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| by Larry Edell, published on Friday,
January 31 2003 |
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A split bet or a proposition bet is a bet that covers
two numbers but only pays off for one of them. An example of this is the
very popular "C & E" bet, standing for Craps and Eleven. If you give the
dealer "$2 C & E," it means you are really placing $1 on Any Craps (2, 3
or 12) and $1 on the eleven ("Yo").
Any Craps pays 7:1 and the "Yo" pays 15:1. So, on the very next roll
only, if the 11 comes up, you would win $15 for the Yo, and lose your $1
for the any craps. In addition, the dealer will give you only $13 back
and leave $2 up for another C & E bet. If you don�t want this to
happen, you need to say "my C & E bet down please," and you will get the
full $15.
The Any Craps bet is a different story. This will win if the 2, 3 or 12
rolls, but only pays 7:1. Normally if the 2 or 12 rolls you get 30:1,
and if the 3 rolls you get 15:1. But you are paying a little extra to be
able to bet on all three numbers at once. So, if you bet $2 C & E and
the next roll is a 12 (or 2 or 3) you will get $7 but you lose the $1 Yo
bet. Again, the dealer may keep your $2 bet up for the next roll and
give you only $5 unless you request that your bet be taken down.
Another popular bet is the Hi-Lo bet (the 12 and 2). Although these are
included in the "any craps" bet, the Hi-Lo bet pays more - a lot more.
While any craps pays only 7:1, the Hi Lo pays a whopping 30:1! As with
all split bets, this is a one roll bet only. So if you bet $2 Hi-Lo, and
the 2 or 12 hits, you win $30 but lose the other $1 bet. Again, call "my
bet down" unless you want to leave it up.
If you combine all these split bets (the 2, 3, 11 and 12) you get a horn
bet, which lets you bet all four numbers at once in $4 increments. In
the horn bet, the 3 and 11 pay 15:1 and the 2 and 12 pay 30:1. But if
you win one horn bet, you will lose the other three, and all four bets
will stay up for the next roll unless it is taken down.
You can also combine a horn bet with a split bet. For example you can
bet $5 and call it "Horn High," which is a $4 horn bet but with $2 on
the twelve. A "Horn Lo" is $4 horn but with $2 on the 2.
A good use for these split bets is to protect your pass line bet. As you
know, the pass line wins on the 7 or 11 but loses on the 2, 3 or 12
("any craps"). When you make a pass line bet you can now protect it with
a $2 C & E (for an extra Yo bet), a $4 horn, or even a $5 horn high bet!
And, as always, good luck at the tables! |
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