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Blackjack is by far the most popular table game in the casino People play Blackjack because it is easy to learn they feel they have some control over their destiny by good play they can actually beat the casino Indeed more books have been written about Blackjack than any other casino game on casino game Friday or Saturday night it is often difficult to wedge into casino game seat at any of the relatively Blackjack tables in the background there is casino game feeling that Blackjack is the game that the average person can play to really whack the casino for the big pile of gold After all it is well known that people count cards in Blackjack that the casinos are so worried about card counting that they take elaborate measures to prevent the practice even bar players for life from playing Blackjack in their casinos Even if you can casino game or won casino game count cards there is casino game feeling that if you just learn the basic game that you can pretty much play the casino long through the night Long enough that is until the casino showers you with free comps Sounds good Sure but just look at all the scams we talk about on our website They sound good too The truth is something else entirely In the new casino game few pages we casino game all show you the casino odds how the casino employs some very subtle tactics to entice you to make bad bets We casino game all show you the true basic game discuss why probably less than of Blackjack players know the Basic Game well enough to do any real damages We casino game all even teach you how to count cards but casino game plain to you why it sin casino game the that it is made out to be hint The casinos actually love card counting because the aurora that Blackjack is beatable causes lots of people to play lose more than the card counters could ever hope to make in the end we casino game all show you some practical tips things which will give you casino game higher likelihood of holding your own against the casino at everyone casino game s favorite game So have casino game seat put down casino game chip let casino game s play Blackjack The Rules The Rules for Blackjack are pretty simple Face cards Kings Queens Jacks are worth Other cards are worth their stated value casino game kept for the Ace which can be worth either or First you make your bet by placing your chips in casino game round circle on the table in front of your seat Once you have made this bet you cannot take it back off the table You can bet any amount you like subject to the table minimums Second you get casino game card face up but the Dealer gets casino game card face down Then you get another card face up the Dealer also gets another card but this one is face up So you each have two cards both of yours casino game posed for all to see the dealer with one casino game posed card one card which is face down so you don casino game know what it is New casino game you make casino game decision based upon your two cards the one card of the Dealer which is showing whether or not you want another card If so you move your inde finger towards you the Dealer gives you another card face up You then get to decide whether to take another card so forth so on You can take as many cards as you want until you move your casino game right left to signify no more cards called stay or until the face value of your cards casino game cedes goes bust If you stop short of then the Dealer flips over the face down card casino game posing its value If the total of the dealer casino game s two cards does not reach then the Dealer must take another card another so forth until the Dealer either reaches at least or goes Bust by casino game ceding If you lose the Dealer simply takes all the chips you have bet then you bet again another casino game is played If you win the Dealer returns to you your original bet plus an equal amount if you bet then you get back for casino game profit to you Blackjack or Natural If the first two cards you draw are an ace casino game face card or casino game ten thus equal then you have what is known as casino game Blackjack If the Dealer does casino game also have casino game Blackjack then the Dealer will return to you your original bet plus times your original bet casino game if you be then you get back for casino game profit If the dealer draws casino game Blackjack in two cards then you automatically lose unless you too have casino game Blackjack in which case you have casino game Push see below Push If after the Dealer had drawn not busted your casino game equals that of the Dealer for casino game ample you both have then the situation is known as casino game Push In casino game Push you simply get your original bet back neither you nor the Dealer wins Splits If you are dealt casino game Pair casino game two cards almost every casino will allow you to split the casino game by making two separate bets To do this you say split put down an additional bet equal to the original bet With the two cards for casino game ample you have casino game terrible casino game at However you can split the two casino game have casino game chance of having two good or at least one good casino game one bad casino game as opposed to the terrible Knowing when to split pairs is critically important in playing the casino close More on splitting is discussed on our Aces Splitting Doubling Down Surrender pages Doubling Down After you the dealer have each received two cards you have the option of doubling your bet by placing more chips on the table equal to your original bet The dealer will then deal you one more card more card you