What Does Big 6 And 8 Mean In Craps

1. What Does Big 6 And 8 Mean In Craps Terms
2. What Does Big 6 And 8 Mean In Craps Table
3. Craps Betting Strategy 2019

Craps is a fast-moving, exciting game—players all around the table cheer and clap for each other. It’s a game in which you can bet and win when others are rolling the dice. As long as someone is throwing the dice, the shooter isn’t losing. So, you probably aren’t either!
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Big Eight An even-money bet that an 8 will come up before a 7. Big Six An even-money bet that the shooter will roll a 6 before rolling a 7. Big Red A bet on a 7. Box Numbers The betting boxes on the table around the numbers 4, 5, 6, 8, and 10. Boxcars A roll of 12. Alternative betting pattern: $30 on the 6 and 8 each, along with PL/come. The truth of the matter is that the 4, 5, 9, and 10 place bets are really bad bets. You're expected to lose a little less than 3x more on the 5,9 vs the 6,8 and 4x with the 9 and 10 (buying is equivalent to placing the 6,8).

How to Bet in Craps

Placing the 6 and 8. Consider a $6 place bet on the 6. There are only 11 happenings out of 36 in this universe that produce a decision: 5 wins x $7 and 6 losses of $6 for a net loss of 1 unit. Having bet 11 X $6 the loss is 1/66 or -1.51515%. However, consider a $6 place bet on BOTH the 6 and 8 simultaneously. Now we have a 16 possible game.

Betting in craps is not as complex as it looks. You can make basic bets or obscure ones that pay out big.
Let’s explain the simple, safer bets for starters.

• The Field: This is the long polygon field right below the “Come” box. The numbers 3, 4, 9, 10 and 11 are displayed between 2 and 12, both printed inside a circle. By putting a chip on the field, you are betting that whoever is rolling the dice, will roll a 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11 or 12. Bets on these numbers pay out 1:1. If the shooter rolls a 2 or a 12, a winning bet pays 2:1.
• The Pass Line: Betting on the Pass Line is another popular way to play where you are essentially playing against the house. Pass Line numbers are displayed as 4, 5, six, 8, nine and 10. You can only bet on these numbers if the round, black button sitting on the table displays ON. The shooter rolls the dice when the button is ON. You can bet and win if the shooter rolls any of these numbers. Rolling a 7 loses and you lose your bet. The next person at the table will become the new shooter.

What Does “Come” Mean in Craps?

1. The big 6 bet is a wager that the 6 will be rolled before the 7 will. If any other number is rolled it does not effect the result and the dice are rolled again. Consequently, the big 8 bet is a wager that the 8 will be rolled before the 7 is. These two bets could be made at any stage of the game, including on the come-out roll.
2. Big 6/Big 8 (5/11)×1 + (6/11)×(-1)/1 = -1/11 ≈ 9.091%. Note: The hard 4 and hard 10 pay 7 to 1, or 8 for 1. In craps the odds on the cloth are listed on a for 1 basis, including the graphic above. The probability of a hard 4 on any given roll is 1/36. The probability of a 7 on any given roll is 6/36.

A “come” is a bet made by a player after the point is established. By placing a wager in the “come,” that wager will travel to the box number which is rolled next.
To win a “come bet,” the number that the wager traveled to must roll a second time before a 7. Once the come bet travesl to the box number, the player can place the “true odds” on the bet to increase their payout. The come bet has the same rules as a pas line coming out.
“Come” is also used when a player is establishing the “point.” This is called the “come out” roll. During the come out roll, 7 or 11 is an instant winner; 2, 3 or 12 loses; and 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 or 10 becomes the point and the pubkc is turned “on” that number. To win the “pass line,” you must roll the puck number before rolling a 7.

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When I’m gambling at the casino and playing craps, I love the place bet on the 6 and 8. If I’m not playing for the camera, I’ll typically bet about $12 max on the place 6 and place 8. If you see me place betting more, then I’m doing it for your entertainment.

I see this comment all the time in my craps videos, paraphrase, ‘why don’t you put a few hundred on the 6 and 8 place bets instead of odds?’

I’ll present this argument for why I do not make such a play: any time a player fails to max odds on the point of 6 or 8, and makes a place bet instead, that player is effectively betting the Big 6 or Big 8.

EXPLANATION OF THE BIG 6 AND BIG 8 BET

To make the Big 6 or Big 8 bet, the player places his chips in the area marked Big 6 or Big 8. The Big 6 and Big 8 bet is a self-service bet, meaning that the player makes the bet on his own.

The Big 6 and Big 8 are two separate bets. The player is not required to bet both the Big 6 and the Big 8. A player makes bet one or the other or both. For example, here is a bet on the Big 8 only…

Once the player has made his or her bet on either the Big 6 or Big 8 or both, the player will win if the corresponding number, that the player bet on, rolls before 7 rolls.

