After The Banker and The Player each receive two cards, the croupier faces their hands. If either two-card total equals 8 or 9 (termed a natural 8 or a natural 9, as the case may be), all bets are settled at once.
If neither The Player nor The Banker have a natural, The Player and The Banker then draw or stand according to the set of rules in Table 1.
The high hand wins. If the hands are equal, there is a tie and no money changes hands. Players are then free to change their bets in any desired manner. If the coup being played is complete when the joker is reached, the shoe ends and the cards are reshuffled. Otherwise the coup is first played out to completion. Then the shoe ends and the cards are reshuffled. However, the casino may reshuffle the cards at any time between coups