Baccarat Chemin De Fer Rules
One of the variant that we can find in the game of Baccarat is the French version called Chemin De Fer. In this version of the baccarat game, the players use six full packs of cards of the same pattern, shuffled at once. The players are seated at the table which features a basket on the center for reception of used cards. The cards are shuffled by the Croupier and then the cards are passed on with each gambler having the right to shuffle in turn.
Once the tables have been passed to all players at the table the Croupier again shuffles the deck and then offers the cards to the player to his left, who then cuts the cards. The dealer places before him the amount disposed to risk and the players “make their stakes.” Any player, starting with the player on the immediate right of the dealer, have to say “Banco”, meaning to “go bank,” to play against the whole of the banker’s stake. If no one does so, each player places his stake before him. If the total so staked by the table gamblers is not equal to the amount for the time being in the bank, other persons standing round may stake in addition.
If it is more than equal to the volume in the bank, the players in close proximity order to the banker have the privilege up to such amount, the banker having the right to decline any stake in surpluss of that limit. The banker proceeds to deal four cards face downwards: the first, for the players, to the right; the second to himself; the third for the players, the fourth to himself. The player who has the highest stake represents the other players. If two players are equal in this way, the player first in circle has the option.
Each then looks at his cards. If he finds that they make a natural nine, the top point at Baccarat, or eight, the next highest, he turns them up, announcing the number, and the hand is at an end. If the banker’s point is the better, the stakes of the player become the property of the bank. If the players’ point is the better, the banker (or the croupier for him) pays each player the amount of his stake.
The stakes are made afresh, and the game starts. If the banker has been the winner, he deals again. If otherwise, the cards are passed to the player next in order, who thereupon becomes banker in his turn.
