Baccarat is one of the most popular casino games today. This game first originated from Italy and today it is played all over the world. The word “baccara” is an Italian word that means zero. Therefore, baccarat simply implies that the picture cards as well as the tens all have a zero value. 

Virtually every player that joins the gambling network today are so eager to play the baccarat casino game. Most of these players do not take out time to study and develop an effective strategy that will help them to win and make more money. 

Knowing the basic rules of baccarat is another very vital thing to do before playing the game. In this guide, you would be briefly intimated with the basic rules to follow when you play Baccarat.

1. Guessing the hand that will have a total of 9 or the hand that is closest to 9 is the primary objective of the game. 
2. Winning tie bet have a payoff odd of around 8 to 1
3. Players can either wager on player hand or on bank hand. They can also place a tie bet. 
4. When you place a wager on a winning hand, you would be rewarded with a 1 to 1 payoff. 
5. When a point is reached when all the available bets a made on a Baccarat table, two hands are usually dealt and these two hands usually consists of cards that are for each hand. These hands are referred to as the Bank Hand and the player hand. 
6. You would also be rewarded with a 1 to 1 payoff when you place a wager on a winning Bank Hand. However, the difference between this and placing it on a winning player hand is that in this case, paying a 5% commission is compulsory. It is important to note that the payoff odds for this are 19 to 20.
7. Aces have a count of zero, tens and faces cards all have a count of zero. The count of the remaining cards is with respect to the face value of these cards.
8. In cases where a hand becomes higher than 9, subtracting 10 is usually done to make adjustment. 
9. Rules exist to determine if the player hand or the bank hand is to receive a third card draw. There are usually three cards for each hand.

These rules are very easy to follow and they are the first thing that every beginner should know before they start playing baccarat because it will improve their understanding about the game and also help them to effectively develop and also master their own winning strategy.