Dragon Tiger Two Minutes

How a Dragon Tiger round works

Dragon Tiger is one of the shortest card games on the list at the home page, and APEX88 carries it among the KINGMAKER tables. One card is dealt to the Dragon side and one card to the Tiger side, and the side holding the higher card wins the round. A player bets on Dragon, on Tiger or on a tie before the cards are dealt, and the whole round is over in seconds.

When the two cards have the same rank the round is a tie. Tables differ in how they treat Dragon and Tiger bets on a tied round and in what the tie bet pays, so the rule sheet inside the game is the only place to read the exact terms. This page does not quote a tie payout, because it differs from one table to the next.

Because a single card decides everything, there is nothing to decide during a round beyond the bet itself. That makes Dragon Tiger easy to learn and fast to play, and it is the reason to set a budget before sitting down. The live tables are collected on baccarat, roulette and more.

Playing card rank order

The rank of a card decides the winner, so the order matters. A standard deck orders the numeral cards from 2 through 10, followed by jack, queen and king. The jack sits below the queen and the king, which sit in that order at the top of the court cards.

The ace is the card that causes confusion. In many traditional card games the ace is ranked above the king as the highest card. In certain poker combinations an ace can also serve as the lowest card, below the 2, and in games where aces are strictly low the ace holds a rank value of 1.

A Dragon Tiger table states which of these applies. A reader should check whether the ace is high or low before betting, since it changes who wins whenever an ace is dealt against a king.

Casino house edge defined

The house edge is the casino profit expressed as a percentage of the original wager, and it represents the expected ratio of player loss to the total amount wagered. A game with a lower house edge gives the venue a smaller average profit, so a larger share of the money staked comes back to players over time.

When the payout odds differ from the true mathematical odds, that gap is the house edge. The return to player is calculated as 100 percent minus the house edge. Both figures describe the long run across very many rounds and say nothing certain about a single session. See also the notes on casino game records.

Baccarat tie bet comparisons

A tie bet in another card game shows how costly a side bet on a tie can be. A standard baccarat tie bet typically pays 8 to 1. The house edge for an 8 to 1 baccarat tie bet in a shoe with 8 decks is 14.36 percent, and in a game using 6 decks it is 14.44 percent. Some casinos pay 9 to 1, which gives a 4.84 percent edge.

The house edge on a tie bet is considerably higher than the 1.06 percent edge on the banker bet in the same game. The comparison is a warning that a bet on a tie usually carries a much larger edge than a bet on a side. The same caution applies to the tie bet at a Dragon Tiger table, where the rule sheet states the payout.

The page on Baccarat rules in order of play explains how the baccarat tie arises.

For limits on spending, see setting limits.