Baccarat is a casino card game usually played between a dealer and a player (or a number of players by the table). Players place their bets on who’s going to win: the player, the banker, or a tie. Then the dealer hands out two cards for each participant including himself. To win a classic baccarat game, you need to collect a total value of 8 or 9 with your cards. But depending on the baccarat variation, the scoring rules differ.