Craps Newsletter – May 2004
May 2004
BINION’S HORSESHOE, LAS VEGAS CONTINUES CRAPS IMPLOSION
The Bone Man site recently toured the newly-owned and slightly re-decorated downtownLas Vegas Horseshoe and has discovered that the once-famous craps pit of 13 tablesis now downsized once again from 7 to 5 tables. In addition the one-time incredibleposting of 100X Odds, which downsized to 10X and then to 5X now posts the StripOdds configuration of 3-4-5x Odds. The “Shoe” is certainly no longer the Bone Man’sdowntown recommendation as a casino of choice for the serious craps player. Instead,we recommend Main Street Station.
KEEPING TRACK OF YOUR BETS
Come Bettors and Place Bettors should understand that wagers in the Bank boxes nearthe dealer(s) are placed exactly and relative to where the players are STANDINGat the table. There are 8 player positions on each side of a standard craps table.The positions are numbered 1 through 8 from the STICKMAN to the base DEALER(S).Come Bets are paid FIRST. Place Bets are paid AFTER COME BETS. So, don’t be a BUTTHEADand grind the dealer to get paid before it is YOUR TURN TO GET PAID. Come Bets andPlace Bets are all paid BY POSITION, 1 through 8… from “STICK” to “BASE”. So,for example if you are standing at a full table, with Place Bets, and you are nextto either dealer… JUST KEEP YOUR DAMN PANTS ON to take or press your bet. PropositonBets in the middle of the table are paid LAST. So if you just hit a HARDWAYS, justbe patient. There is nothing worse to dealers than players who don’t know what thehell they are doing and who can’t even keep track of their own DAMN BETS!
CRAPS QUIZ
Answer to April Quiz:
True or False? On Proposition Bets… A THREE-WAY SEVEN is the same as ANY SEVEN(Big Red).
This is a trick question so everybody and nobody got this answer right or wrong.A THREE-WAY SEVEN is the same on STRIP ODDS but pays MORE on DOWNTOWN ODDS. If youare a proposition player and do not know the difference between DOWNTOWN and STRIPpay-offs on Proposition Bets then all we can say is that you may have been throwinga lot of money down a rat hole for who knows how long.
For more, check out our article on Downtown vs. StripOdds
May 2004 Quiz:
When one or both of the dice bounce off of the table, any player can request for”Same Dice”.
True
False
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