Place Bets

On here I'm here to teach you how the place bets work and how much you can win on each box number that a place bet is made. We got the pass line bet with the pass line bet odds covered, you probably know the come bet with the come bets covered, now you're going to master how the place bets work.
For the place bet 4 you win $9 for every $5
For the place bet 5 you win $7 for every $5
For the place bet 6 you win $7 for every $6
For the place bet 8 you win $7 for every $6
For the place bet 9 you win $7 for every $6
For the place bet 10 you win $9 for every $5
Now for these to work you have to roll the box number that the place bet is on in order to win the bet.  You don't loose on that bet until the seven is rolled.  Once the seven is rolled you loose your place bet.
One secret that I will tell you is that you cannot take the bet down off the place bet once the point is established and you cannot take the bet down that you made for the come bet once that point is established.  Placing a bet on the pass line and the come is like a contract and that contract is over once a seven or the point is rolled.  You can however take the place bets down whenever you feel like you want to.  I'll fill you in on my other secret on the next post which will be the post for the lay bets.

Don't Come Bet With Odds

Those who read the don't pass bar bet with odds knows that we'll win $5 for every $6 wagered on the eight point and now we will win $4 for every $6 wagered on the nine if the seven is rolled for that odds bet that we have on the don't come bet.  We also have another don't come laid.  Say a seven is rolled we win even odds on the don't pass bar and the point that has been established on the don't come bet, but, we do loose on the don't come bet that has been laid.  We also win on the odds bet if the seven is rolled.

Come Bet With Odds

This is called the come bet with odds.  On here we have our pass line bet with odds behind it and we also have our come bet point established with odds on it. The come bet odds are exactly like the pass line odds.  Since it's on the 8 we win $6 for every $5 wagered because a seven can be rolled six times and the eight can be rolled five times.  Now, if the seven is rolled the only bet that wins is the come bet while the come bet point and the come out point looses.

Don't Come Bet

On here I'm showing you how the don't come bet works.  We have our don't pass bar bet with odds and as you can see that point has been established.  I also made a don't come bet already and that has been established at nine.  I also have another don't come bet that has been laid.  If a seven is rolled I loose on the don't come bet that has been laid.  I do on the other hand win a couple hundred.  I win the hundred that has been established, the hundred that is on the don't pass, and the 4/6 off the hundred so about 66 from the hundred on the odds bet off that don't pass bar.

Come Bet

Once the point is established you can make a bet called the come bet.  The come bet is similar to the pass line bet.  The way the come bet works is you win on the come bet if a seven or eleven is rolled.  You loose on the come bet once a two, a three, or a twelve is rolled.  If a box number is rolled the come bet is then moved to that box number and that box number must be rolled before a seven in order to win that come bet.  If the seven is rolled before the box number then you loose on that come bet.  You can make as many come bets as you want.  As you can see in the picture I already have the pass line bet with odds and the point is six.  I also have a come bet on a box number and I placed another come bet.  The way this bet works I win the pass line and the pass line odds if a six is rolled before the seven, I win on the come bet that has been moved to the five if the five is rolled before the seven.  On the come bet that I placed it's similar to the pass line bet on the come out roll.  If a seven or eleven is rolled I win before the box number is rolled, and I loose if the twelve, the two, or the three is rolled before the box number is established.

Advantages and Disadvantages on the Pass Line vs the Don't Pass Bar

If you're a numbers person you'll see that there are advantages and disadvantages to both the pass line bet and the don't pass bar bet.  On the come you roll you have an 8/4 odds of winning on the pass line bet.  That means you have 8 possibilities of a winning number being rolled on the come out roll vs only 4 possibilities that can be rolled to your disadvantage on the come out roll.  On the don't pass bar there are eight possibilities that can hurt you vs only 3 possibilities that can turn you into a winner on the come out roll. On the come out roll I give the pass line bet the advantage and the don't pass bar bet the disadvantage.
Once a point is established you have a disadvantage.  Let me show you that disadvantage the numbers on the left showing how many possibilities each number can be rolled and the six showing how many times the seven can be rolled
Number Times for each number : Seven
4 3 times to roll a 4 vs 6 times to roll a seven
5 4 times to roll a 5 vs 6 times to roll a seven
6 5 times to roll a 6 vs 6 times to roll a seven
8 5 times to roll a 8 vs 6 times to roll a seven
9 4 times to roll a 9 vs 6 times to roll a seven
10 3 times to roll a 10 vs 6 times to roll a seven
You get an advantage if you're betting the don't pass bar once the point is established and a disadvantage if you're betting the pass line once the point is established.

