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Bad Beat Baccarat
Introduction
Bad Beat Baccarat is played like conventional baccarat except adds some side bets on bad beats. In this case, a "bad beat" is defined as a margin of victory of one point.
Any Bad Beat
I don't know the title of any of these bets so will have to make up my own until I find out. This one pays on any margin of victory of one. It features five paying levels, as shown in the following return table. The lower right cell shows a house edge of 6.88%.
Any Bad Beat
| Event | Pays | Combinations | Probability | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Three-card 9 beats three-card 8 | 40 | 20,727,962,554,368 | 0.004147 | 0.165877 |
| Natural 9 beats natural 8 | 10 | 89,717,848,178,688 | 0.017949 | 0.179493 |
| 8 beats 7 | 6 | 156,966,594,535,424 | 0.031403 | 0.188420 |
| 7 beats 6 | 4 | 195,793,881,763,840 | 0.039171 | 0.156685 |
| Other margin of victory 1 | 1 | 369,982,973,018,112 | 0.074020 | 0.074020 |
| All other | -1 | 4,165,209,015,452,930 | 0.833309 | -0.833309 |
| Total | 4,998,398,275,503,360 | 1.000000 | -0.068813 |
Three-Card Nine Beats Three-Card Eight
Again, I don't know what these bets are titled so will just call them what it takes to win. Wins pay 200 to 1. House edge of 16.65%.
Three-Card Nine Beats Three-Card Eight
| Event | Pays | Combinations | Probability | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Three-card 9 beats three-card 8 | 200 | 20,727,962,554,368 | 0.004147 | 0.829384 |
| All other | -1 | 4,977,670,312,948,990 | 0.995853 | -0.995853 |
| Total | 4,998,398,275,503,360 | 1.000000 | -0.166469 |
Natural Nine Beats Natural Eight
Again, the title pretty much says all there is to say. Wins pay 50 to 1. House edge of 8.46%.
Natural Nine Beats Natural Eight
| Event | Pays | Combinations | Probability | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | Pays | Combinations | Probability | Return |
| Natural 9 beats natural 8 | 50 | 89,717,848,178,688 | 0.017949 | 0.897466 |
| All other | -1 | 4,908,680,427,324,670 | 0.982051 | -0.982051 |
| Total | 4,998,398,275,503,360 | 1.000000 | -0.084585 |
Eight Beats Seven
Again, the title pretty much says all there is to say. Wins pay 25 to 1. House edge of 18.35%.
Eight Beats Seven
| Event | Pays | Combinations | Probability | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 beats 7 | 25 | 156,966,594,535,424 | 0.031403 | 0.785084 |
| All other | -1 | 4,841,431,680,967,940 | 0.968597 | -0.968597 |
| Total | 4,998,398,275,503,360 | 1.000000 | -0.183512 |
I should also mention that this game also offers a couple other side bets that have been around for a while. One is the bet that pays on a winning three-card Banker 7. This bet has many names, most noticeably, Dragon 7 and Golden 7. The other is the bet that pays a winning Player total of eight; this also has many names but usually goes by Panda 8. Neither of these bets are referred to as the Dragon 7 or Panda 8 on the table, but they are exactly the same. More information about those side bets can be found in my baccarat appendix 5.
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Interview with Adam Daines, owner of Bad Beat Baccarat.
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Discussion about Bad Beat Baccarat can be found in my forum at Wizard of Vegas.