The Top Three Baccarat Variations Explored

1. The American Baccarat as compared to the European Baccarat has two major differences regarding the rules. In the European Baccarat the players have the choice either to stand or to draw on the five while the banker also directed by the dealer also have the choice either to have a 3 rd card drawn.

The banker is financed by the casino. The banker usually has $1,500 fund with him. If a particular player bets a thousand dollars, then another player bets 500 bucks, the other players will not be allowed to bet thereafter.

If one player wishes to cover the whole bet of the banker, he or she usually says "banco!" and then nobody else will be allowed to wager for that set.

The players who chose to bet for the banker to win are also charged four or five percent of the winning they will get, like the usual type of a Baccarat game.

2. In European casinos another version of the Baccarat are being played. It is called Chemin de Fer .

The goal of this game is also the same - to achieve the winning hand which is closes to nine as much as possible. The rules for the American baccarat still apply for the values of the hand. The major difference in Chemin de Fer is that the casino is not the banker. A person cannot just wager between the bank or the player in Chemin de Fer; one should be the banker and the player.

The players also bet among each other. The bank also moves in a rotation among the Chemin de Fer players. The banker's game could also be declined, and if a decline happens the game will then be passed next to the player sitting on the right side. The shoe's movement is counterclockwise, it moves around the casino table similar to a train. Hence Chemin de Fer in French literally means railroad.

The casino actually has no involvement in Chemin de Fer. The casino provides a "croupier" or the dealer who ensures that the rules are being followed and that operations are done accordingly. The casino also provides the equipments, the chairs , tables, the cards and the shoe and because of this the casino house gets a commission percentage

For all these, the Casino takes a percentage commission typically 5% on the entire bank hands that won.

3.Mini Baccarat

This type of Baccarat is similar to the American baccarat aside from it being more open to many gamblers than the typical Baccarat game being a played by the elite. The rules in mini Baccarat are very similar as the typical baccarat game except the dealer is constantly the bank. It is being played on a table with the size the same as the blackjack table. It has lower bets at a minimum than the typical baccarat game.