Playing Multi-player Baccarat at Casinos with a Live Dealer

With the innovation of live dealer games on the internet, online casinos with a live dealer have soared in popularity, and games like Multi-player Baccarat have become favorites with scores of online gamblers.

Casinos with a live dealer allow the players of Multi-player Baccarat to see their cards in real life style instead of the standard computer random number generator. This gives the players a better feeling about the cards they are being dealt. Furthermore, the dealers are generally very good looking young women, and what could be better than seeing a bright young woman dealing your cards.

The live dealer casinos allow the players in online Multi-player Baccarat to chat with the dealer and also with the other players at the table. Since you are not betting against the other players in Multi-player Baccarat, but only against the dealer, or Banker, the game can become a very socially stimulating game.

Online Multi-player Baccarat Play

Multi-player Baccarat is played exactly the same as single player Baccarat. The only difference being that you are not alone at the table, but have several more players sitting with you.

The object of the game is the same with live dealer casinos as with land based casinos. You need to get a card total of nine points, or as close to nine as possible. The cards are extra large for easy reading, and no matter how many players are at the table, the cards are dealt to two hands: the Player hand and the Banker hand.

It is important to remember that in Multi-player Baccarat, or in any game of Baccarat, face cards count as 0, Aces count as one, and cards 2-9 count at face value. For example: a ten and a 4 would count as 4 and not 14.

There are three types of bets in Multi-player Baccarat: on the Player hand, on the Banker hand, or on a tie. The Banker's hand seems to win more than the Player's, so it is always a good idea to bet on the Banker's hand. You can make all three bids each round if you wish.

Two cards are dealt to begin the hand. The Player may draw a third card if his two card total is between 0-5 and the Banker's total is between 0-7. If the Banker's hand totals 0-2, he may draw a third card. The winning hand is the one closest to a total of 9.

Multi-player Baccarat and Mini Baccarat

Live dealer casinos are also offering Mini Baccarat for the Multi-player Baccarat games. Mini Baccarat is played with only one deck of cards which lowers the Players' chances in a multi-player game. However the stakes are generally lower and the game moves faster, so it has become a favorite at casinos with a live dealer.

With the innovation of live dealer casinos, all the live dealer online games, including Multi-player Baccarat, have become a lot more popular with online gamblers who especially like that real live feeling.