Six Bonus Baccarat is classic Punto Banco with two kinds of side bets. Player 6 and Banker 6 pay big when that hand wins with a total of exactly 6. Lucky Pair looks at a hand’s first two cards and pays on a pair, on two cards of the same suit, and most of all on a suited pair. Live casinos deal this style as Fortune 6 Baccarat.
How to play
Main bets. Player pays 1 to 1, Banker pays 0.95 to 1 (5% commission), Tie pays 8 to 1. If the hands tie, Player and Banker bets come back.
Player 6 / Banker 6.
| Result | Player 6 | Banker 6 |
|---|---|---|
| Player wins with 6 | 14 to 1 | loses |
| Banker wins with 6 | loses | 16 to 1 |
| The hands tie at 6 | push | push |
| anything else | loses | loses |
A 6 counts whether it came on two cards or three.
Lucky Pair (Player or Banker). That hand’s first two cards:
| Cards | Pays |
|---|---|
| a pair of the same suit (say 7♥ 7♥) | 9 to 1 |
| any other pair (7♥ 7♦) | 5 to 1 |
| two cards of the same suit, not a pair (7♥ Q♥) | 1 to 1 |
A pair means the same rank: K-K counts, K-Q doesn’t.
Chips come in 20, 100 and 500. Every spot takes up to 1,000 credits, in steps of 20.
The cards. Aces count 1, 2 to 9 count their pips, and tens and picture cards count 0. Only the last digit of a total matters. Two cards each go to Player and Banker. A total of 8 or 9 is a natural and nobody draws. Otherwise Player draws on 0 to 5, and Banker draws by the standard third-card table. The higher total wins.
What each bet costs
House edge, counted exactly over every possible deal from an eight-deck shoe:
| Bet | House edge |
|---|---|
| Banker | 1.06% |
| Player | 1.24% |
| Lucky Pair | 2.17% |
| Player 6 | 4.25% |
| Banker 6 | 6.51% |
| Tie | 14.36% |
Strategy
Lucky Pair is the best side bet here. At 2.17% it costs barely more than Player, and it pays about three rounds in ten: the first two cards share a suit or a rank 127 times in 415. Most of those wins are the 1 to 1 for two suited cards.
Player 6 beats Banker 6. Banker’s 16 to 1 looks bigger, but the house keeps 6.51% of it against 4.25% for Player’s 14 to 1.
A tie at 6 isn’t a loss. Both 6 bets come back when the hands tie at 6, so a 6-6 tie with a Tie bet on the side is a good round.
Keep the main stake on Banker. At 1.06% it’s still the cheapest bet on the table.
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