First Steps in Playing Craps

You are walking into a casino with a pocketful of money in search of a gaming excitement when you spot a craps table in the distance. Your heartbeat quickens when you see 15 craps players cheering, laughing, clapping, high-fiving, and hugging each other thinking that the craps table is hot.

You see a loud player that waves and cheers occupying too much space and next to him a drunk with a cigarette hanging off his lip and you think that you don’t know if you can squeeze into that spot to start playing craps. You decide to wait for another one, being thrilled with the action at the craps table. But, before you notice, someone else takes the spot. Now, you must wait.

You sit back observing the game play counting again the number of people participating in the game, confirming that no more players can squeeze in. The shooter is on fire rolling number after number. The drunk shouts, "Winner, winner, chicken dinner!" and a well-dressed guy is thrilled and high-fiving everyone at that end of the craps table. The players' chip racks are filling up with red, green, and black chips. The craps game becomes more and more alluring for you but while you observe the game and wait no one leaves. They are making gobs of money, except you.

You are wondering why you are not playing in that exciting craps game. I can tell you. Fear. You are a novice in craps and you weren’t sure of what to do. Deciding that there was not enough space by the loud player was actually just an excuse for not taking the only open position at a hot table. The result was that you lost out on winning gobs of money.

Now, don't worry, cause this fear happens to every new player. You could lessen this feeling if you could find a friend to guide you on the craps game play. If not, there’s not much you can do just accept the situation and go on with it. It will last only for about 10 minutes before you will start laughing and cheering along with the other craps players at the table. Just make the first step, get your position at the craps table and overcome fear to get in return a thrilling craps gaming experience.