Don't pass bar laying odds

If you're betting the don't pass bar you can also do something called laying odds once the point is established.  In this article I will show you how much casinos pay in terms of odds.
For the number 4 the casinos pay 3:6 odds.
For the number 5 the casinos pay 4:6 odds.
For the number 6 the casinos pay 5:6 odds.
For the number 8 the casinos pay 5:6 odds.
For the number 9 the casinos pay 4:6 odds.
For the number 10 the casinos pay 3:6 odds.

You have to pay more to get less because the odds of the seven coming out before the established number is greater.

Pass Line Odds

So, you want to win more money huh? Well, this article will show you how you can get a chance at winning more money with the pass line bet.  The pass line bet pays even odds which means if you wagered $5 on the pass line you would win $5 if the point that was established was rolled before the seven.
One thing that casinos are letting craps players do now is allowing craps players to place odds bets behind the pass line bet.  This bet is a good bet because the casinos pays true odds on this bet.

Let me show you how each casino pays each odds bet for the pass line bets.
If the point is 4 and you place the odds bet the casino pays 6:3.
If the point is 5 and you place the odds bet the casino pays 6:4.
If the point is 6 and you place the odds bet the casino pays you 6:5.
If the point is 8 and you place the odds bet the casino pays you 6:5.
If the point is 9 and you place the odds bet the casino pays you 6:4.
If the point is 10 and you place the odds bet the casino pays you 6:3.
Six times to roll the seven to the amount of times to roll that established point are the true odds payouts.

As you can see, you can win more money with this odds bet than just the pass line bet. So, if you have a shooter on the table betting the odds bet would be a good bet to make.

Don't pass bar after the point is made

After a box number has been rolled on the come out roll it will be called the the established point.  As you can see in this picture the point that has been established on the come out roll was the five.  If you've been reading my posts so far you will see that the odds of rolling a five is a 4/36 chances.  To win on the don't pass bar once the point is established a seven must be rolled before the number the point is.  The odds of a seven being rolled are 6/36.  Because the point is five you must roll a seven before the five in order to win on the don't pass bar.  You have a 6/36 chances to roll a seven and you have a 4/36 on rolling a five, so the odds of you winning on the don't pass bar is greater.

How to win and loose the pass line bet when the point is establishd

The point here has now been established which is ten.  On here in order for the pass line bet to win a ten has to be rolled before the seven.  There are 3/36 chances that a ten can be rolled and 6/36 chances that a seven can be rolled, so you have fewer odds of winning after the point is established when the point is ten.  In order to loose on the pass line bet after the point is established the seven has to be rolled before the ten.

