Baccarat Rules and Strategy »

Punto Banco Standards Baccarat chemin de fer is played with eight decks of cards in a dealing shoe. Cards below ten are worth face value while Ten, Jack, Queen, King are zero, and Ace is one. Bets are placed on the 'banker', the 'player', or for a tie (these aren't really people; they simply represent the 2 hands that are dealt). Two hands