Punto Banco is an exciting casino game from Italy that was later popularized in Europe and especially in Ireland. It is a type of Baccarat, which is players versus dealers for a chance to win money. It is a card game where two sets of players go head-to-head to get the highest hand. The player and the banker receive two cards each. The goal is to get a hand total closer to nine. The cards are counted as per their face value, with all cards two through nine counting as their face values, but jacks, queens, and kings counting as zero, and aces counting as 1. The first two cards are dealt as the first to each player, and the third card is dealt depending on whether the value of the first two cards added together is higher or lower than five.