The online casino game of baccarat is very easy to play

It is probably fair to say that the majority of people now playing casino games at an online casino have never actually been to a real casino. The online casinos have provided them with the opportunity to play a vast range of casino games which are easy to play and recognisable for most people in the country. The huge number of slots games for instance appeal to anyone who has ever played a slot machine, which let’s face it is most of us. Unfortunately this may mean that many new online casino games players may be missing the opportunity to play and enjoy the more traditional casino games. Even those of us who have played at a real casino now find that the online casinos have given us the chance to play a much bigger range of traditional casino games. Take baccarat for example, a traditional casino game which is common in many European casinos but rarely available here in Ireland. For some reason the game of baccarat has acquired a reputation for being a difficult game played only by high rollers, whereas the truth is that baccarat is a very easy casino game particularly when played at an online casino. The rules of baccarat are a little complicated but the player does not actually need to know them because the game is totally controlled by the dealer. In baccarat there are just two hands dealt, the player’s hand and the dealer’s hand, and all you need to do is pick which hand will win. There are only three possible outcomes for each hand of baccarat. If the players hand wins a winning bet would be paid at even money, whereas if the dealer’s hand wins the pay-out is usually even money less 5% because the dealer’s hand has a slight edge. The only other possibility is a tied hand, which normally attracts a large pay-out of 8/1 or even 9/1, but as you would expect a tied hand is very rare and most experienced baccarat players would never bet on a tied hand. There it is playing baccarat online is as easy as that and great fun so why not have a go.