For example, in the picture directly above, if 8 rolls, the player will win, whereas if the 7 rolls, the player will lose. A win will pay even money. Therefore, in the picture directly above, if 8 rolls, the player will win $3 because the player bet $3.

If 6, 8, or 7 does not roll, then the shooter will continue rolling until a 6, 8, or 7 rolls. The Big 6 and Big 8 are multi-roll bets.

If this win-loss condition sounds familiar, that’s because it’s the exact same win-loss condition as the place bet on 6 and 8.

ALMOST NO ONE BETS THE BIG 6 AND BIG 8

If you watch my videos, you’ll almost never see anyone betting the Big 6 or Big 8. I’ve looked for it, and I’ve not seen it. The Big 6 and Big 8 bets are horrible bets. The vast majority of craps players know it, which is why almost no one ever bets it.

As much as I play craps, I see someone betting the Big 6 and Big 8 maybe once a year.

The Big 6 and Big 8 make no sense as a bet because for the exact same-win conditions, you can give your money to the dealer and be paid more money for the exact same win-loss. A $12 bet on the Big 6 pays $12, whereas a $12 bet on the place 6 bet pays $14. With both bets, the bet wins if 6 rolls and loses if 7 rolls.

What Does Big 6 And 8 Mean In Craps Terms

Even if the player messes up and bets $10, the place bet is still better than the Big 6, in the above case. A $10 place bet pays $11, versus $10 payout for the same $10 Big 6 bet.

Bottom line is that the Big 6 and Big 8 are bets relegated to the player who is a noob and has no idea what they’re doing. It’s such a bad bet that Atlantic City casinos are not allowed to offer it.

Las Vegas casinos are phasing it out because almost no one bets it. Here is a picture of a bet that has been introduced in lieu of the Big 6 and Big 8 bet…

Hopefully, I established to you that the Big 6 and Big 8 are horrible bets. But, did you know that when you are making a place bet, you are effectively betting the Big 6 and Big 8?

THE PRACTICAL EFFECT

What Does Big 6 And 8 Mean In Craps Table

If I told you, hey ‘bet your money on the Big 6 or Big 8’, you’d tell me that I was crazy and didn’t know anything about craps. You would tell me that the Big 6 and Big 8 are a stupid bet that pays EVEN MONEY when the chances of losing are greater than the chances of winning. That’s why no one bets it.

However, let’s think about the place bet. Let’s say you make a place bet on the 6. You bet $60 on the place 6. A win would pay $70.

If it were an odds bet, you would be betting $60 to win $72. You are missing $2.

If you think about it, you made a $50 odds bet, and then you made a $10…Big 6 bet. Why? Because the $50 pays $60 and then the $10 pays even money. That’s how you end up with $70 payout on a place bet. The house ‘confiscated’ the extra $2 as a fee, which is how the house derives its house edge.

If the player makes a place bet of $6 on the 6 and $6 on the 8, the same effect remains. The house pays true odds on the $5 portion of the bet and then pays even money on the $1 portion. So the house treats the $1 as if it were a Big 6 or Big 8 bet.

You might say if you can’t just make a naked odds bet. That’s true when neither the 6 or 8 are the point and you are trying to access the 6 or 8 via the pass line or come bet. There’s a cost to the odds bet in that you must make a pass line bet to get to the odds bet. If you bet $15on a 3,4,5x game, your expected loss is 21 cents on that bet in the long run. Remember, you will win 8 times automatically on the come out roll, so that offsets the disadvantage after the come out roll. That’s why over the long run, you will lose 21 cents for your $15 come bet (note that if the table minimum is less than $15, the expected loss is less).

However, 21 cents is still cheaper than $2, which you would be missing from your $60 come bet.

So, do you want to pay 21 cents or pay $2 for the same bet?

CONCLUSION

If you insist on making place bets on the 6 or 8, at least max your odds on the point of 6 or 8 before making a place bet. I’ve seen many players decline max odds, and instead place bet the opposite number. For example, if the point is 6, they will take less than max odds on the 6, and then load up place bets on the 8. The player in that case, is better off, in the long run, not place betting the 8 and shifting the place bet 8 money to the odds on the 6.

Alternatively, you are better off in the long run trying to access the 6 and 8 by making come bets and then taking odds on the 6 and 8. This strategy works better if you take odds when the point is 4, 5, 9, 10. If you decline the odds when the point is 4, 5, 9, 0r 10, then you must do a loss analysis and compare your play versus simply place betting. Also, this strategy works best on a table with a higher odds multiplier, and you are willing to bet the higher odds multiplier.

Craps Betting Strategy 2019

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