Baccarat

We then go to a casino called Le Circle.

le cirque something like that it is a casino in london and a man is coming in from mi6 and he is not a member of the club so what do you the maitre d is that the guy that you would call call that guy that's at the front of this casino kind of acting as a front man it's not a maitre d it's concierge maybe probably the concierge he's like sir you can't go in there you're not a member okay fair enough right uh who are you looking for i will go find him or her and he says james bond because there are this is a club that actually allows women we do learn that which is cool all right so the guy goes in and we see a game of baccarat being played now Maybe we should talk about Baccarat a little bit, or maybe I should talk about Baccarat a little bit.

It's a very simple game that uses two cards.

And it's pure luck.

It is.

And that's what makes it interesting in that it takes zero skill to do.

And the reason why Ian Fleming said that Bond plays Baccarat over anything else is that he knows he can beat people by reading them because he's that kind of person.

So playing any other card game would give him too much of an advantage and there would be no challenge in it.

I stayed there.

At the end, I actually played the last daytime big Baccarat shoe in their high-limit room at the Stardust before they closed.

And I just loved playing there, and I felt very connected with that property.

So that was very sad for me.

And then the next day I was like, "Well, it's my last day.

Might as well, like, take out another thousand, 2,000 dallies from the ATM, see if I can win it back." And then we went, ended up going to, um, uh, Baccarat.

Actually, but, but, but before, before I get into that, would you like to, would you like to talk about Greg? Uh, the dealer Greg?

I, I mean, we-

Not a whole lot.

I think I brought, like, four grand, two for me and two for my editor that I brought with me on the trip.

Um, I, I just, I've had enough of playing fucking $2,000 a hand Baccarat.

It's the worst thing ever.

That is, you know, the New Jersey Gaming Commission, but, you know, any state gaming commission can.

They do watch, you know, you have monthly reporting and they're like, you have to have cash on hand because somebody could come in and, you know, make $5 million on Baccarat and you have to be able to pay them.

Right.

So casinos are very regulated.

I don't know what game it was he mentioned, but he said it's 50/50, so there's a chance-

... we-

Baccarat, yeah.

Hey, hey, I, I thought that was a cologne, 'cause I got the cologne Baccarat.

Nah, hell nah.

[laughs]

It's still fresh

No, it is playing Burke.

Baccarat is the game in the novel.

Oh.

What movie did producers watch that convinced them Craig should be Bond?

A hundred percent.

My 13-year-old nephew asked me last week about winning money playing Baccarat.

And I tried to explain it's impossible.

It's just a game of luck and chance.

And he told me, and I have no clue what he's talking about.

I'm sure if I Googled it, I could find the answer in two minutes.

There's some guy on social media who claims to be like the world's best, most profitable Baccarat player.

Like what does a 13 year old know? He sees him, he follows it.

What are you playing? Blackjack.

Black Jack, Baccarat mostly.

And basically the car journey home, we're going home.

And he's like, yo.

No, no, no. I'm a fucking clean man.

We go back tomorrow

and we slap $500 on Baccarat.

One hand.

Yes, I used to be a poker dealer.

A Baccarat dealer.

So maybe I'm playing dumb this whole time, guys.

But yes, correct.