Bellying up to a crap table and joining the euphoria of this fast-paced game need not be intimidating. Armed with my past columns and these additional pointers, you are going to step up to the table with the self-assurance necessary to play this game. Granted, I am limited in allotted space, but I’m more than happy to touch on some terrific craps tips. In thirty seconds I can teach anyone how to play a simplified game of craps with confidence. How? Check out the first tip.o Just make these...
Read more about Craps Tips Odds on Craps - July 21, 2008Craps can be an intimidating game for the beginner. The table seems to have about a hundred different kinds of bets, the players are barking out commands in what seems to be a foreign language, and the pace is too fast to ever ask a question. I can sympathize with the beginner because it wasn’t that long ago that this was how craps appeared to me. If this is how you view the game I have good news. There is one fundamental...
Read more about Odds on Craps Craps Decision Lengths - June 23, 2008Let’s say that you are playing craps and make a bet on the pass line. The shooter establishes a point during the come-out roll and you take the odds with no other wagers. How many throws can you expect to come before a decision, either the point is repeated or the ugly seven shows up? A seven can be made with six of the possible 36 combinations the dice can form. A four or 10 can be formed three ways each. If either of these numbers is the point, the chance of settling the bet on any...
Read more about Craps Decision Lengths Craps Calls - June 3, 2008If you head to the crap table you will hear the dealers making all kinds of different calls, and if you are not familiar with the lingo you could get lost at the table before the dice are even rolled. Luckily we have put together this little list so you are ready to go as soon as you hit the table. TWO: “Craps,” “eye balls,” “two aces,” “rats eyes,” “snake eyes,” “push the don’t,” “eleven in a shoe store,” “twice...
Read more about Craps Calls Odds on Craps Hardways - March 15, 2008In Craps, hard-way bets are very enticing to players. To win this bet, your number not only has to appear before the seven, it has to emerge with two dice showing the same number. For example, if you are betting a hard six, it must be a pair only (3-3) in order for you to win your wager. If it shows as a 4-2, 2-4, 5-1, 1-5, or if the seven rolls, you lose. Sticking with the six as an example, the correct odds on making the six is 10 to 1, calculated as four easy ways of making the six (4-2, 2-4,...
Read more about Odds on Craps Hardways Skill in Throwing Craps Dice - March 8, 2008I was at the casino recently playing craps in a game where a guy threw the number seven about a dozen times without the point ever being made. Of course I was happy to be enjoying his luck until he starting telling us that he had the skill of willing the number seven. Of course, two hours later, he was broke. Now I don’t think there is such a thing as willing the numbers, but it got me wondering if there was any skill involved in throwing dice? The dice though have no idea who is throwing...
Read more about Skill in Throwing Craps Dice No Call Bets - March 6, 2008There may have been a time at the craps table when you heard the dealer call out no call bets. Here is a typical kind of situation. You have been playing for an extended session when you run out of chips with the exception of a lone $5 chip in hand, and whatever you had on the the Pass line and its odds. You toss your $5 chip on the table and yell out to place the 6 for $25, then reach for your wallet for the additional money when the dealer yells back “No Call Bets” and shoves...
Read more about No Call Bets Best Casino Craps Advice - February 27, 2008You would be surprised where you get advice for playing at the casinos, and you would be more surprised to hear that most of it is based on no real mathematical knowledge at all. One time though a homeless guy approached me for a few coins so he could get something to eat. Now in Las Vegas nobody has a few extra coins in their pocket since the slot machines are located so conveniently, but I gave him a nickel chip. He was so grateful that he told me he was going to give me the best craps advice...
Read more about Best Casino Craps Advice Easy Casino Games to Play - February 18, 2008Some people want a challenge and some want easy casino games to play. Whatever your poison we want to get you aligned with the game that is the right fit for you. You most likely want the game that has the lowest house edge, so use that as your first hurdle to pass before getting your action. There are a lot of people who do not understand what the fascination is that people have with slot machines. All you really do is insert a coin, pull the lever and repeat. For some out there this can seem almost...
Read more about Easy Casino Games to Play Craps Playing Strategy - February 18, 2008Today’s guide to craps playing strategy will focus on hop bets and hardways. These are two bets that have a high disadvantage for the player, so keep that in mind when putting your chips into play. Even people who have been around the game for years, such as dealers or just frequent players, think that the casino advantage is higher on the 6 and 8 hardways than the 4 and 10 hardways since there are more ways to roll easy sixes and eights than fours and tens. The actual odds though are pitted...
Read more about Craps Playing Strategy Craps Payouts - February 18, 2008A lot of people who are interested in playing do not know the correct craps payouts on the bets they place. If you want to lower the house edge to as low of a number as possible then you need to make smart bets at the craps table and stay away from some of the sucker bets that really raise the house edge. Proposition bets are those located in the center of the craps table and are tempting to the average bettor because of the high payouts offered, but those came at a cost because the house edge on...
Read more about Craps Payouts An Arm in Craps - February 7, 2008An arm in craps is a dice thrower who can manipulate the odds by throwing specific numbers. There are some who believe in the ability of a person being so gifted at rolling the dice that they can alter the odds and others have their doubts. There are plenty of con-artists out there who are willing to take a person’s money in the hopes of being able to...
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