Peek Baccarat

HOW TO PLAY

The aim of the game is to predict which hand will win by having the value closest or equal to 9, Player or Banker.

Peek Baccarat is played with eight standard 52-card decks, and only the numeric values of each card are relevant.

The card values are as follows:
• Aces are worth 1 point each
• Cards from 2 to 9 are worth their numerical values
• 10s and face cards are each worth 0.

PLACE A BET
Before each deal, players need to place a bet on whether the Player or the Banker will win the round by having the hand equal or closest to 9, or if they will Tie, which occurs when both the Player and Banker hold hands of equal value.

PEEK AND MAKE A DECISION
After bets have been placed and betting time is over, the dealer will begin to deal two cards face down to both the Player and the Banker.
Next is when the anticipation kicks in and the dealer randomly reveals one, two, three or four cards. If the revealed cards are beneficial for player’s hand, the player can choose to Double or Triple their bet for bigger potential wins using the expanding betting grid.

HOW TO PLAY

THE RESULT
When the decision time is closed, the dealer will reveal the remaining cards, and the winning hand is announced.

Each hand’s value is calculated by dropping the tens digit in a hand otherwise worth 10 or more.
If the Player or the Banker receives an initial two- card hand worth 8 or a 9, no additional cards will be dealt to either hand. If the Player and Banker receive initial two-card hands worth 0-7, the “Third Card Rule” is consulted.

EXAMPLE BACCARAT HANDS
9+7 = 16 (= hand value of 6)
5+5+5 = 15 (= hand value of 5)
10+9 = 19 (= ‘Natural’ 9)

THE THIRD CARD RULE
After the first two cards are dealt to both the Player and Banker, the ‘Third Card Rule’ will determine if a third card is to be dealt. No hand receives more than three cards.

When the Player and Banker hands equal the same total, the hand is declared a Tie. If the value of the cards in either the Player’s hand or the Banker’s hand is an 8 or a 9 (a ‘Natural’) after receiving their initial two cards, then no more cards shall be dealt to either hand.

If the value of the cards in either hand on the first two cards is 0 to 7 inclusive, the hands shall draw in accordance with the ‘Third Card Rule’.

All ‘How to Play’ information plus full details of the ‘Third Card Rule’ can be accessed by players at the live table via the Help button in the toolbar.

SIDE BETS AND OTHER FEATURES

THE PAIRS SIDE BET
Players will see two additional betting spots — Player Pair and Banker Pair. These allow the player to bet on either the Player’s or the Banker’s first two cards being a Pair. The payout for either bet is a very attractive 11:1.

EITHER PAIR
Pays if either the Banker or Player hand is a pair. This side bet is removed for No Commission Baccarat and replaced with Super 6.

FURTHER SIDE BETS (ENABLED BY LICENSEE AND PLAYER)
The licensee can choose whether to take additional side bets as part of their game package. If additional side bets are enabled in the licensee’s version of the game, that licensee’s players may then choose to activate the following side bets in Settings. (See table on the right).

LIVE BETTING STATISTICS
Players can see the total wager placed on a particular bet spot, as well as the number of players who placed bets on the bet spot. The percentages of all bets placed on the Banker, the Player or on a Tie are also shown, and everything is updated in real time.

SCOREBOARDS (ROADS)
Baccarat streaks and trends for either the Player
or the Banker are recorded in various scoreboards, or ‘roads. These pictorial representations of past round results and other statistics related to the current shoe may help players to predict the results of future rounds. Players can choose the background of the scorecards in Settings. The Bead Road and Big Road display the results of each past round, while the Big Eye Road, Small Road and Cockroach Road display patterns derived from the Big Road.

SHOE STATISTICS
Statistics for the current shoe are displayed above the Big Road and include number of completed rounds; number of Player wins; number of Banker wins; number of Tie rounds; number of Player pair wins; number of Banker pair wins.