What is Mini Baccarat?

Mini baccarat is a version of the baccarat game popular both in online casinos and in land based casinos. Here you can read about the game rules and the differences between mini baccarat and baccarat.

Mini Baccarat rules are similar to American Baccarat rules, except it enables players to place lower bets. In addition, the atmosphere in mini baccarat is more easy going than the intense and formal atmosphere usually surrounds its big brother, the traditional baccarat.

The table in Mini Baccarat is smaller than the baccarat table. It is usually the size of the blackjack table with seven seats available for seven players. The table layout includes six areas, three of them are betting areas: the player and the banker betting areas and tie betting areas. The other areas are for commission boxes, chip stacks, and the shoe.

The croupier in the mini baccarat game is located in a central spot, which enables him to reach all areas on the table. Unlike traditional baccarat, here the players are not passing shoes to each other and they are not allowed to touch the cards. In mini baccarat, the dealer is always the banker and he is the only one who can touch the cards.

Besides the exceptions mentioned above, mini baccarat is played exactly like the traditional baccarat game. It is usually played with a six-deck shoe. Before the cards are dealt by the dealer, the players place their bets. The dealer will toss two cards to the banker area and two cards to the player area.

The cards ranking in mini baccarat are the same as in baccarat, which means that the tens and the face cards have no value and the aces value is 1. Only single digit values are qualified, for example 9+8 worth 7.

Mini baccarat players can put 3 types of bets. They can place their bets on the banker area, the player, or the tie area. The payouts of banker and player bets are even and the tie are 9:1 or 8:1 depends on the casino rules. Most of Las Vegas casinos charge 5 percent commission on every winning banker bet.