To answer "What happens if you get 10 in baccarat?", three figures matter first. Every live table has a minimum stake, a maximum stake and a fixed number of seats, and all three change from table to table in the same studio. They decide whether a player can join a game at all, how much a session costs and what happens when a favourite table is full. The table lobby shows these figures before a seat is taken.
Private and high limit tables raise the minimum well above the standard tables and sometimes require an invitation from the casino. Bonus money is often excluded from live tables altogether, or it counts for only a small share of the wagering requirement. Playing live games with an active bonus can therefore stretch the requirement far beyond what the same stakes would clear on slots. The bonus terms list which live games count and at what rate.
Table minimums matter more than they look, because live games move slowly and every round costs at least the minimum. A blackjack table with a high minimum and around sixty hands an hour turns a modest budget into a short session. Roulette and baccarat tables usually accept smaller stakes than blackjack, since they seat an unlimited number of players. Checking the minimum against the planned budget shows how many rounds a session can really last.
Availability follows the clock of the studio's audience. Evenings in the largest markets fill the popular tables, while early mornings leave them half empty and quicker to join. Studios open extra tables at busy hours, often with higher minimums. A table listed in the table lobby as open can still be full for seats, and the lobby usually shows the free seats and the length of the queue before the table is opened.
Around sixty, a slow pace, yet each hand costs at least the minimum stake, so the rounds per hour decide how long a budget lasts.
Bonus money is often excluded from live tables altogether, and the bonus terms list which live games count toward wagering.
A wager on a seated player's hand without making any decisions, useful when every seat, often seven, is taken; the seated player keeps control of the hand.
The lobby usually shows the free seats and the length of the queue, since a table listed as open can still be full.
Evenings in the largest markets fill the popular tables, while early mornings leave them half empty; studios open extra tables at busy hours, often with higher minimums.