Baccarat is a well known card game that was traditionally played at land based casinos but has gained popularity at some of the best online casinos on the net. Baccarat is a game that brings to mind images of classy high rollers in black tie -it's a European game but it's available all over the world. Baccarat is not an extremely complex game that requires a lot of practice or the development of a strong strategy. In fact the game's outcome is determined by the draw of the card and most of the action is in the betting. People bet on whether the player will win or the dealer.

At the beginning of the new game the shoe or the bank is given to the player on the right of the dealer. Each player is given the bank in turn and can hold the bank as long as the bank wins. Once the bank looses it moves on to the next player. Before the cards are dealt each baccarat player has to make his bet.

The player with the bank deals two sets of two cards, if of course the game is played by two players. The hand closest to nine wins. If the first two cards dealt count Eight or Nine it is called a "Natural" and wins automatically, unless both hands have the same value then it is of course a Tie. When nobody has a natural additional cards are drawn to determine the baccarat winner. If the hand you bet on wins you get a one to one payoff. You can also bet on a Tie where you get a one to eight payoff but a Tie is very rare, it occurs less than once in ten hands. When there is a Tie and you did not bet on it nobody looses or wins.