Monkey 6

Introduction

Monkey 6 is a side bet offered on Monkey Baccarat, a commission-free form of the game, that pushes a winning 3-card Banker 7. The rules are below.

As of this writing, in November 2019, I am aware of a placement at the Commerce Casino in the Los Angeles area.

Rules

As usual when writing about baccarat, I capitalize the names of the Player and Banker bets and use lower case to refer to those playing the game, to avoid confusion.

A "Monkey" in baccarat is a term for any face card. A 10 is not considered a Monkey for purposes of the Monkey 6 side bet.

1. The Monkey 6 can be found on games titled Monkey Baccarat.
2. Eight decks are used.
3. Monkey Baccarat follows standard baccarat drawing rules, which I assume the reader is familiar with.
4. Banker wins in Monkey Baccarat pay even money, except a 3-card winning Banker total of 7 is a push.
5. The Monkey 6 side bet wins if all of the following conditions are met:
   • A total of six cards are in play, between the Player and Banker hands.
   • The Player's third card is not a Monkey.
   • The Banker's third card is a Monkey.
6. Wins pay 12 to 1.

Analysis

The following table shows my analysis of the Monkey 6 baccarat. The lower right cell shows that when wins pay 12 to 1 the house edge is 23.14% (ouch!).

The following table shows the house edge for every pay from 12 to 15 to 1.

Effect of Removal

The advanced readers *ahem* may be interested in the effect of removing any given card from the shoe. The following table shows the effect on the player's expected return by removing a single card from the shoe (so positive is good for the player). I'll leave further analysis on the topic as an exercise for the reader.

Internal Links

• Monkey Tie side bet.

Extneral Links

Discussion about the Monkey 6 in my forum at Wizard of Vegas.

Written by: Michael Shackleford