How to win and loose on the come out roll

This picture is the basic craps table.  In this post I'm going to show you ways you can win and lose on the come out roll.
On the come out roll the don't pass bar and the pass line bets will be in play.  The pass line wins on a seven or an eleven.  The pass line looses on the two, a three, or a twelve.  If you read my post about the odds for each bet you'll see the 7 has a 6/36 times on being rolled, the eleven has a 2/36 times on being rolled, so that's 8/36 you have on winning on the come out roll.  Now, when you look at the odds for each number you'll see you have a 1/36 times on rolling a 2, a 2/36 times on rolling a 3, and a 1/36 times on rolling a 12.  That's 4/36 times that you have to loose on the come out roll if you bet the pass line.  So, to win on the pass line bet on the come out roll you have a 8/36 chances, and to loose on the come out roll when betting the pass line you have a 4/36 chances.
Last year when I was teaching one of my friends how to play craps they asked me what a come out roll.  You notice the four, the five, the six, the eight, the nine, and the ten up above.  I call those the box numbers.  The come out roll is the roll before those numbers are rolled.  Once the box number is rolled that box number will be the point.
You have now learned how to win and loose on the pass line bet on the come out roll, now I'm going to teach you how to win on the don't pass bar on the come out roll and how to loose the don't pass bar on the come out roll.
On this craps table you see how there is a pair of dice with each dice showing six.  That means twelve.  What this is saying is that the don't pass bar pushes on the number 12 on the come out roll.  In order to win on the don't pass bar you win when you roll a 2 and you also win when you roll a 3.  To roll a 2 you have a 1/36 chance, and to roll a 3 you have a 2/36 chance.  So, to win on the come out roll on the don't pass bar you have a 3/36 chance.  If a seven is rolled or an eleven is rolled you loose on the don't pass bar.  That's an 8/36 chance on loosing on the don't pass bar on the come out roll and a 3/36 chance on winning on the don't come bar on the come out roll.
You know now how to win and loose on the come out roll and what the come out roll is.

Odds for each number being rolled in craps

Before you become a craps player you might want to know the possible outcomes for each number being rolled, so in this post I'll show you the possible ways for each number on the dice to be rolled.

For the number 2 you can roll a one and a one to make 2 so you have one chance to roll the number 2.

For the number 3 you can roll a two and a one or a one and a two so you have two chances to roll the number 3.

For the number 4 you can roll a two and a two, a three and a one, or a one and a three, so you have three chances to roll the number 4.

For the number 5 you can roll a one and a four, a two and a three, a three and a two, and a four and a one, so you have four chances to roll the number 5.

For the number 6 you can roll a one and a five, a two and a four, a three and a three, a four and a two, and a five and a one, so you have five chances to roll the number 6.

For the number 7 you can roll a one and a six, a two and a five, a three and a four, a four and a three, a five and a two, and a six and a one, so you have six chances to roll the number 7.

For the number 8 you can roll a two and a six, a three and a five, a four and a four, a five and a three, and a six and a two, so you have 5 chances to roll the number 8.

For the number 9 you can roll a three and a six, a four and a five, a five and a four, and a six and a three, so you have four chances to roll the number 9.

For the number 10 you can roll a four and a six, a five and a five, and a six and a four, so you have three chances to roll the number 10.

For the number 11 you can roll a five and a six, and a six and a five, so you have two chances to roll the number 11.

For the number 12 you can roll a six and a six, so you have one chance to roll the number 12.

Last year I was trying to teach a friend of mine this and he asked me why do you have three and four then four and three on the number seven?  Shouldn't it be just three and four or four and three? He claimed that I was just repeating myself on numbers for each number.  Here's why you have three and four and four and three.  You have 2 dice, not one dice, so you have to show each possibility for each dice to land.  Because of this I use dice a and dice b so dice a would have to land on four and dice b would have to land on three or dice a would have to land on three and dice b would have to land on four.  

Now that we know how many times each number can show up, I'm going to add them up so we can come up with the odds for each number to land.

2:1

3:2

4:3

5:4

6:5

7:6

8:5

9:4

10:3

11:2

12:1

If you add up the numbers for each number can be rolled you'll get a total of 36 possibilities

Now that we have the total possibilities let me show you the odds for each number.

2: 1/36

3: 2/36

4: 3/36

5: 4/36

6: 5/36

7: 6/36

8: 5/36

9: 4/36

10: 3/36

11: 2/36

12: 1/36

What you get out of this blog

This is a new blog about the games of craps and texas hold'em.  In this blog I'll discuss how I bet and why I bet the way I bet.  To me, life isn't about making that big win right away, it's about making a lot of small wins, avoiding the big loss, and walking away a huge winner at the end of the day.  On each roll or each hand I'll make about ten to twenty dollars and on each throw of the dice I can make anywhere between two to four dollars.  When you do this a couple times it starts to add up.