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Craps
How To PLAN A Table
| by Larry Edell, published on Wednesday,
October 3 2001 |
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If he’s winning, he wants to stay and make more
money. If he’s losing, he wants to stay and recoup his losses. This,
unfortunately, ends up being a player’s way of donating a lot of money
back to the casino! If you want to make money, you need to plan your
table. You need to set things up in advance and stick to your plan.
Craps is fun, but if you keep on losing every time you play, it won’t be
fun for long! You need to have a table plan every time you play. For
example, if your buy in is $1000 and you are a $50 bettor, you can plan
to leave when you’ve won or lost $200. However, if your buy in is $50
and you’re a $5 bettor, a $200 goal is unrealistic - $10 is more like
it. Further, you need to plan exactly what kind of betting you’re about
to do - even before you color in. Something that has always helped me is
to carry a small pad and pen with me at all times. Before I approach the
table, I formulate and actually write down what I’m going to do. Every
time before I actually go to the table, I write down three things - 1.
Buy in - $500
2. Win/loss limit - $100
3. $10 Pass line w/2x odds and place 6 & 8 for $12 each Later I note the
results so there are actually four things on the page - (P) Placed money
(L) limits of my betting (A) Assign myself a system to use, and (N)
Noted results. So to compress things I write 1. P - $500 (Placed money)
2. L - $100 (Limit for win/loss)
3. A - P/L w/odds & 6+8 (Assigned system)
4. N - +$30 in 40 min (Noted results)
I always leave the pad on my chip rack so it reminds me not to be greedy
when I’m winning and stupid when I’m losing. And it works! Give it a
try!
So the next time you play, remember to PLAN your table!
And, as always, good luck at the tables! |
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