15th January 2016 – Following the successful launch of Baccarat Squeeze at the Macau Casino at William Hill, Evolution Gaming have completed the build and rollout of a range of new Evolution Baccarat tables for general use.

The new tables and playing interface come with a number of enhancements over the old setup.

However I’ve noticed a few teething problems with the new setup.

On almost every occasion I’ve been on the new tables (and that’s both the new general play tables and the ones at Macau William Hill) the dealers have experienced scanning problems.

I don’t know whether it’s to do with the cards, but the ones that are “squeezed” are rather bent up, which also appears to cause problems when the dealers put them in the discard hopper.

I’m sure these things will get ironed out over the coming months.  

The Studio

You’ll immediately notice that the tables are not in the general studio area, but in a location that has been created specially to host the games. They have gone for a more chilled out relaxed feeling. Sounds of running water with bubbling water flowing through clear columns frame the gold, copper and red themed environment. 

The dealers are dressed oriental style, and by the very nature of the HD broadcasts their appearance is immaculate.

The Tables

Gone are the small green tables, replaced by larger bean shaped tables, much more akin to what you’d find in a land based casino. 

There is a lot less clutter on the table, the waste cards are now disposed of in a hopper and there is a mouse pad rather than a mouse used to interface with the computer system for the table.

The playing interface

New user interface is in HD and uses the same multi camera HD technology we see with Immersive Roulette. The interface itself has a couple of new features

The middle panel comes with a few enhancements. You can now see what percentage of people have bet on Player / Banker and how many players are playing.

The baccarat road maps are displayed in a panel on the right of the screen. The presentation of them can be changed in “settings” in case you have difficulty in reading them. You can zoom in on any of them by just clicking on the screen.  

The Squeeze Explained

The squeeze is not available on all the new baccarat tables. It’s obvious which table it is from the name in the lobby.

On the squeeze table all initial cards are dealt face down. The dealer then marks the hand with the greatest total wager. The hand with the lower wager is revealed immediately.

The dealer then reveals the first card  of the other hand and then does a squeeze reveal of the second card.

If extra cards are required on each hand the dealer will only squeeze the hand with the higher wager.

You can find the first general play tables at the Unibet Live casino, Grande Casino and at Leo Vegas live casino.