What is Premium Baccarat?

How to Play Premium Baccarat

Premium Baccarat follows the standard baccarat rules, but it offers players a bit more. As is standard, in Premium Baccarat, there are two positions, the Player and Banker. The aim of the game is to predict which position will have a value closer to 9 once all the cards have been dealt. As such, there are just three standard bets, Player, Banker, and Tie.

Once the bets have been placed, the round starts when the player clicks on the ‘Deal’ button. When this happens, the dealer serves two face-up cards to the Player position and two face-up cards to the Banker. The cards are worth their face value, except 10s and picture cards, which are worth 0. If a position has a two-digit value, the first digit is ignored and the last digit counts as the total. For example, if a position is dealt a 3 and a 9, the total is 12. Ignore the first digit – the hand value is 2.

If the Player or Banker position has a total of 8 or 9, they will immediately stand. However, in some scenarios, a third card will be drawn. Below, we look at the rules of when the third card is drawn for the Player and the Banker positions.

Player Third Card

• If the Player has a total of 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, the position will draw a third card, unless the Banker has 8 or 9.
• If the Player has a total of 6 or 7, it will stand.

Banker Third Card

• If the Player position stands, the Banker position will draw if it has a total of 5 or less.
• If the Banker position has a total of 0, 1 or 2, it will draw a third card.
• If the Banker position has a total of 3, it will draw a third card unless the Player’s third card was an 8.
• If the Banker position has a total of 4, it will draw a third card unless the Player’s third card was a 0, 1, 8 or 9.
• If the Banker position has a total of 5, it will draw a third card unless the Player’s third card was a 0, 1, 2, 3, 8 or 9.
• If the Banker position has a total of 6, it will draw a third card unless the Player’s third card was a 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 or 9.
• If the Banker position has a total of 7, it will draw a third card.

Features

In Premium Baccarat, there are a number of features and side bets.

Side Bets

There are a variety of side bets that are available in Premium Baccarat. The side bets include:

Player Pair / Banker Pair / Either Pair

The side bet pays out if the initial two cards dealt to a position is a pair. Payouts can be found in the table below.

Perfect Pair

The side bet pays out if the initial cards dealt to the Player or Banker position are identical.

Big

The side bet pays out if the total number of cards dealt between the Player and Banker is 5 or 6.

Small

The side bet pays out if the total number of cards dealt between the two positions is 4.

Egalite Extra

The Egalite Extra pays out if the result is a Tie. The payout varies, depending on the hand total of both positions for the Tie. It is possible to choose a draw with hand totals of 0 to 9.

Dragon Jackpot

In addition to the many features and side bets, Premium Baccarat also offers a Dragon Jackpot. The Dragon Jackpot is a four-level mystery jackpot prize that can be won after a successful bet on a Tie. After a successful Tie bet, the player is taken to a new screen with 10 hidden symbols. They must reveal symbols to find three that match and they then win the corresponding jackpot. From smallest to biggest the jackpots on offer are Green, Blue, Red, and Yellow.

Roadmaps

Those who like looking for patterns or trends in the results can make use of various roadmap scorecards. The game offers all of the standard roadmaps:

• Bead Road
• Big Road
• Big Eye Road
• Small Road
• Cockroach Road

Squeeze Side Bet Feature

The cards in Premium Baccarat are dealt facedown. Before the second card is revealed, it is possible to place a side bet on the value of the squeezed card. Players are then given the choice of two cards and need to guess the correct value of the squeezed card. If they guess correctly, then they win a multiplier of their bet.

Premium Baccarat Payouts

The payouts of Premium Baccarat are the same as in standard baccarat games: Here are the standard payouts and the payouts for the game’s side bets.

• Banker position pays 0.95:1
• Player position pays 1:1
• Tie + Jackpot pays 9:1
• Player Pair / Banker Pair pays 11:1
• Perfect Pair pays 25:1
• Either Pair pays 5:1
• Big pays 0.54:1
• Small pays 1.5:1
• Egalite Extra 45-225:1

To Conclude

Premium Baccarat is an absolutely feature packed game that brings players everything they could possibly need. Those who want to enjoy the basic game can do so with ease; however, those looking for more action are sure to have a fantastic time thanks to the numerous side bets on offer.