Wednesday, December 06, 2006

Strategies to play craps

Craps is a game of chance. Some times earns and other is lost. But the casinos are not prepared to be supported in the probability al to do business. So they will try always to assure a specific margin against the players

Winning to the House

Unfortunately, there is not any strategy that can be utilized to avoid it. Nevertheless, what can cause is to reduce the margin of the house al most minimum and to manage to enjoy so much like be possible in its session of craps.

Among all the available bets in Craps, some they offer worse odds than other, and some they are a lot worse. On the other hand, some bets give him odds to obtain a bet more or less even against the house. If it can find those bets and to maintain them in the middle of the chaos of Craps, their money will last more and that the casino leave like the winner.

Bad bets in Craps

Margin of the house in some of the worst bets of Craps:

Good bets in Craps

Margin of the house in the better bets of Craps:

- The field 5,6% - Big 6/Big 8 9,1% - Horn 12,5% - Craps 2/Craps 12 13,9% - Any 7 16,7%

It keep in mind that these bets are the ones that are called you bet simple.

Combination of the good bets with better bets

The margin of the house of the simple bets in Craps already is quite good for a play of casino. But run not toward the table still; in fact, there is something still better. There is a bet that not even will find indicated on the table, the Bet of odds. No member of the personnel will ask him never if wants to do a Bet of Odds; is, simply, ¡too good! A Bet of Odds is a supplementary bet that is carried out besides the simple bet. Once it have itself established a point will be able to do bets of odds in any of the simple bets:

- To Pass 1,41% - Not to pass 1,36% - to Come 1,41% - Not to come 1,36%

Normally, the Bets of Odds are limited to two or three times its original bet. For example, if has done a bet of 10$ to Pass, would be able to do also another bet of 20$ as 2X Odds bet. This reduces the margin of the house al 0,6%. Nevertheless, occasionally the casinos carry out promotions that permit Bets of a lot greater Odds, what carries al margin of the house still more near zero, as can be seen in this board:

A strategy that the reputation of expert player give him in Craps and reduce the margin of the house al most minimum is to play simply with bets to Pass or Not to Pass, and to continue always with so many bets of large rowboats as be possible.