which refer to the value assigned to tens and face cards.

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Baccarat is a very easy to play game with only three possible results—'Player', 'Banker', and 'Tie'. In a baccarat game, the main aim of the game is to come as close to nine as possible without exceeding. In this game, up to 15 players can participate and each player gets a chance to deal the cards.

The main guiding principle behind baccarat is that players may bet on the “banker”, “player” or “tie” positions. In online baccarat, two hands of two cards each are dealt on baccarat table, the banker's hand and the player's hand. You simply bet on which hand you think will have a value closer to 9.

A card total of 9 is called a "natural" and cannot lose. A card total of eight is the second-best hand. If both the player and banker have identical hands, it's a tie i.e. neither the banker nor the player wins, but whoever bet on a tie wins big.

Baccarat Terms:

Baccarat: refers to the hand of cards with a total value of zero

Banker: One of the playing positions, usually the dealer

Bankroll: The total amount of money available with a player

Burn Card: A single card removed from the playing deck every time it is shuffled.

Tie Bet: To bet that the player and the dealer will have the same total in their hands.

Natural: A term to describe a hand where the first two cards total either 8 or 9.

Face Cards: The four jacks, queens and kings in a deck of 52 cards. Face cards and tens have a value of zero under the rules of baccarat.

House Edge:  A term used for casinos' advantage over the player.

Coup: A single round of Baccarat.

Banco: The position of the bank in the game.

Commission: A 5% charge on winning bank bets.

Croupier: The dealer in the game.

Up card: Any card which is dealt with its face facing upwards is known as an up card.

Tie: When the player and the banker have the same score.