Types of Craps Bets

Tip #1- Do Your Homework! Thousands of people bet millions of dollars on horse races each year. The come bet works just like the pass line bet, but it is placed when a point is already established for the pass line. The player places the bet in the Come area. If a 7 or 11 appears, the bet wins. If a 2, 3, or 12 appears, the come bet loses. Under this strategy you will only be betting 40.6% of the time, less than the 43.5% with the 5-Count. Imagine a craps player who takes maximum odds, say 10x, on his pass line and come bets reducing the house edge to 0.18%. He avoids other bets that give the house a bigger edge.

Craps Don't Come Bet Strategy

1. The strategy involves only betting on ‘even chance’ or 1:1 wagers. For every win, one coin is added to the total bet for the next spin. For every loss, one coin is taken away.
2. The player should always leave the odds on regardless of how many come bets are active. When considering the options, looking at the probability of winning alone is not enough. Yes, with one come bet the odds of losing the come bet are greater than winning, however the potential win is.

This bet is very similar to the don't pass bet. It also has great odds and is one of the most popular bets in the game. First, this bet starts by having the shooter make a come out roll. Once a point is established, players will have access to this bet and can place chips on the don't come bar on the table layout.

The rules are exactly the same as the don't pass line. The player wins if the shooter throws a 2, 3 or 12 and losses when the dice lands on 7 or 11. If the shooter throws a 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10, the chips will move from the come line to whichever number was thrown, almost like a 'secondary point' number. If this happens, the goal is to have the shooter throw a 7 before the point number.

The round ends for the don't pass bet when the point is thrown, but on the don't come bet, your chips will still remain in play even after the round has ended. Also, you can keep placing don't come wagers and can have multiple 'point' numbers on the board at one time. If the shooter rolls a seven, you will win every single don't come bet on all numbers, all at once. You will lose only one wager if the shooter rolls that number before a seven.

The odds are the same as the don't pass bet. Players are paid 1:1 odds and the actual rolling odds are 976:949, which makes an extremely low house edge of 1.36%. This is one of the best bets in the house. I displayed an image of the bet below so you can see where the chips are placed. First I waited for the come out roll to establish a point, which is the number ten indicated by the 'ON' puck on that number. Then I was able to place don't come bet of $88. I would win if the shooter rolls a 2, 3 or 12 and lose on a 7 or 11. If another point number appears, my chips will move to that number and I would have to roll a 7 to win.

Also, players can place don't come free odds bets in multiples of the original don't come wager amounts. This bet can be used after a point has been established and it has zero house edge and pays true odds, making it one of the best bets in any game at the casino! It is also the same as the don't pass odds bet.

When you're playing poker against those who tend to be too loose, it's generally correct to wait until you have a hand that is likely to be ahead in value before you bet aggressively. If your opponents will pay you off when you make a strong hand, then there's really no reason to push borderline or inferior hands. Wait until you have the goods, bet them aggressively when you get them, and collect the bets from your hapless opponents who call you down to the River with weaker hands. What could be easier?

Come Bet Strategy For Craps Youtube

The problem is that as you progress and play with opponents who are increasing disciplined, they, like you, will recognize when they are behind and concede as they should. Unlike lesser skilled opponents, if you raise on Third Street with a pair of Aces and an Ace showing, they will fold with their pair of Jacks. When you bet with your Third exposed suited card on Sixth Street they will not feel compelled to call, just to keep you honest, but will fold much of the time, giving you credit for the Flush.

Against these players, you must employ some deception. One of those deceptive plays is called 'betting on the come'. It is betting when you have a strong draw, even if you have nothing else of value if you don't hit your hand.

Here's the simplest example. You have a 4-Flush in four cards. You are high with a Jack showing against one opponent. You bet. Your bet isn't a present-value bet but a future value bet. You figure to make your Flush 50% of the time or so. So your hand has considerable potential. You want your opponent to call - so it's not a semi-bluff or bluff since about half the time you'll make your flush and win.

