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Why Make a Pass Line Bet When You Can Place the Point Number?5 August 2007
Dear E.D.: This is a great letter and brings up an interesting point about the 5-Count. If the shooter isn't making points, is it better not to use the pass line (or the come) on this shooter? The answer is this - you don't know if this shooter is going to continue to make numbers and not make points. He could start making points right now. Trends in random games are just not predictable. Okay, let's dismiss the "put" bets because you get no benefit on them as you do on the pass line or come. You are placing a bet that has a flat payout on the "line" part of it. On the pass line and come you get those eight payouts on the come-out roll (with four losers) for a two to one edge. The 5-Count does not change the nature of the game against strictly random rollers - it just reduces the amount you are betting and the hit on your bankroll. However, if there are controlled shooters at the table the 5-Count will find them with great accuracy. Go here to read a wonderful piece by one of my writers named Skinny: http://www.goldentouchcraps.com/skinny0001.shtml. Skinny shows you exactly how the 5-Count really changes the odds of a craps game. The only thing place bets give you is the ability to take them off whenever you want. With pass or come betting you can only reduce your odds bets but you must leave up your flat line bet for good or ill. However in a random game you do really pay the price for place bets having to overcome a 6.67 percent house edge on the 4 and 10; a four percent edge on the 5 and 9. The 6 and 8 come in with a decent edge of 1.52 percent. For your great letter I am giving you a free one-month subscription to my private members-only web site at www.goldentouchcraps.com. This site has over 5,000 members and I think you will find the discussions to be fun and educational as well. All the best in and out of the casinos! Frank Scoblete 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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