Friday, November 27, 2009

THE ORIGINS OF BACCARAT

The origin of baccarat is not clear and there are many different theories to explain its foundation.

One of the most common is the one that affirms that baccarat is a modality derived from the French game vingt-et-un, same as the blackjack. Other sources suggest that this game was originated in Italy, but that has not been confirmed.

What we know for sure is that one of the phases where baccarat was more popular was during the fifteen century in France, form where it would expand to other European countries and finally would arrive to America.

Nowadays, baccarat is one of the most popular games both at online casinos and land based ones.


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Thursday, November 26, 2009

BACCARAT RULES

Baccarat is one of the easiest and more entertaining casino games and that explains why nowadays it is possible to enjoy it in every online casino or land based one.

In this game, the player is dealt two cards and the objective is to sum 9 or as closest as nine as possible but without going over. In this game the aces are valued 1, the figures 0 and the rest of the cards have the values of the cards written on them. If the value obtained is more than ten, the value of the hand will be the last number. For example if your cards sum 16, the value will be 6.

So now that you know the basic baccarat rules do not miss this fantastic opportunity of enjoying this entertaining online casino game.



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