Appendices
1: Baccarat - The Number of Combinations of Each Possible Hand
2: Baccarat card counting - Effects of removing a card
3: Probability of a Win at Various Mid-game Stages
4: Streaks in Baccarat
5: Baccarat Side Bets
6: Commission Free Baccarat
7: Baccarat Flashing Dealers
8: Card Counting the Panda 8 Bet
9: Baccarat Odds Given Known Card
Baccarat Analysis
One Up Baccarat Side Bet
Natural Hand Side Bets
Dragon Dragon Baccarat Progressive
Jackpot Baccarat
Banker Streak
Duo Bao Analyzed for Better Gameplay
Contrast Bonus Baccarat
Tie Max (formerly Lucky Max)
Winning Total
Spread-Bet Baccarat
Kill the Ox/Tiger
Cow Cow Baccarat Side bets
3-Card Win
5 Treasures Baccarat
Even and Odd
Perfect Pairs (Version 1)
Perfect Pairs (Version 2)
Lucky 6 Baccarat Side Bet
Monkey 6
Monkey 6 Tie
Grand Monkey
Side Total Side Bets in Baccarat
3 Giving 8 Baccarat Side Bet
Lucky Sevens
Lucky 99
Lucky 8
Quik Baccarat
Rabbit Play Baccarat Side Bet
Baccarat Basics
Baccarat Insurance
Baccarat Gold
Deconstructing Blazing Sevens
Egalite Bets in Baccarat
Matching Dragon
Baccarat Odds for 1 to 12 Decks
Bad Beat Baccarat
Royal 9 Baccarat Side Bet
Baccarat Insurance at Marina Bay Sands
Baccarat Insurance at Asia Gaming
Miscellaneous
Baccarat Score Boards
Card Counting in Baccarat
Grand Monkey
Introduction
Grand Monkey 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.
The Grand Monkey can be found on games titled Monkey Baccarat.
Eight decks are used.
Monkey Baccarat follows standard baccarat drawing rules, which I assume the reader is familiar with.
Banker wins in Monkey Baccarat pay even money, except a 3-card winning Banker total of 7 is a push.
The Grand Monkey wins if the Player and Banker hands both consist of three face cards.
Wins pay 6000 to 1.
Analysis
The following table shows my analysis of the Grand Monkey side bet. The lower right cell shows that when wins pay 150 to 1 the house edge is 19.86%.
Grand Monkey Return Table
| Event | Pays | Combinations | Probability | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 6000 | 667,474,778,880 | 0.000134 | 0.801226 |
| Loss | -1 | 4,997,730,800,724,480 | 0.999866 | -0.999866 |
| Total | 4,998,398,275,503,360 | 1.000000 | -0.198640 |
The following table shows the house edge for every pay from 4000 to 6000 to 1, by thousands.
Grand Monkey House Edge
| Win Pays | House Edge |
|---|---|
| 5000 | 33.22% |
| 6000 | 19.86% |
| 7000 | 6.51% |
Effect of Removal
It doesn't take a genius to see this bet would be countable. The effect of removing a non-ten from a fresh eight-deck show is a decrease in house edge of 1.17%. The effect of removing a face card is an increase of 3.91%. I'll leave the rest as an exercise to the reader.
Internal Links
Monkey 6 side bet.
Monkey Tie side bet.