Online Baccarat Side Bets
Baccarat is a game which tends to be much the same from venue to venue. You won’t find a huge number of Baccarat games at any given casino as you might when playing games such as Blackjack or Roulette. But that doesn’t mean that the game is always identical by any means, and when you play the game of Baccarat at some online casinos you may notice that you have the opportunity to place side bets in addition to the usual bets on the Player, Banker and Tie.
A side bet is a bet which gives you the chance of winning a separate prize if particular conditions are met, and if you ever find that playing the game in the traditional manner gets a little stale, side bets are something that can help to enrich your Baccarat experience. Over at Blue Square Casino (review here) the Baccarat game is played using six decks of cards and it offers six different side bets, as follows:
Player Pair – This is a bet that the first two cards dealt to the Player hand will have the same rank. If this bet wins you will be paid odds of 11:1.
Banker Pair – This is a bet that the first two cards dealt to the Banker hand will have the same rank. The odds for success are 11:1.
Either Pair – This is a bet that the first two cards dealt to either the Player hand or the Banker hand will have the same rank. The odds here are 5:1.
Perfect Pair – This is a bet that the first two cards dealt to either the Player hand or the Banker hand will have the same rank and suit (for example, two King of Spades). The odds for this bet are 25:1.
Big – This is a bet that the number of cards dealt to both the Player hand and the Banker hand will total 5 or 6. The odds here are 0.54:1.
Small – This is a bet that the number of cards dealt to both the Player hand and the Banker hand will total 4. The odds here are 1.5:1.
These are the side bets and odds offered in a Baccarat game at a particular casino, and the side bets and odds offered at other casinos may therefore differ. That said, the above range of online Baccarat side bets serves to illustrate the kind of thing that you can expect to come across if you keep your eyes peeled. Whether or not you place any Baccarat side bets, enjoy your time at the tables and good luck!
20th July 2011
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