Hi, I'm Brian from Casino Rama Resort and I'm here today to teach you baccarat.
In this example we are going to use a mini-bac table. The game of baccarat is
essentially the same, whether you play at a mini-bac table or in the VIP room on
a full baccarat table. The minimums in the high limit room are generally $100
on a full baccarat table, but on the floor our mini-bac tables are usually $25 minimum.
I'm going to demonstrate now a few hands and go through how the cards work and how
the totals go. When you come to a table you can present your cash to the dealer
keeping in mind that the dealer cannot take anything from your hand, so you're
going to have to set your cash on the table.
So you have two options when playing baccarat. You can bet on either the
player or the banker. It doesn't mean that I'm the banker and you're the
player, it's just a name from one side to the other. The object of the game is to
get as close to nine with your cards without going over. I'm gonna demonstrate
what that means. We're gonna put a bet on the banker and a bet on the player. The
dealer will call no more bets and we'll draw out the cards.
In this case the player has nine, which is the best hand that you can get and the banker has six.
So if at any point in time the player or the banker has an eight or a nine, it's
called a natural and no more cards will be drawn. So in this case the player wins
natural nine over six. We'll take the losing bank bets and we will pay all the
player bets. All bets on the player are paid one to one.
The dealer would gather up the cards and we'll start a new hand. Take your chips
back and you can place another bet. Once again let's bet on the player and one on
the banker. We also have a few additional bets here. There is the tie bet: If the
total ends up being the same for the player and the banker it's a tie and
neither the player or the banker lose, nor do they win. But it pays eight to
one for the tie. You can also bet on whether there will be a pair on the
player and a pair on the banker. If both of the first two cards for the player
are a pair, two fives, two sixes, two queens, or the banker are a pair, it would
pay eleven to one. So let's go ahead and put a couple bets on the tie and the
banker and player pair. No more bets.
Okay in this case the player has a 4 and a 6. The object is to go as close to 9 as
you can and when you go over 9 the score resets at 0 and if you have a two-digit
number when you add them up, you'll actually drop off the first digit. So in
this case the player has 10, which in baccarat is 0. Or baccarat, another name for 0.
The banker has 2 Queens over here, which is 20 also known as baccarat, 0.
So right now, we have a 0-0 tie. There's more cards to come. The dealer will decide
based on a predetermined list of rules when they draw a third card for the
player, or a third card for the banker. The dealer will take care of all of that
for you. If you want to see a list of the rules as to when a player or a banker
draws a third card, speak to the supervisor and they'll give you a chart
to let you know, so you can follow along and see when you're supposed to draw the
extra cards. In this case because both the player and the banker have baccarat,
or 0, they're both going to get an additional card. So let's see what
happens. Player increases to 4 and the banker increases to 6. So in this case
the banker wins 6 over 4. We're gonna take the losing player bet and look what
else we had here, a pair of Queens, so we have a banker pair. The banker won 6 over 4, so
we're gonna go ahead and pay the bank bets. Because the banker has a better chance
at winning a slightly higher edge all winning bank bets will pay a 5%
Commission. In this case $200 will pay $10. 5% Commission. And of course, our
banker pair pays 11 to 1. 5 dollars pays 55 dollars.
And we're all set for another hand and that is how you play baccarat.