Baccarat Banque: Card Game Rules and Playing Tips
by John Finney
Bacarrat Banque is yet another variation of the pure game of
Baccarat. Three packs of cards are shuffled together. The bank is
at the outset put up to auction. In some circles, the person who
has first set down his name on the list of players has the right
to hold the first bank, risking such amount as he may think
proper.
The right to begin having been ascertained, the banker takes his
place midway down one of the sides of an oval table, the croupier
facing him, with the waste-basket between. On either side the
banker are the punters (ten such constituting a full table). Any
other persons desiring to take part remain standing, and can only
play in the event of the amount in the bank for the time being not
being covered by the seated players.
The croupier, having shuffled the cards, hands them for the same
purpose to the players to the right and left of him, the banker
being entitled to shuffle them last, and to select the person by
whom they shall be cut. Each punter having made his stake, the
banker deals three cards, the first to the player on his right,
the second to the player on his left, and the third to himself;
then three more in like manner. The five punters on the right (and
any bystanders staking with them) win or lose by the cards dealt
to that side; the five others by the cards dealt to the left side.
Each punter continues to hold the cards for his side so long as he
wins. If he loses, the next hand is dealt to the player next
following him in rotation.
The breaking of the bank does not deprive the banker of the right
to continue, provided that he has funds with which to replenish
it, up to the agreed minimum.
Should the stakes of the punters exceed the amount for, the time
being in the bank, the banker is not responsible for the amount of
such excess. In the event of his losing, the croupier pays the
punters in order of rotation, so far as the funds in the bank will
extend; beyond this, they have no claim. The banker, may, however,
in such a case, instead of resting on his right, declare the
stakes accepted, forthwith putting up the needful funds to meet
them. In such event the bank thenceforth becomes unlimited, and
the banker must hold all stakes offered on any subsequent hand, or
give up the bank.
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