Thread: How to Choose the Right Baccarat Table For Your Home Games

Baccarat tables are a necessity for any serious baccarat player. Not just because playing on a baccarat table is more realistic, but because baccarat tables are designed to make playing baccarat easier.

It can be difficult to pick cards up off of hard tables without bending them. You want to avoid bending your cards since this could effectively "mark" the card causing the whole deck to be useless.

In addition, the soft surface of a baccarat table protects your chips from damage. This is especially important for the more delicate clay baccarat chips. The cost of a baccarat table can be a small price to pay to protect a chip set that could have cost over a thousand dollars.

But how do you choose a baccarat table? What tables are available and how much should you expect to spend?

My favorite is the permanent baccarat table, useful for baccarat chemin de fer (railway), baccarat banque (or à deux tableaux), and punto banco (or North American baccarat).

The main reason I prefer a permanent baccarat table is because it's immovable- at least; it's immovable without the help of a few friends. These tables are usually made out of a nice wood like oak, teak, or mahogany. They also use high quality felt and look great! It's also real expensive!

Advantages:

• These baccarat tables are made with high-quality material that looks great.
• They're also more durable than less permanent baccarat tables.
• They generally come with features such as cup holders and sliding draws to store your baccarat chips.

Disadvantages:

• They're difficult to move around the house and impossible to move to another location without serious help.
• They're expensive; often costing several thousand dollars
• You may have to kill a friend if they spill something on it-justifiable homicide.

What's your preferred type of baccarat table? Please give advantages and disadvantages as well!

My favorite is to have folding baccarat tables.

These tables are more mobile than the baccarat table mentioned above. They're basically regular folding tables with a baccarat top built into them.

Advantages:

• Folding baccarat tables are affordable; generally costing only a couple hundred dollars
• They're easy to move, though you may need a truck if you plan on moving it from house to house.
• They're easy to set up and take down.

Disadvantages:

• They're less substantial that permanent baccarat tables.
• They're generally made from lower quality material.
• They're difficult to transport in small cars.

Those two are good (permanent is great if you have the space -and the bucks!) but my personal recommendation for everyone is to get portable baccarat table tops.

A portable baccarat table top is a baccarat table top that folds up and fits in a carrying case roughly two or three times the size of a briefcase. These table tops aren't as impressive as "real" baccarat tables, but they make up for their shortcomings in other ways.

Advantages:

• Portable baccarat table tops are very affordable; generally costing less than $100.
• These tables can be carried anywhere and are the perfect choice if you have to change locations of your home game frequently.
• The table can be set-up in seconds.
• You don't have to murder any friends if they spill something on it.

Disadvantages:

• These tables are generally made out of very cheap material and the felt tears easily.
• They don't look as good as more substantial tables.
• Decide what features are important to you can shop around. No matter what your price range is, there's a baccarat table that's right for you.