CRAPLESS CRAPS

WRITTEN BY REX

FIRST I'D LIKE TO APOLOGIZE TO ALL YOU NON-DEALERS READING TODAY'S BLOG (IN FACT YOU MAY WANT TO SKIP IT).

THURSDAY I WAS SENT TO DEAL CRAPLESS CRAPS AT HARRAH'S, BECAUSE A LONG TIME HIGH ROLLER WAS IN THE HOUSE. IN FACT THIS MAN HAS PLAYED CRAPLESS CRAPS SO LONG HIS NAME, "BILLY'S CORNER" IS ON THE LAYOUT IN FRONT OF THE HOOK WHERE HE SITS TO PLAY. I'VE WONDERED ABOUT THIS THIS GAME AND THE PAYOUTS SINCE PAULIE AND I PLAYED IT YEARS AGO AT THE STRATOSPHERE IN LAS VEGAS.

SO HERE IS THE STRAIGHT SKINNY.............
* THERE ARE NO "DON'TS", (BUT YOU CAN DIRECTLY LAY A NUMBER)
* THERE ARE NO FIRE BETS
* THERE ARE NO HOPPING BETS
* ALL NUMBERS ROLLED , EXCEPT 7, BECOME THE POINT, SO ON THE COME OUT ROLL YOU CAN'T LOSE.
* THE MAX ODDS ARE 5X ON THE SIX & EIGHT, 4X ON THE FIVE & NINE, 3X ON FOUR & TEN, 2X ON THE THREE & ELEVEN, AND 2X ON THE TWO & TWELVE.
* ODDS ON THE THREE & ELEVEN PAY 3 TIMES* ODDS ON THE TWO AND TWELVE PAY 6 TIMES
* PLACE BETS ON THE THREE AND ELEVEN PAY 11 TO 4, BUT IT'S A FIVE DOLLAR GAME SO A PROPER PLACE BET IS 8, WHICH PAYS 22* PLACE BETS ON THE TWO AND TWELVE PAY 11 TO 2, BUT IT'S A FIVE DOLLAR GAME SO A PROPER BET IS 6 WHICH PAYS 33.

IT WAS CRAZY, THEY OPENED THE GAME WITH TWO DEALERS THAT HAD NEVER DEALT CRAPLESS CRAPS BEFORE, ME AND A BREAK-IN, AND TWO GUYS THAT HAD DEALT IT BEFORE. THE OTHER CRAPS GAME WAS A $10 GAME SO THIS $5 GAME WAS ALSO ATTRACTING ALL THE FLEAS. THERE ARE SO MANY POINTS THAT ON THE LAYOUT YOU ONLY HAVE ROOM FOR SIX PLAYERS, BUT THERE WERE OFTEN 8 PLAYERS ON A SIDE, YOU HAD TO STAGGER THE PLACEMENT OF THE CHIPS. YOU HAVE LOT'S PLAYERS SCREAMING AT YOU TO PAY THE LINE WHEN ELEVEN ROLLS ON THE COME OUT, WHICH YOU DON'T CAUSE ELEVEN BECOMES THE POINT. ONE LADY ASKED ME HOW LONG THIS NEW GAME HAD BEEN HERE? ANOTHER GUY ASKED ME HOW I THOUGHT UP THIS NEW GAME?

OH, DID I MENTION THAT HARRAH'S USES SPEED CHECKS INSTEAD OF THE STANDARD CLAY? DEALERS DO HOUR TWENTIES SO WE ALSO HAD A BJ ON OUR STRING. IT WAS A NERVE WRACKING FAST EIGHT HOUR SHIFT !!!

IF YOUR NOT A CRAPS PLAYER OR A CRAPS DEALER AND YOU READ THIS BLOG ENTRY, WELL, YOU ARE A LOYAL READER !!!

JUST ONE MORE CRAPS STORY AND I'LL LET YOU GO.

WE'VE BEEN CATCHING SOME 6AM START TIMES, SO THE OTHER MORNING I'M STANDING AT THE PENCIL WAITING FOR MY ASSIGNMENT AND I'M SENT TO THE CRAPS GAME, I'M STILL NOT ON THE "A" TEAM, SO I ONLY DEAL CRAPS ABOUT ONE DAY A WEEK, ANYWAYS I LOOK OVER AND THERE ARE ONLY TWO PLAYERS, ONE ON EACH END. SO AT 6 AM, AND HALF ASLEEP, I TAP INTO SECOND BASE. I'M TELLING THE DEALER I'M RELIEVING TO HAVE A NICE DAY AND I TURN AROUND AND LOOK DOWN AT THE LAYOUT TO SEE WHAT THE BETS ARE................
HOLY SHIT, THIS PLAYER HAS ABOUT $13,000 IN ACTION, AND I'M JUST A $3 GAME DEALER FROM THE AVI?NOW THAT WILL WAKE YA UP, RIGHT NOW !!!

THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT I DIDN'T TAKE THE POLE, HE WAS BETTING THE HOPPERS AT $70 A CLICK, THAT WAS $50 FOR HIM, $10 FOR THE SHOOTER, AND $10 FOR THE DEALERS, MAKE THAT A 3-WAY HOP.... (AND LEAVE IT UP THE SAME WAY). THIS GUY HOPPED ALL THE HARD WAYS FOR $50 A PIECE ON A COME OUT ROLL, AND WALKED OFF TO THE BATHROOM, THE SHOOTER SHOT THREE HARD WAYS IN A ROW AND HE MADE JUST OVER $4,000 WHILE HE TOOK A PISS !!!

40 MINUTES LATER ON MY WAY TO BREAK I NOTICED FOUR BLACK IN THE TOKE BOX.