Chapter Fifty-Nine: The Joy of Baccarat
When the two returned to the hotel, it was already past eight o'clock in the evening, first went back to the room to wash their hands, drank some water, and then went downstairs, through the corridor connecting the old and new Lisboa Hotel, to the casino. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
The casino is located in the Grand Lisboa Hotel and occupies three floors, the first floor is the lobby with dozens of tables for ordinary guests to play, the second floor is half slot machines, half is the computer room, the third floor is VIP rooms, and the third floor and above are guest rooms.
The casino is open 24 hours a day, and whenever you open the door to the lobby, you'll see the hall filled with lights, smoke, and people. (If Tang Seng sees this, he will definitely say, Wukong, go to the front to investigate, what kind of demons are abundant in this place?) Gamblers of all colors gathered around the tables in the hall, rolled up their arms and sleeves, their eyes round and shining, just waiting for the dealer to start. Those who stood by and watched the excitement did not stop, followed by those who were making fun and whistling, looking very interested.
Gambling is legal in Macau. Mr. He started out as a gambler, so in this magnificent hotel, three floors are set aside for tourists from all over the world to play.
Gamblers choose where and how to gamble based on their financial strength. Like those who are working-class or small businessmen, they just play a few games in the hall, and they don't win or lose more than 1,800 yuan.
And those who do big business, or celebrities, as well as those who are powerful, go to the VIP private room, and every time they win or lose, they win or lose 1.8 million, but because people have a lot of money, they don't care how much they win or lose. People are playing in a heartbeat.
Those ordinary people who are lucky sometimes go to the VIP to gamble, and it is not a myth here that they win three or five hundred thousand, seven or eight hundred thousand yuan in one night. Therefore, He Lao has a classic saying: If you come to Macau, you are not afraid of winning, but you are afraid that you will not dare to come.
There are also various ways to gamble: there are poker, dice, big roulette, pai gow, baccarat, Caribbean stud, slot machines...... It can be said that there are a complete variety and a wide variety of patterns, depending on which one gamblers like and which one they like. In terms of rules, there are also different rules. But there is one rule in common, and that is - be willing to gamble and lose.
I was already mentally prepared, there must be no shortage of people in the casino, but I didn't expect to find that there would be so many people when I entered the casino, Qingxuan ran out of ideas, and asked JIKE: "You say, which one do we play first?" BEFORE JIKE COULD ANSWER, A WAITER CAME OVER WITH A SMILE ON HIS FACE AND ASKED, "GENTLEMEN, IS THIS YOUR FIRST TIME HERE?" Would you like me to tell you about our services here? ”
"Well, tell me about it." Qing Xuan said, bowing his head and lighting a cigarette.
"There are a lot of services we provide here, which are mainly divided into two categories: one is self-entertainment, the other is common entertainment, and there are N kinds of ways to play under each category, depending on which type you like. You can choose cash or credit card as the payment method. The waiter said in general terms.
"Can you elaborate on what is self-entertaining and what is common entertainment." Qing Xuan spat smoke in his mouth and squinted his eyes at this little boy who was about the same age as himself.
"Oh, self-entertainment means that you can choose to gamble online, on the second floor, we provide customers with a lot of computers, there are many gambling software in the computers, and our staff will accompany you to gamble online 24 hours a day. If you don't like to entertain yourself, then you can choose to play together, that is, the dealer puts out the gambling game on the spot, and then the customer places bets. After the little boy finished speaking, he looked at Qing Xuan, and he didn't know what else he hadn't explained clearly.
He went to the casino at the age of fifteen, and for a while, he has been in this business for seven years, and he knows the rules of this business well.
"Then let's choose to play together." Qingxuan looked at JIKE and thought to himself, they are all here, of course they want to be PK by real people.
"Then I suggest you try your luck in the hall first, if you are skilled in the future, you can also apply to become a VIP customer, we provide a lot of preferential services for VIP customers."
"Well, thank you for the advice you gave us, we will remember what you said. Now there's nothing else to do, you can go and do something else. Qing Xuan nodded at the waiter, signaling that he could leave.
The little boy politely bowed 90 degrees and said, "It's a pleasure to serve the two gentlemen, if you need any help, please feel free to call me." There is a rest room on the right hand side of the hall, which provides free food and drinks, and there is a bathroom on the left hand side, and there is a KTV private room downstairs...... I hope the two gentlemen have a great time. With that, the little boy turned around and left.
"We ......," the two said in unison, then looked at each other and smiled. JIKE SAID, "LET'S TAKE A LOOK AROUND." ”
"That's what I mean." Qing Xuan said after throwing the cigarette butt into the trash.
The two walked around, and finally found that there were not many people playing pai gow, slot machines, and Caribbean stud, so they squeezed in front of the crowd of baccarat to find out.
In order to make it easier for readers to understand the game of baccarat, I will first briefly introduce the gameplay of this game.
Baccarat, or Baccarat in English, is a board game that originated in France, became popular throughout Europe, and was later introduced to the United States, where it gradually developed and matured. It is considered the most civilized and fair entertainment in the world.
In the 60s, Mr. Ye Han of Macau introduced Baccarat from the United States to Macau, and gave it a name with oriental colors - baccarat. Today, baccarat has been developed to the extreme by Macau, and it is the place with the largest number of people playing baccarat in the world.
Baccarat uses 3-6 decks of cards (not counting ghost cards), and at most 8 decks of cards are shuffled together, and after shuffling, they are placed in a card box and distributed from them. Each family strives to have 2 or 3 cards in their hands, the total number of points is 9 or close to 9, 10, J, Q, K are counted as 0, and the other cards are calculated according to the number of cards, when calculating, the value of the cards in each hand is added, but only on the single digit.
For example, if the player's two cards are 1 and 7, then his total is 8 points, i.e. 1+7=8, and if the cards in his hand are 4 and 7, then his total is 1, i.e. 4+7=11, whichever is 1; If his cards are Q and 5, then his value is 5, i.e. 0+5=5.