Online Progressive Baccarat

progressive baccarat gives us more winning chances for the same effort we exert as in playing ordinary baccarat.

Ordinary and progressive baccarat are almost the same, the only difference being that wins come in much faster with progressive than they do with the ordinary. In progressive, part of our bet goes to a special pot that is played at various tables in the casino and even in other casinos linked online. So the same goes for other players' bets at said tables and casinos. We can just imagine how big this pot would eventually be.

When a player wins at progressive baccarat, the player may win the whole special pot or win a mere fraction of it, depending on the nature of the bet the player placed. If we win the special progressive pot another pot is then prepared for the next round, and so on. In the beginning of collecting funds for the pot, each casino in the network contributes an agreed amount into the pot. This is called the "seed." Then comes the contribution coming from each bet that players make.

The seed contributions are a buffer fund to make sure the jackpot is always available in hefty amounts even if winners come in immediate succession. So, progressive baccarat is played with two pots as win targets. To win the pots, of course, baccarat should be won. In baccarat we need to get a sum of 9 from the cards dealt us. Aces are treated as 1 while number cards are treated as they are. Ten cards and face cards are valued as zero. With two-digit hand totals or card numbers the rule is to drop the first digit. So when we have a 10 or 12 or 13 and so on, we drop the first digit and read them as 0, 2, or 3, and so on.

For instance, in a game, we have cards 7, 8, and 9. Our total is 4. It goes like this; seven plus 8 equals 15. We drop the 1 so we have a 5. Five plus nine is 14, we drop the 1 and are left with the number 4. If the opponent has a 5, then we lose because 5 is nearer chronologically to 9 than 4 is. Progressive baccarat betting involves three bet slots to choose from: the Banker, the Player and the Tie. Each of these three has a baccarat hand to play.

With simple mathematics, progressive baccarat affords more winning chances at two big pots.