Live Baccarat at William Hill Casino

Baccarat is a classic casino game, and this version that you can play at William Hill Live Casino is a faithful reproduction featuring a live dealer, 8 packs of cards in a deck, a real baccarat table and the ability to play against up to 7 other players in real time.

When you first download the software and enter the Baccarat arena there will probably be a game already in play. Wait until the round has finished and then you can starting playing. As with all online table games you place your bets by clicking on a chip value that you want to play with and then clicking again on the board to place the bet. If you wish to place more than one chip on a betting area just click the mouse button again – each click will add a chip.

You will have a set amount of time to place your bets, and once the game has started you wont be able to bet any further. Any winnings are placed straight into your bank roll.

There are also a number of Side Bets that you can place on this version of online Baccarat. These are;

The Player Pair, Banker Pair or Either Pair side bet.  This will pay out if either you or the dealer are dealt a pair when the game starts.

The Perfect Pair side bet. Again this will pay out if a pair is drawn, however this is only if the pair is made up of two identical cards – ie. 2x 5 of clubs (remember we are playing with 8 packs of cards in the deck).

The Big side bet. This will pay out if the total number of cards dealt between you and the Dealer is 5 or 6.

The Small side bet is conversely a pay out if the total number of cards dealt is 4.

These side bets are optional, and if you don’t want to play them, then don’t place any chips of the side bet areas. However, you cannot make side bets on their own – you have to play a normal game of Online Baccarat in order to access the side bets.

How to Play Baccarat

The idea of Baccarat is to obtain a hand that has a points total as close to 9 as possible. Each card has a value – Aces are worth 1 point, 10’s and picture cards are worth zero points and the other number cards are worth their face value according to the number on them.

If the value of the cards is more than 10 then remove the first digit of the hand total to give you your hand score (so if you hand is worth 16 points, then real value is 6 points).

Whoever is closest to the 9 point value wins the round and you can bet on whether you or deal the dealer is going to win the round.

You are initially dealt two cards, and depending on the points score of these two cards, you may get dealt a third card. If the value of the first two cards drawn is 0-5 a third card is drawn, otherwise no third card is drawn.

Baccarat is a very simple game, and that is why it is so popular. The online Baccarat game at William Hill Live Casino is a brilliant way to get acquainted to this classic card game, so why don’t you try it now?