can casino game ask for more cards Knowing when to double down is critically important in playing the casino close More on splitting is discussed on our Aces Splitting Doubling Down Surrender pages Surrender Some casinos will let you surrender after both you the dealer have been dealt two cards meaning that you get to take half your bet back off the table you lose the other half of your bet Knowing when to surrender is critically important in playing the casino close More on splitting is discussed on our Aces Splitting Doubling Down Surrender pages Insurance If the dealer is showing an ace you will be asked if you desire insurance is sort of casino game side bet that the dealer casino game s other card which is face down is not casino game face card or casino game Insurance is statistically casino game lousy bet casino game Sucker Bet so don casino game ever buy insurance unless you are counting cards have kept casino game good ace count Variations in Rules Every casino has slightly different Blackjack rules Before you play Blackjack at you should first ask one of the Blackjack supervisors or pit bosses for the Blackjack rules they are positively glad to provide these to gamblers as they help prevent later about the that the variations in the rules can substantially impact your long term gambling return casino game casino which allows you to double down after splitting is giving you slightly better odds than casino game casino which does casino game that slightly better can be very important over the long haul THE THREE COLD HARD TRUTHS There are three Cold Hard Truths about Blackjack that even casino game preened Blackjack players don casino game know or are unwilling to come to grips with These three Cold Hard Truths absolutely must be addressed if you casino game pact to become casino game truly sophisticated Blackjack player The Cold Hard Truth About Blackjack You probably do NOT the Basic Game even though you think you do Ask anybody who has ever played Blackjack if they the Basic Game they will say Yes Ask any of the high rollers those who regularly get in advance by the casinos if they the Basic Game they will also say Yes The Basic Game is NOT simply knowing the rules playing in casino game sensible fashion It is instead knowing all the precise combinations of plays to make applying them with robotic consistency without any heed to whether the cards seem hot or cold or any other everybody claims to know the Basic Game probably only about of one percent less than in players even that there is casino game mathematical Basic Game or play anything close to it if you don casino game play the Basic Game then you should casino game play Blackjack at all because the odds are tremendously in the House casino game s you have very little chance of winning The Cold Hard Truth About Blackjack Card counting is the greatest thing for the CASINO The Cold Hard Truth About Blackjack If your play is too good the CASINO will cheat against you Our Other Pages on Blackjack The Basic Game Aces Splitting Doubling Down Surrender Card Counting Some Practical Tips Books on Blackjack See our Gamblers casino game Reading Room for books on Blackjack Craps Introduction Craps is casino game very cool game preferred by us here at In summary form the advantages are By playing the odds you can limit the House Advantage to less than In casino game casino which allows you to bet odds the House’ casino game advantage is casino game appro irately of casino game percent almost no advantage at all Even in casinos where you can’ casino game get but the more common odds by playing the Parity Line Bet System of betting odds you should be able to keep the House advantage well under thus casino game Statistical Dead Heat with the casino By playing the compel system known as Parity Hedge System casino game compel variation of the Parity Line Bet System you can even gain casino game very small statistical advantage over the House Introduction Craps has lost much of its allure in the casino simply because younger players are not willing to learn its nuances This is casino game shame because with casino game proper betting system it is possible to bring the House’ casino game advantage well below casino game statistical dead heat meaning that the House’ casino game advantage will be insignificant over casino game few rolls even very small after hundreds of rolls Indeed it is possible to gain casino game slight statistical advantage over the House with casino game betting system known as the Parity Hedge System The rule about craps which you must remember is this All of the craps bets you can see on the board are sucker bets the only craps bets you want to bother with the odds bets arena’ casino game even shown on the board In other words if you can find the bet on the board it is casino game lousy one The best bets arena casino game even on the craps board Under sting Odds The odds of casino game particular number being rolled is determined by how many combinations of the dice it takes to make that number Ways To Make Ratios are determined by the likelihood that one number will come up before another number For instance casino game can be made by combinations but casino game can be made by combinations Therefore the odds that casino game will come up before casino game are which is then usually reduced to The Sucker Bets the Crazy Crapper Bets Since you can keep the House advantage under by staying with the odds bets there is no earthly reason why you should ever put money on any of the other bets casino game kept to annoy the dealers if you are losing by putting their tips on these bets they know how bad they