Bankroll Craps Strategy

Playing Smart

The game of craps is a game of simply luck, unlike the game of blackjack which first of all is a game of skill. Craps is a little less structured than blackjack and its certainly more random. For this reasons if you expect to find in here basic craps strategies like those in blackjack you will find that actually exist only one basic craps strategy and that is to bet only on the best bet in craps which is the pass line bet with odds. Of course, playing all the time like this can become quite boring.


Any craps strategies I cover here are based more around ways to control your bankroll, and control your game. After you've played for a while and after you've got tired of playing the same bets you will find yourself in the situation of making silly bets that you usually wont do.

Making particular bets or particular combinations of bets, can be a good strategy in craps. You should start playing some come bets, which can have a nice low house edge, and you can back with free odds if you desire. This is a smarter boredom breaker than hitting the proposition bets where the house edge simply gets out of control.


Your Bankroll

If you use a strong bankroll strategy you are looking at good chances of leaving the table with profits. The most important thing for you to do is to set win and loss limits ahead of time. Already for a while ago many players have come to realize this as vital, and they will recommend you to walk away after going 20% up. Of course, it is also true that this can be a hard decision to make.


Another style of playing can be to play with a hundred bucks, and if you lose half of it, you walk away. If you manage to make $50 extra, pocket $75 of your original buy in and play out the $75 that's left. If you manage to do well with that $75 bankroll, you'll play out your luck and make as much as you can. If you are doing poorly with that $75, the worst that can happen is lose it all, and walk away down with $25 from your original bankroll, but having enjoyed a lot of fun at the craps table. It can be fun to choose to play somewhere in between these two styles


Press Your Luck

A smart strategy then, is to play with a reasonable bankroll and if you go up early, pocket the majority of your One of the best craps strategies I can suggest is a simple alteration while you're playing the smart bets on the table. If you like to place the 6 or 8 during the game try this:


Do your normal place bet and if it wins, take your winnings as you normally would. The place bet remains on the table unless you tell the dealer to 'take it down' for you.


If the place bet wins a second time, instead of taking the winnings tell the dealer to 'press it', which means they will take the winnings and stack it on top of the original bet. At this point you're playing with winnings only, so taking a little extra chance isn't such a bad idea. Everything you win after this point is pure gravy, it hasn't cost you a thing.


If the shooter keeps hitting sixes or eights, you may wish to press your bet one more time, but start taking the winnings in. You'll quickly find that even after pressing a 6-dollar place bet once or twice, when you start to collect the winnings from it, you're really raking it in. They'll just start pushing you more and more chips, and you're not even really wagering anything because you know the best craps strategies are the ones that only let you gamble with winnings.


The tip of all tips

Tipping the dealer, barely relates to gambling strategies but I cant help mention it. This is a common courtesy in most table games at the casino and in craps it's a bit different than elsewhere. Most people tip by placing a bet for the dealer. You're likely to have a much better time playing craps if you tip the dealers. They will be more responsive towards you, friendlier, and thankful. The game-play tips they give you throughout the session will likely recoup anything you've given up anyway!


These simple craps strategies all revolve around a basic but logical theme: in a game where the expectations are against you, you're most intelligent strategy is to play the best available bets, manage your money so that you extend your entertainment time and play with winnings, and take a couple of simple risks that could produce a good profit if you're lucky enough to snag a hot shooter on a roll.