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Bond DOESN'T play POKER !!! He just doesn't !

1 commentsPublished Saturday, November 18, 2006 by baccarat_guy.

OK,

I guess this is more of a personal pet peeve. But, I am just so upset that in the new James Bond Movie Casino Royale Bond plays POKER and NOT Baccarat. Now, this might NOT be a big issue; but in Ian Fleming's original BOOK Casino Royale the whole plot revolves around a HIGH STAKES BACCARAT GAME. "Agent 007 lives an intensely hard lifestyle, and he's known to be the best gambler in the Service. He's therefore assigned to break Le Chiffre's bank at the baccarat tables of the Casino Royale, in the French Riviera."

Anyway, I guess I'll get over it... but, annoying, nonetheless.

What is interesting is that this is a modified version of American Baccarat (or Punto Banco); since you (the player, or in the case of the Book, Casino Royale, Le Chiffre) are acting as the bank. I am NOT certain why they didn't just play Chemin de Fer; since this is the usual routine at that game -- and in this "modified" Baccarat game (which, very well might be "European Baccarat") I "think" you can make a decision if you want to draw a card when you have a 2 card total of 5.

Now, according to the rules of "American Baccarat" :

If the player has a 2 card total of 5 or less, the player will ALWAYS DRAW a 3rd card. This 3rd card, would determine if the BANKER draws a third card. So, If you had a 2 Card "5" for the Player and a 2 Card "5" for the Banker --- based on the rules, the BANKER would ONLY draw a 3rd card if the Player's 3rd card value was 4,5,6, or 7.

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