Against a perceptive opponent you are likely to make more money in this way than you would if you just checked and waited until you made your flush before you bet. That's because your opponent will be less likely to give you credit for making your flush if you do hit a suited card. And he may give you credit for a hand that he can't beat if you don't hit your Flush but hit something that only looks scary. Here's an example of that.

You have () on Fourth Street.

Your opponent has (x x) Ts on Fourth Street.

You bet $10 and he calls.

If you catch another heart on Fifth Street with ( ) and you bet, what is your observant opponent likely to think? He'll have to ask himself why you bet on Fourth Street if you only had a 4-Flush. He will be more likely to think that your bet meant that you got a pair of Jacks or maybe two pair on Fourth Street. Otherwise, you would have checked. With a pair or two pair on Fourth, a third suited up card couldn't have given you a Flush. So if he a strong hand or a good draw, he's more likely to call you down than if he read you for a made Flush.

Similarly, think about what your opponent is likely to think if you hit another Jack or another 4 with that hand. He may well concede on Fifth with either of those cards because he'll give you credit for Trips or Two Pair. This effectively increases the cards with which you can win the hand - something you always like to do if possible.

Here's a hand from a $10/20 game I was in the other day. I had Ts on Third Street. I called a raise that was called by two people in front of me. On Fourth I got the Qs. It was checked to me. I bet. I didn't have a made hand but I knew that it would be tough for my opponents to call me on Fifth Street if I caught either a Q or a J. And I knew at the same time that if I caught an Ace I'd be likely to be in the lead, and might get everyone to fold because of the straight possibility. And if I got one of the four monster cards that I wanted, a King, I would surely be in the lead and might get some callers to go with me to the River when I bet.

Sure enough, I got one caller on Fourth. On Fifth I caught a King. My betting had convinced my opponent that I didn't have the straight. And so, as hoped, he called me down to the River and I won a very nice pot. Had I just checked and called on Fourth with my inside straight draw my Fifth Street catch would have looked much more like a straight and my opponent may well have folded for the $20 bet. The way I bet it, I extracted another $60.

These opportunities come up regularly in Stud. But you have to be very careful. You must not start betting on the come just because you can. There are two reasons for this. First of all, if you start betting aggressively every time you have a draw, your opponents will notice and they will start raising you more frequently - something you don't want. This is especially true when the pot is heads up. For example, in a $10/20 game, while a bet of $10 when you have a very live 4-Flush on Fourth Street may make sense, a $20 bet - the cost of a bet and a raise, generally doesn't make sense.

It's also true that your bet doesn't make as much sense if your drawing hand doesn't have at least some additional outs to make a semi-strong hand. Here's an example of that.

On Third Street you're dealt the ( ) . You see around the table the following cards, starting from your left.

, ,

There are no clubs. Maybe you should raise on the come?

No, don't.

Don't Come Bet Strategy

First of all, a 3-Flush on Third Street has only a relatively small chance of making a Flush - about 5:1 with no knowledge of the other cards, about 4:1 against given that there are no other suited cards that are visibly out. So your raise isn't a value bet - you don't have enough of a chance of winning by drawing a flush to warrant a bet.

Sometimes, though, the chance that you might improve in some other way may warrant a bet - as it increases the number of cards that can improve your chances of winning. That's not the case here, as your Queen is partially dead as is your 9.

Craps Come Bet Strategy

In this hand, the only way you'll win is most likely to be if you catch two suited cards. You want the pot to be as big as possible in the unlikely even that this occurs. The way to insure this is by calling the bring-in, not by raising.

Betting on the come is sometimes combined with a bluff to make a semi-bluff - a chance that your opponents' will fold to your bet added to the chance that you might improve to the leading hand on the next card. But this is done when there is at least some expectation and hope that your opponents will fold when you make your bet or raise. That's unlikely in this example. Your exposed card, the 4c, is too low to scare many opponents into folding.

Come Bet Strategy Craps

The bottom line, as with all deceptive moves, is that you must pick you spots. In the future, I'll write more about table image - for yourself and for your opponents --, to give you an even better sense of when these deceptive moves make the most sense.

Come Bet Strategy

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