Either move will put you in position to make your move up and out on subsequent hits. So an option off this play is to take two hits and take everything down – or to place the sister of the point number only. I still need one more hit to assure me of a win for the hand, however. Then I’ll take down the five and nine, leaving $30 each on the six and eight with a $10 profit on the place bets in the rack. Typically I’ll collect two bets before regressing, locking up $70. Since I’m at a table minimum bet, the only way to regress is to come down off a number. The total at risk to the sevens is $160, including the line bet with odds. Let’s assume we have a point of four and play $110 inside. Or on occasion I’ll venture out with an across bet. Once the point is established I’ll bet $80, 85, or $110 inside. How about looking at a $15 game the way I look at a $25 game? In a $25 Game I play a minimum Pass Line bet and take single odds. Let’s face it – that’s a lot of sevens exposure to a point-seven-out. And instead of $66 inside to $110 inside I’d have to have $186 to $330 inside. But what if we were going to play that same strategy in a $15 game? Well, to start with instead of having a total of $15 tied up on the Pass Line and in odds I’d have $45. At that point, with a decent guarantee for the hand locked up, I’d begin pressing my free odds bet behind the line until I reached 10X odds – assuming those odds were available.Īll of this plays well in a $5 game. I’d do the same with the five and nine, taking them up to $25 each. On subsequent hits I’d press the six and eight in pairs up to the $30 level, and then press the winning number only for 50%. From there I would take one or two hits on the inside action, then regress to either $22 inside or $34 inside – high on the six and eight. Think in terms of $66 inside, $88 inside, or $110 inside. At that point I’d place an amount equivalent to 3 – 5 times my base bet on the inside. If I played a $15 game like I play a $5 game I’d probably start out with a table minimum Pass Line bet the take double odds once the point was established. The real problem is that all of the press and regress moves I have memorized are designed for $5, $10, and $25 games – and most of them don’t work very well in a $15 game. It’s not that I’m uncomfortable betting at higher levels.

Oh, it’s not a question of being under-bankrolled. And if you’re like a lot of players, myself included, you’ll do your best to avoid this beast. If you play the Las Vegas Strip casinos on weekends you’ll eventually come face-to-face with one of my least favorite animals – the $15 minimum craps game.

Craps all day bet