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Comp secrets of the undeserving only I know24 April 2018
If you are a tipper — and you should be, because if you don’t tip the dealers, they will hate you — then always tip on top of your bet, not next to it or in front of it or wherever the casino wants the bet placed (like directly in the dealer’s bank account). Let us say you are still that $25 blackjack player, still solvent, alive and kicking, and you want to give the dealers a $5 tip. If you put it in front of your bet, two things happen: The dealer is happy that you made a bet for him and if it wins the winnings and the bet are taken by the dealer. Here’s what doesn’t happen – the bet is not counted as a part of your bet. Now, if you put the bet on top of your $25, and say to the dealer, “You’re riding on top,” then three things happen: The dealer is happy that you made a bet for him; if it wins it stays up and might win some more for the dealer with no extra risk for you; and, more important, that $5 will now count as a part of your bet. The floor person will rate you as a $30 player. Hey, every little bit helps. Craps players can try a classic ruse that I invented when I saw someone else do it. You can put your place bets on the numbers during the come-out roll but keep them off! That’s right. If you are a place bettor, going right up on the numbers gets you noticed right away, rated right away, but with no risk. Even better, if you are, say a $30 bettor on the 6 and 8, you might just go to $60 on each during the come-out roll – accompanied by much fanfare (“Give me a $60 six and eight. Did you hear me, I SAID A SIXTY DOLLAR, SIX-O, SIX AND EIGHT!” and in a whisper: “Off on the Come-Out.”) – but, here’s the sneaky part, when the shooter establishes his point, you reduce those two bets to $30 each. You can’t do this too much but a few times during the course of a session will help pump up your average bet rating at no extra risk. Craps players should also look to play in casinos that count the total spread, which means that a $30 six and eight come in with a $60 rating. It’s rare, I mean really, really rare, for the casinos to count the “odds” bet for comping purposes since the house has no edge on this bet. I’ve played in places where I have been rated much higher than my actual betting would warrant, largely because I was related to the floor person doing the rating – just kidding; largely because of my tipping of the crew and the fact that I was a regular and an easy player who made no demands or intemperate remarks, win or lose. The flipside of the pen and paper is also a possibility. I recently had the floor-person-from-hell rate my average bet at a level that was two-thirds less than what every other floor person in that particular casino rated me. I wasn’t betting any differently, mind you. I was just perceived differently. The guy probably took an instant dislike to me (those of you who know me must find that impossible to believe) – and my rating plummeted. Visit Frank’s website at www.frankscoblete.com. Frank Scoblete’s latest books are I Am a Dice Controller: Inside the World of Advantage-Play Craps, Confessions of a Wayward Catholic and I Am a Card Counter: Inside the World of Advantage-Play Blackjack. Available from Amazon.com, Kindle, Barnes and Noble, and at bookstores. This article is provided by the Frank Scoblete Network. Melissa A. Kaplan is the network's managing editor. If you would like to use this article on your website, please contact Casino City Press, the exclusive web syndication outlet for the Frank Scoblete Network. To contact Frank, please e-mail him at fscobe@optonline.net. Recent Articles
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