Switch No Commission Baccarat rules
What is No Commission Baccarat? Quite simply, it’s an advanced version of the popular card-based gambling game that allows you to play baccarat for no commission. Here’s how it works: on launching the game, you see a virtual baccarat table done in a strong purple colour. On the dealer side of the table, there are two positions marked “Player” and “Banker”. On your side of the table, there are five betting positions. From left to right, you’ll see Player Pair, Player, Tie, Banker, and Banker Pair.
The game play is the same as regular baccarat. First, you place your chips in one or more of the table betting areas. A hand of two blue-and-gold cards is then dealt face down from an eight-deck shoe to the Player and Banker positions. Whichever hand has a value closest to nine will be the winning hand.
In online baccarat, card ranks two to nine have face value. Tens, jacks, queens, and kings score 10, and aces are worth one. What if a hand totals more than nine? Simply remove the first digit. For example, a hand consisting of five and six will total 11. When the first digit falls away, you have a score of one.
Once the initial cards have been dealt, their values are revealed – Player first, then Banker. To increase the suspense, you can squeeze the cards of the hand that you bet on.
If the revealed Player hand is five or less, a third card is dealt to that position, and the hand stands. If the Banker hand totals five or less, it too receives a third card. Neither hand may receive a third card if either of them totals eight or nine.
When it comes to payouts, Player and Banker both pay out 1:1, except for Banker hands that total six, in which case the payout is 1:2. The reason is that Banker hands win more frequently on average in the long run, so this payout scheme balances the No Commission Baccarat house edge. Tie bets and Pairs bets are unchanged at 8:1 and 11:1, respectively.
