Usually Baccarat is played in a separate space of a casino since the table is very large. There can be up to 14 players and 3 bankers at the table. The rules of the game are simple enough but wherever we play we have to remember that there is such a thing like house odds. The game is played with six or eight card decks of 52. First, all players place their bets trying to predict who is going to get total of nine or closest to nine points. They have three betting options – on the player’s hand, on the banker’s hand or on a tie. After the betting round, the initial two cards (each) are dealt.  Depending on their cards i.e. points, the player and the banker are allowed to draw a card or to stand. Wins the hand with the highest total. The value of the cards is the following: Aces are always one point; cards from 2 to 9 are worth their face value i.e. 9 is 9 points, 7 is 7 points etc; tens and face cards such as Queens, Kings and Jacks are zero points. The points are to be counted as follows:  if a hand has 10 or more points, it has to be reduced by 10. For example, an Ace and a 10 are 1 point since (10+1=11; 11-10=1); If a hand consists 4 and 6 it has zero points since 4+6 is 10 and 10 -10 is zero. The point total cannot be more than 9! If you have a total of zero points, you have a Baccarat! If the first two cards of the player or the banker are 9 or 8 points total, the hand is called “natural” and the round ends. If the point total of the player and the banker is the same, then it’s a tie.