Classic Baccarat

Visual and Animation Overview

Classic Baccarat provides you an overhead view of the cards in play, with the Player and Banker hands zoomed in and the Shoe of cards to the right.

You have the three bet choices laid out in front of you, a History of each hand to the left and a breakdown of the results for you — providing players with a personalized experience.

 

Theme and Setting

This game is very reflective of what it’s like to play baccarat in a land-based casino. The design is well done to make it look like you’re sitting at a real baccarat table, and provide you almost a first-person look as if you’re sitting right there.

Once you choose your bet amount, bet placement and click Deal, the cards come out of the Shoe in a smooth motion, with new cards being drawn according to the game’s rules.

Sound Design and Immersion

Classic Baccarat really focuses you in on the game itself, without background music to distract you from the game at hand.

It uses great sound effects, though, for everything else in the game. When you place your bet, you’ll hear the click of the chips being placed down on the table and clanking together.

When the cards are dealt, sound effects play that make it sound like cards are coming out of the Shoe.

All of this provides a great immersive experience that makes you feel as if you’re right there in a casino playing this game.

Minimal Technical Details

Once you click Deal, the cards will be dealt to both the Player and Banker hands. Each hand gets one card to begin with in rotating fashion.

Then, additional cards will be drawn from the Shoe for each hand, depending on the rules of the game. Whether new cards are drawn, or each hand stays, depends on what total number values are showing.

Visual Progression

Classic Baccarat keeps everything very simple, and that’s a good thing in this regard. There aren’t any big over-the-top visuals, animations or other graphics.

When you win, you’ll see your winning chips come in from the bottom right, match up against your bet and then all those chips will be returned to where your stack is in front of you.

This actually matches well with the game, though, as it’s more serious and less flashy than others.

 

How To Play Baccarat 

 

• The game is played using six decks, which are reshuffled after each hand.
• You can bet  on the Player, the Banker, a Tie or a combination of all three.
• The Player plays first.
• If the total of the Player's hand is between zero and 5, draw another card.
• If the total of the Banker's hand is 7, 8 or 9, a new card is not drawn. If the total is zero, 1 or 2, the Banker draws another card. If the hand total is between 3 and 6, the Banker draws a card as follows:
   

Win Or Lose

• You must pick the hand with the highest total.
• You picked a Tie to win and there is a tie.
• You bet on the Player and the hand wins, you win what you bet. A $5 bet pays back your $5, plus an additional $5.
• If you bet on the Banker and the hand wins, you win your bet minus a 5% commission.* For example, a $5 bet pays back $5, plus an additional $4.75.
• You bet on a Tie and if the Tie wins, you get nine times your bet. A $5 bet pays back $5, plus an additional $45.
   

*Note: the commission is 5% of the bet and is rounded up to the next quarter. For example, a minimum bet of $6 would deduct a 50 cent commission. 5% of $6 = 30 cents, but since the commission is rounded up to the next 25 cents; the commission is actually 50 cents. 5% of $11 = 55 cents makes the actual commission 75 cents.

 

Ranks

• The suit of a card has no bearing or value.
• Cards numbered from 2 to 9 have face value.
• 10’s, jacks, queens, and kings are worth zero.
• Aces have a value of 1.
• Add the values of each card in the hand, dropping the tens place value to find the score.
• For example, 7 + 7 = 14 results in a value of 4 when you drop the tens place value (the number 1 in 14).
   

Button Descriptions

• Bet - Choose Player, Banker or Tie. Click on the chips at the bottom right to bet them. To deselect chips, click on them in the betting area.
• Deal - Used to start the game after you have placed your bet.