No commission baccarat: is it really better? The cost of the Banker 6

2026-10-02

Evolution runs baccarat tables that take no commission on Banker wins. If a table name says No Commission, these are the rules. Seen side by side in the Evolution live baccarat lobby at the Stake (stake.com) casino, the no commission table feels like the better deal. We checked with every possible hand from an 8-deck, 416-card shoe.

How the two tables differ

Standard table        Banker wins pay 0.95 to 1 (5% commission)
No commission table   Banker wins pay 1 to 1, but a Banker win with 6 pays 0.5 to 1

Player and Tie are the same on both. Only the Banker bet changes.

Banker wins with a 6 in 5.4% of hands

Banker wins 45.86% of all hands. Of those, a win with a total of 6 accounts for 5.39% of all hands. The no commission table pays half only in that 5.39%.

Which one takes more

Per 100 units bet on Banker, the table keeps:

Standard        45.86% Banker wins x 5%   = about 2.29
No commission    5.39% Banker 6 wins x 50% = about 2.69

The no commission table actually keeps a little more. So the house share on Banker is 1.06% at a standard table and 1.46% at a no commission table. The word commission is gone, but the cost has moved onto the winning 6, and it is slightly larger.

Why people still choose it

The payouts are simpler. A Banker win almost always pays exactly the stake, so there are no fractional payouts to track as bets grow, for example in a martingale. The 0.4 point gap does add up with wager, though. Bet $10 on Banker 1,000 times and the average cost is about $106 at a standard table and about $146 at a no commission table.

Summary

Standard        Banker pays 0.95 · house share 1.06%
No commission   Banker pays 1 (0.5 on a winning 6) · house share 1.46%
Banker wins with 6: 5.39% of all hands
Player and Tie: same on both tables

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