are Here’ casino game casino game rundown of the sucker bets If you see somebody making these bets grant yourself casino game chuckle at their stupidity The following bets are called Bets or sometimes Field Bets because they are found on the of the board The are ALL without casino game caption Sucker Bets people who makes these bets either have too much money for their own good are just idiots or more likely are novices who have no conception of odds Name Description of Bet Mathematical Odds Winning Payout House Advantage The idea is that the combination you bet on will come up before craps OR casino game soft version of the number you make by casino game instead of Hard Four or Hard Ten Hard Si or Hard Eight Any Craps This is casino game bet that casino game or will come up on the Any Seven Another bet that casino game will come up on the Two Three Eleven or Twelve These are one roll bets that the will come up whatever number you bet on or Horn Bet Horn High Bet Craps Eleven CE Bets that the will be casino game or Varies At Least Hop Bet casino game bet that casino game particular combination will come up such as casino game Varies At Least The foregoing sucker bets are often called the Crazy Crapper Bets after being such by Frank in his Beat the Craps Out of the Casinos How to Play Craps Win casino game Bonus Books Unless you casino game re insane enjoy throwing away money these bets offer nothing but the prospect of substantial losses in the long run Notice that with these bets the House Advantage is never less than at least an insane Big On the corners of the board is casino game area which says Big with the numbers This is casino game bet since the House advantage is casino game Big Another good place to leave tips for dealers you don’ casino game like Field Bet Although not as bad as the Crazy Crapper Bets the Field Bet should also be avoided The Field Bet is on casino game very large area on the board which says Field with the numbers the numbers circled If you hit any of these numbers you win casino game kept for the which pay This is casino game lousy bet since the real odds are though it pays at paying double on the brings the odds to Note that this is still better odds than you can get at say Roulette but not nearly as good as taking odds bets described below The only good thing about the Field Bet is that it occupies casino game large area on the board is hard to miss when you are throwing casino game chip on the board to tip the dealers Otherwise avoid the Field Bet The Place Don casino game Place Bets Place Bets The Place Bets are located in large areas on both sides of the craps board with blocks of numbers usually the words Place Bets While the Place Bets arena casino game the worst bets on the board they are at best casino game mediocre bet that you should casino game make simply because there are bets available that will give you casino game much higher payout on the same roll of the dice Essentially casino game Place Bet is casino game bet that casino game given number or will be rolled before casino game is rolled When casino game is rolled the number loses If the number comes up before the comes up you will be paid at casino game ratio relative to the mathematical odds as follows Number Bet On Mathematical Odds Winning Payout House Advantage or So the best you can do with casino game Place Bet is if you bet on the or Not acceptable odds Buying the House Advantage for casino game Place Bet on the or is really horrendous would discourage bettors from the most common type of Place Bet strategy which is Covering the Numbers making bets on all of the So the House allows casino game bettor to do what is known as Buy the or either one you don casino game have to buy both which means that you pay the House casino game at or instead you get the at true odds of less your at which always makes your payoff casino game Most of the craps books written by the casino game parts will tell you that you can spot the sophisticated player because they will Buy the Throw these books in the trash As shown even buying these numbers gives you odds of which is really horrendous not acceptable to us Don casino game Place Bets You can also Don casino game Place Bet which is casino game bet that the will appear before the number it is the reverse of the Place Bet This is also known as casino game Laying Bet as in Laying the which means that you have bet that the will appear before the Here are the odds for Place Bets Number Bet On Mathematical Odds Winning Payout House Advantage or So the best Don casino game Place Bet gives the House casino game Advantage making Don casino game Place Bets casino game bet which is not acceptable for our purposes The Bad Bets which gets you to the Good Bets the Line Bet Pass Line Don casino game Pass Bets the Come Bets The Pass Bet The Pass the Don’ casino game Pass Bets the Line Bets are the heart of craps Free Odds described below are the soul These bets are of casino game rare type in the casino because the odds immediately change after the first roll of the dice What happens is this If the Shooter the person who rolls the dice has made casino game Come bet rolls either casino game or an then the Shooter wins immediately is paid by the casino at However if the Shooter rolls casino game or Craps then the Shooter loses immediately So this starts off as casino game great bet since the odds are in that the Shooter will roll casino game or an but are only in that the Shooter will roll casino game or So this starts off as casino game really great bet The odds are that you will win but only that you will lose meaning that the odds of you winning on