STEP 1: Lose your inhibition about entering the high-roller, cordoned-off baccarat area.
STEP 2: Get yourself a snack from the counter in the back of the room, if available. Casinos often provide sandwiches and cookies for the high-rolling baccarat players.
STEP 3: Sit down at the baccarat table. Take any seat available.
STEP 4: Ask the amount of the table minimum. Leave if the amount is too high; change your money into chips if it's acceptable.
STEP 5: Present your player's card to the pit boss.
STEP 6: Hear the dealer say "Shuffle" and watch the complicated interweaving of the cards.
STEP 7: Take the yellow cut card and cut the six or eight decks in half.
STEP 8: Watch the dealer place the shuffled cards in the shoe and remove one card.
STEP 9: Take the shoe, if it's passed to you, and pull out cards as instructed by the dealer.
STEP 10: Place your bet in the square marked either Player, Banker or Tie.
STEP 11: Listen as the caller says "Card for the player" followed by "Card for the banker" to indicate when you should pull a card out of the shoe. Listen as he repeats himself.
STEP 12: Count your money to be sure you were paid correctly - if you won.
STEP 13: Place your bet in the square marked either Player, Banker or Tie if you wish to continue
