baccarat
Sign in to saveright|thumb|Playing cards and a baccarat pallet, which is used to deliver cards to players Baccarat or baccara (; ) is a card game. It is now played mainly at casinos, but in the past it was also popular at house parties and private gaming rooms. The game's origins are a mixture of precursors from China, Japan, and Korea. It then gained popularity in Europe, and a faster French variant emerged. Today the most common version derives from Cuba.
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- History
- Valuation of hands
- Versions
- ''Punto banco''
- Tableau of drawing rules
- Casino provision
- Odds and strategy
- Variations
- {{lang|fr|Chemin de fer}}
- ''Baccarat banque''
- Macao
- Economy
- In popular culture
- Royal baccarat scandal
- James Bond
- Phil Ivey controversy
- References
right|thumb|Playing cards and a baccarat pallet, which is used to deliver cards to players Baccarat or baccara (; ) is a card game. It is now played mainly at casinos, but in the past it was also popular at house parties and private gaming rooms. The game's origins are a mixture of precursors from China, Japan, and Korea. It then gained popularity in Europe, and a faster French variant emerged. Today the most common version derives from Cuba.
Baccarat is a comparing card game played between two hands, the "player" and the "banker". Each baccarat coup (round of play) has three possible outcomes: "player" (player has the higher score), "banker", and "tie".