the come out roll are twice your odds of losing Sell the cow we casino game re casino game to Las Vegas Not quite You see this leaves casino game lot of Numbers in the middle namely If the Shooter rolls any of these numbers then the Shooter neither wins or loses but instead casino game Point is established The Shooter must then roll that Point again before he rolls casino game or he loses Here the odds have deteriorated because there are si ways to roll casino game but only five ways to roll or four ways to roll casino game or casino game three ways to roll casino game or casino game The problem is that the bet still pays off only although the true odds of these bets are respectively Worse the Shooter is required to keep his bet on the table keep rolling until casino game comes up He can only hope that he makes his number before the nasty appears Ouch Put the cow back in the barn The truth is that the Pass Bet is casino game lousy bet but it DOES qualify you to place Free Odds one of the most bets in the whole casino on the point made This is described below Mechanics To make casino game Pass Bet you simply place your chips on the Pass Line on the Come Out Roll The Come Out Roll occurs whenever casino game has just been rolled or the point number was rolled made If casino game number or is rolled on the Come Out Roll then casino game marker is placed on that number signifying that it is the point to be made If the point is made before casino game is rolled there is casino game new Come Out Roll casino game new point is established Once you have made casino game Pass Bet you cannot take your chips off the table until either the is rolled or the point is made Put Bet Before we move on we should tell you about the Put Bet This is casino game bet made on the pass line after the Roll which essentially allows you to Choose Your Own Point by betting or not betting depending on what the point is This is casino game completely stupid bet which pays at even though your odds vary from the point is or point is or point is or you casino game vee missed your chance to win at on the Come Out Roll when the odds were against you The odds for the Put Bet are so embarrassingly bad that they have been banned in Atlantic City several other gambling resort cities The Come Bet On any roll after the Come Out Roll you can make casino game Come Bet The Come Bet is almost casino game aptly like casino game Place Bet insofar as your odds are good on the first bet since you can win on casino game or an but only lose on casino game or However if numbers or come up your chips are then placed in that bo you will only win if that number is rolled again before casino game appears If your number is rolled before the appears you will be paid at To make casino game Come Bet you simply place your chips in the Come Bet bo The House Advantage on the Pass Come Bets The odds for Pass Come Bets are identical as indicated by the following chart Come Out Roll for the Pass Bet First Roll for the Come Bets Your best as casino game Pass or Come bettor is on your first roll as you can make casino game or in eight ways but you can only lose on casino game or which can only be made four ways Desired Result Mathematical Odds Winning Payout YOUR Advantage Win Pass None Subsequent Rolls for Pass Bet Come Bets The trouble of course is that if you don casino game win casino game number is made you are forced to leave your bet on the table at odds of or depending on the number but your payoff is only Point Mathematical Odds Winning Payout HOUSE Advantage or Cumulative House Advantage Depending on which number you bet on the House still has the advantage because your being forced to leave your bet on the table is casino game worse bet than the House allowing you to win on the or in the first place Point Mathematical Odds Winning Payout Cumulative HOUSE Advantage or Using weighted averaging the House Advantage for the Pass Line is still an unacceptable bet Pass Bet Pass Bet is the flipside of the Pass Bet It is casino game bet that once the point is made that casino game will be rolled before the point To bet Pass Bet simply place casino game chip on Pass line On the Come Out roll you win if casino game or is rolled you immediately win If casino game or is rolled you immediately lose If casino game number or is rolled then that is the point the House will pay you if casino game appears before the number Come Bet Come Bet is the flipside of the Come Bet It is casino game bet that casino game will be rolled before casino game number is rolled On the first roll of casino game Bet if you roll casino game or you win immediately if you roll casino game or you immediately lose If casino game number or is rolled then that is your number the House will pay you if casino game appears before the number Important The Stuff Note that on the first roll of casino game bet if you are casino game Pass Line or Come bettor you can win on casino game or but can lose on the or Craps But if you are casino game Don casino game Pass or bettor you can lose on casino game or but you can only win on the or the not the too If the is rolled you neither win nor lose your chip just stays on the table unless you want to pick it up What gives The truth is that if Pass or bettor could also win on the he would have casino game slight mathematical advantage over the House Since this is of course intolerable the House will not let bettor win on the In some casinos bettor can casino game win on the instead of the Mathematically it does casino game matter much because the are equals but you should ask before you start to play It is important to the because it makes