The Latest Microgaming Online Baccarat Variant

• Published: November 27, 2014
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Online baccarat used to be a simple casino game. You had to bet for the Player, Banker or Tie. The software dealt both hands at fast speed and the payouts were immediately settled. In order to make this game a more interesting, the leading software provider Microgaming launched Baccarat Gold. This online baccarat variant has more bets and incorporates visual animations and displays that recreate the rituals at a real casino baccarat table.

In Microgaming Baccarat Gold the new bets are the Banker and Player Pair bets. These bets pay out at 11 to 1 if the Banker or the Player is dealt a pair as the first two cards. This payout is even more than the Tie bet. Even if you want to stick to the traditional bets, you are bound to enjoy the visual appeal of this online baccarat variant. The hand that you bet on can be seen by you before you turn it over. The instructions to be followed for this are explained in the game. Some baccarat players at real casinos rotate the cards before peeking at them. This ritual can also be carried out in Microgaming Baccarat Gold.

The highlight feature of Microgaming Baccarat Gold is the set of roadmaps that you can use to track wins. Roadmaps are charts prevalent in Asian casinos used by baccarat players to try and predict the outcome of the next deal. There are different types of roadmaps that are derived from history displays. In the history displays a Player win is marked on a blue button with a P. A Banker win is marked on a red button with a B. And a Tie is marked on a green button with a T. The first of the roadmaps is the Big Road. The outcome of the first deal of a session, which is Player win, Banker win or Tie, is entered in the first row of the first column. If the outcome of the next deal is the same then the same indicator is entered below in the same column. When a different outcome is obtained in a deal, then a new column is started. The Big Road identifies patterns in the changes in the outcomes. The other three Roadmaps, which are Big Eye Road, Small Road and Cockroach Road, are more complex.

Expert baccarat players know that each deal in online baccarat is independent of the earlier ones and therefore the roadmaps cannot really make any predictions. But this practice has caught on at land casinos and hence Microgaming has included roadmaps in Baccarat Gold.