10 thoughts on “Craps! Strategy before shooting, and a demonstration!”

  1. Thanks Jacob, I 100% agree and think that this is one of your best videos yet. I agree that dice control is possible, but I know for a fact that even on my own practice rig, I cannot control the dice myself. Therefore a toolbox of strategies, most of which I have learned from you, with a few from other you tube Craps enthusiasts, is what I plan to rely on when I next go to the casino. Cheers

  2. Love this! Between you and DGE, my game has completely changed for the better. With proper scaling and bankroll management, these strategies can yield consistent results.

  3. agree with u gets back to same argument ie is dice control nonsense talk my challenge to any dc , er roll from position1 standard craps table ie about 8 ft from back wall vs rolling from 18 inches from the backwall same table results any different or better i say not ……………………..sharp pointed pyramids in control ..DDP1

  5. Your advantage lies in your willingness to leave the table, never forget that in the long run you will run into a series of losses that will put you far behind. Two important points: one, have a stop loss which becomes an exit strategy before the losses get too big and two, set a leave strategy for when you are ahead (for example set a goal where you will leave but remember it is better to leave while you are still up if you see the table turning against you even if you are short of your goal). I have found that a strategy like you show here will result in being ahead in the short term nearly 75% of the time so the important point is to be willing to take a profit even if it is short of your goal. I have been winning for the past two years in live play doing this but it is somewhat of a grind and a balance between wins and losses get a little tricky where the ego must be removed and the urge to recover it all in one session has to be avoided.

  6. Looks a lot like my 2 practice sessions last night. Just kept it simple playing from the don't, eyeballing my bankroll. Both times my exit strategy was to walk when up approximately 25%. Worked like a charm.

  7. Nice video Jacob as always. I’d like to add 1 variance that seems to come up every time in the casino. Just got back from a trip, shot very well until last day. Last day I decided to put $130 across plus the $15pl and $15 all tall small. Both times I’m trying to get 3 hits then regress, I got 2 hits and the nasty came hard. Craps voodoo seems to know when you get out of your comfort zone! 🤣😂🤣😂

  8. Thank you for getting back to the basics. I rarely practice shooting I rely on strategy to win money for me. I honestly hate dice control. Great video

  9. Agree that strategy first will produce reliable results quicker.

    I was originally attracted to the game of craps because of the different betting strategies that can be used. Having bets that don't all resolve in a single round like every other casino game makes craps unique.

    As for the strategy presented I think it's a great base play and plenty of variations are possible. The core reason this strategy works so well is by making a larger don't bet. One of the keys to success, is making fewer larger bets, and avoiding too much recycling and grinding. The math behind this is known as the arc sine law and it's not something widely known or even intuitive. For example, hitting a profit target of $100 before losing $100 is around 78 thousand times more likely using a $100 wager vs a $1 wager. Yes it's THAT significantly different, even ignoring the house edge, however factoring in house edge make it so much worse a proposition. Don't make tiny bets in relation to your profit target, either make your profit target tiny or your wagers much larger.

    A variation I like is that given more than half of shooters are done by roll 6, profit canbe improved by pulling bets as they hit, or replacing them by stealing from wagers that are not hitting. Playing this way will make the don't more valuable when the seven shows as a $25 bet pulled back into the rack is the same as making $50 in hits with the bet still up (ie you need 1-2 additional hits to be as effective as pulling any bet other than the don't down).

    Also if the shooter is throwing rubbish and wasn't hitting any of my box numbers after 3 rolls I'd be pulling most if not all of it all down and waiting to collect a clear $150 profit on the seven.

    I probably wouldn't press bets either as more often than not they don't hit enough before the seven to make up for the base wager and pressed profits that take away from the don't profits on a seven. Yes you will miss the odd long roll, but I'd rather be more profitable on the many short rolls. On a longer roll you can always progressively add wagers back.

    I would also consider using hardways which earn very close to the same as buy/place bets on average and can net more if 1 more seven appears in your session. The benefit of the hardways is they don't take away as much profit on the seven compared to a buy or place bet but they will hit less often, meaning profits will be more lumpy but average profit for hardways vs the even numbers will be the same if flat betting. Importantly your don't bet will net a lot more profit, making up for the lumpy hardway profits.

  10. Enjoyed the video WMT.. I'm as guilty as they come. My videos may center around strategy most of the time, but in my personal practice, it's about building consistency and reading the dice. Good work!

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