casino game big difference in the betting strategy known as the Parity Line Bet System described below Pass Bet Odds So why do people make Don casino game Pass bets Simply because these bets pay out at although the odds are actually greater Subsequent Rolls for Don casino game Pass Bet Bets If you can avoid the or on the first roll you are in great shape because you will be paid although your chances of losing are much less than that since the most likely thing which will happen is that casino game will be rolled Point Mathematical Odds Winning Payout YOUR Advantage or Come Out Roll for Pass Bet First Roll for Come Bets The trouble is to get to where the odds are in your you must run the gauntlet of the first roll where the House can win on casino game or an but you can only win on casino game or Desired Result Mathematical Odds Winning Payout HOUSE Advantage Win Pass None Cumulative House Advantage The House casino game s advantage on the first roll is simply too great to overcome Point Mathematical Odds Winning Payout Cumulative HOUSE Advantage or Using weighted averaging the House Advantage for Pass Line is still an unacceptable bet Free Odds If only if you make casino game Pass Don casino game Pass Come bet you are then allowed to make casino game separate bet on that bet if you have made casino game Come bet the number is you can then make an additional bet against the House that the will come up Another way to look at this is that it is casino game side bet that the will be made If you are Don casino game Pass or bettor your side bet will be that the number will NOT be made casino game casino game will be rolled first These side bets are called Odds they are the most important bet in Craps possibly the best bet in the entire casino The reason the Odds bets are so good is that the House has no advantage Nada none zilch What the real mathematical odds are is what the House pays off at Pass Come Odds Pass Odds or Placing Odds These are the odds if you have made casino game Pass or Come bet wish to Place Odds for that number The Odds will pay off when the bet pays off your Odds bet will be lost if casino game is rolled before the number Point Mathematical Odds Winning Payout HOUSE Advantage or Don casino game Pass Odds Don casino game Odds or Laying Odds These are the odds if you have made casino game Don casino game Pass or bet wish to Lay Odds against that number The Odds will pay off if casino game is rolled before the number the Odds will lose if the number is rolled before the Point Mathematical Odds Winning Payout HOUSE Advantage or Mechanics of Odds So you are probably saying That sounds like casino game great bet But casino game don casino game see casino game Odds casino game anywhere on the crap table The reason for this is that Odds are not shown on the craps table if you are not familiar with the rules of craps you would never know this bet casino game sited To place an Odds bet you must first make casino game Pass Don casino game Pass Come or bet After the point is made or casino game number is rolled you place the necessary chips on the table tell the dealer that you want to place or lay odds on the number whatever the case may be The dealer will then take your chips lien them up against your bet signifying that those are the Odds bets Multiple Odds So how much in Odds can you make on casino game give bet This depends on the casino The odds are usually shown on casino game small placard on the side of the craps table with the amount of the odds allowed casino game small All casinos will give what are called odds meaning that your odds can be as large as your Pass bet Almost all casinos will give you at least odds meaning that the size of your odds bet can be twice as large as your bet Most casinos on the Las Vegas Strip will give you at least odds meaning that the size of your odds bet can be three times as large as your bet Many casinos on the northern part of the Strip will give you odds ten times as large as your bet some casinos in downtown Las Vegas will even give you odds Historical Note casino used to may still let you choose your own odds which are determined by your first bet if you place or odds on your first bet that is what you must play with thereafter Importance of Multiple Odds The Odds are definitely casino game great bet because the House casino game s advantage is zero If the Odds were the only bet you could make you would theoretically be able to play the House dead even all day The trouble is that the Odds arena casino game the only bet you are making to get to the odds you must make casino game Pass Don casino game Pass Come or bet although the Odds themselves are casino game great bet these bets arena casino game so hot About casino game House Advantage whether you play or Come The truth is that the House does have an advantage when you play the Odds because you had to make casino game bad bet against the House when you made your Pass Come Don casino game Pass or bet However this advantage is diluted by the amount of the odds you play Odds Played Cumulative House Advantage None So even if you play just Odds the House advantage is less than meaning that for all practical purposes you are in casino game statistical dead heat with the House At Odds the House Advantage is about of casino game percent meaning that unless you play casino game LOT of craps the House Advantage is statistically meaningless Because of these very low House Advantage with Multiple Odds it simply does casino game make any sense for you to make any bet other than one which takes the best advantage of the Odds |
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