Craps question- Placing 6 and 8?

I make 6 and 8 place bets when at the casino.

Every one has a house advantage of 1.5% against you. There is no way to improve your chances of winning.

You can give the casino a slightly lower advantage by making a Pass line bet with true odds (or the Don't Pass), but all bets at the craps table are sucker bets. If you didn't come just to have fun then you are in trouble.

If you like to play the proposition bets (at the center of the craps table), you would save a lot of time by staying home and mailing the casino a check.

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I always bet the 6 and 8, and I always start with the minimum of $12, let it pay off once or twice and then I start pressing it one unit ($6), every time it hits after that, taking the change each time. If the table gets hot, I'm golden. If the shooter sevens out after a few passes, I've still made money on those numbers.

As for the pass line, ALWAYS take odds behind the line as well as the pass line. As much as you feel like you can afford.

<<<Craps: Why does the dealer always want to move my prior "off" place bet from the 6 to 8, or just take it down?>>> I doubt if the dealer really cares if you leave it, move it or take it down. However, about 99% of players will want to move it or take it down, so he might assume that you will also. <<<I can see why if I had a pass line bet and the 6 became the point (I would obviously prefer the pass line with odds over the place bet). But if I bypassed the come out roll, the small ($12 let's say) place bet would pay better than a put bet of similar magnitude (in other words less than the 5x odds required to get the house edge even) after the point of 6 was rolled. Am I wrong? Is there some other reason that perhaps I am missing?>>> If I understand you correctly, you as saying that you did not make a pass line bet on the come out roll, and as result even though the point is now six the only action you have on the six is your place bet. Since the $12 place bet would pay $14 on a six, the only way you could get the same return on the pass line would be to put $2 on the pass line and $10 in free odds. Since most casinos have a minimum greater than $2 for the pass line, you are correct that if you want to keep your wagers small you are better off leaving the place bet on the six even though it is now the point.

Yeah Press them once, twice, or three times in a row. Depends on my mood. If I started with a little money overall I might take em down after they rise up. Otherwise I use them to press more numbers or press themselves.

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