Otherwise, wagers are resolved by comparing hand point totals.The player automatically loses with a total of 0, 1, or 2.A dealer Lucky 9 beats a player 3-card 9.A non-split Lucky 9 (2-card 9 w/o 0-value card) pays 3:2, except for pushes against a dealer 2-card 9.The dealer hits once on totals of less than 5.After the players action is complete, the dealer turns up his hole card.The player may hit any non-split hand once, or stand.The player may split pairs (up to 3 times) by matching the initial wager.

Player and dealer each receive 2 cards the dealer upcard is exposed.

Bets are placed before the hand is dealt.

And people will think you’re crazy for standing on 5’s and 6’s. I’m sure they’ll probably let you hit some hands after splits too. Probably, the only point of playing this game would be to see how confused the dealer gets when resolving hands involving Lucky 9, especially after split, or against a dealer Natural 9. However, Lucky 9’s after splits only pay even-money, and push against all dealer 9’s. It ties a Natural 9 (two card 9 w/ face/ten), but otherwise pays 3:2. The best hand is a Lucky 9, which is a two card 9 without a face/ten. Like baccarat, hand values are equal to the last digit of the sum of the cards. Like blackjack, you start with two cards, and the dealer exposes their top card. It plays like simplified blackjack, where you can only hit once, and hand totals are between 0-9. There’s a new game Lucky 9 at my nearby Harrah’s Rincon that’s a hybrid between baccarat and blackjack.

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