Dana White and SteveWillDoIt Cash $1 Million Baccarat Hands
Dana White and SteveWillDoIt each cashed a million-dollar baccarat hand at Park MGM in Las Vegas.
The session is the center of Steve’s new YouTube video, posted September 28, and it shows the UFC CEO celebrating at the same table after the house paid the bets. The footage also shows how the million-dollar wagers even got approved.
White said other players at the table had been calling people pussies. Then their bosses stepped in.
“The guys are pussies,” White said. “Their f*cking bosses call. They’re like, yeah, you guys can both bet a million, but you gotta make sure you don’t call us pussies anymore and all this sh*t.”
The casino added one more rule. They could each put a million on the felt. They could not put it on the same side of the same hand.
“So then they call me and they go, all right, so here’s the deal,” White said. “You can both bet a million, but you can’t bet the same hand.”
Steve took player. White took banker. That is how baccarat works when two people want the same size bet and the house will not let them ride together.
“So he has bet player and I bet banker, so somebody’s gonna win and somebody’s gonna fcking lose,” White said. “F*cking goofiest sh*t of all time.”
“Give me a million dollars,” he said.
The room around him is packed. Power Slap shirts, hockey jerseys, phones up, and a filming notice on the wall that says recording is happening beyond that sign. When the hand pays, the group explodes.
White has been in this room before. High-limit baccarat is part of his public Las Vegas life, and Steve has been in that circle for years, including nights when chips moved between them after big swings. This time the bet size was a million each, with the house forcing them onto opposite sides.
Later in the same stretch, someone at the table talks about still having about $200,000 in front of him and treating it like $20. White cuts that talk off.
“Let’s not get f*cking stupid here,” he said. “You get to cash that out, listen, you get to cash out a million f*cking dollars and take your f*cking 800 in cash back. Let’s go.”
That is the night in the video. Two million-dollar bets, opposite sides, a Park MGM dealer, and White celebrating when the graphic hits seven figures.
Steve posted the longer version for his audience. White’s quotes from the floor are the part combat sports fans are passing around. The bets were real enough for the house to set conditions. The celebration was real enough for the cameras to stay on him while he demanded the million.
What happens the next time they walk into that room is the same thing that always happens in that room. Someone will want a bigger number. The house will set another rule. White will either cash it or he will not.
