Baccarat Rules

Play High Limit Baccarat at the Sands

• The game is played with up to eight decks of cards
• Number cards are worth their face value, aces are worth 1 and the face cards are worth 0
• The players at the table each bet on who will have the better hand: either “The banker”, “The Player” or a tie between the two.
• The hand with the highest total score wins. The score is computed as the total of the 2 cards. The maximum score is 9. If the addition of the two cards results in a score higher than 9, than the second digit of the total will be used as the new score (example: a hand with a 7 and 5 will have a score of 2 instead of 12)
• After the hand has been dealt, the house dealer will announce the score to the other player at the table.
• After the results are announced, a third card may be dealt according to the following rules:
  
  • If one of the hands has a total equal to 8 or 9, no more cards will be dealt.
  • If “The Player’s” total is 5 or less he draws another card.
  • If “The Player” did not draw another card, “The Banker” will draw if he has score of 5 or less.
  • If “The Player” drew a third card the banker will automatically draw with a score of 2 or less
  • With a score of 3 and above the drawing rules are based on “The Banker’s” total score together with the third card drawn by the player:
    
    • Score of 3, “The Banker” draws unless “The Player” drew an 8.
    • Score of 4, “The Banker” draws unless “The Player” drew 0,1,8,9.
    • Score of 5, “The Banker” draws unless “The Player” drew 4,5,6,7
    • Score of 6, “The Banker” draws unless “The Player” drew 6,7.
    • Score of 7, “the Banker” does not draw a card.
• After all the extra cards were dealt the final winner is announced. The Casino will pay 1:1 for all bets on “The Player” and 19:20 for all bets on “The banker” (a 5% commission). In case of a tie, the casino pays 8:1 for all winning bets.