Four cards are initially dealt. Two cards to the Player and two cards to the Banker.

Each player can bet either on Player or Banker,and whichever achieves a point total closest to 9 wins. Both bets pay off even money (1 to 1), but a win on banker costs a 5% commission due to the better odds for a banker win.

All cards from 2 to 9 are counted at their face value and the Ace is counted as 1. Picture cards and tens are worth 0.

Likewise, all combinations of cards totaling 10 are worth 0.

Aside from betting on the Player or the Banker's win, there are additional side bets such as:

After the first round, the dealer may or may not draw additional cards depending on the current point totals.

Rules for player's side

Rules for banker's side
If the player stands (if his total is worth 6 or 7), the banker regards only his cards and acts accordingly to the same rules as the player (draws with 0-5 and stands with 6 or 7).

If the player draws a third card, the banker acts according to the following rules: