a couple weeks ago I was at a table and I was hopping the Hard 4 and increasing the bet $1 with each roll. My turn came up to shoot and my hop bet was at $13 and I rolled a H4 for a win of $390 the 4 became the POINT. on the very next roll I rolled another HARD 4 so I made the Point. The BEST part was I forgot to pull down my $13 that was sitting on the Hop 4 bet (since it won it was still there). SO I made another $390 !!! plus made the point with double odds on the pass line, and I also had a regular Hard 4 bet so in Two Rolls I had a payoff of $855.00 $390 + $390 + $40 + $35 Love The Hardways, Sometimes that's all I bet on!
I like the strategy videos, crack up at the Alex/David banter videos - but absolutely live for these instructional videos, deep dive, things to know as a player, things to know as a dealer, etc.
this was one of your best videos in my opinion . im not good at math so many of your videos i get lost right away and you move fast but this was perfect for me. i knew the basics but now i feel confident to go Hard 😉
Great comments at the end about the team game and collaboration side of craps, it’s exactly why it’s such a fun game. Would love videos where you discuss the ‘philosophy’ side of betting and bringing the dealers in more
Thank you! I love the hard ways but didn't know about the parlay part with the dealers. Next time I see a table I'm going to be rolling with the dealers. Much love keep up the work and thank you again!
Because of you guys and this channel, I played my first ever craps game at a casino. I loved it and can’t wait to get back in there. THANK YOU for all the educational videos
Of course you loved it. Junkies love that first shot in the arm, too! Just don't let it take control and you should be all right. The old budget trick. Leave the rent check at home, etc. etc. etc.
Great video. Thank you. I hit play the hard 10/4 the majority of the time. I hit 3 hard 10’s in 6 rolls with the dealers in play with me. We all made money. When practicing, I see the hard 10/4 much more often. Do you notice this?
I usually bet two-way hard ways. I think I will start doing the two way parlay. Getting the dealers involved for me is the best thing about craps. Because no one is paying off the house in a session of craps! Have fun!! ...Claude
I'm new to craps and roulette. All the strategies I've been learning have come from Alex and Daddy Dave. My question is: why would you bet for the dealers? It's not like they are the ones rolling the dice or helping you win. Why not just give them a tip from your winnings at the end of the night?
It's just a different way of trying to tip the dealers. Personally, I tip the dealers $5 as soon as I step up to the table and then tip another $5 every 20 minutes when the dealers rotate. I also tip $50 to $200 when I color up and am getting ready to leave, no matter if I win or lose.
Nicely done. It’s probably not the smartest thing, but I always bet the hard ways and have many stories of my wins climbing up into the tens of thousands of dollars just by letting them ride.
The best thing to know,,, is it is a BAD bet. Hefty house edge. A 10 loses from any 7 (6 ways), a 4/6, a 6/4 (2 more) 8-1 true odds. Casino pays 7-1. Casino edge. Should be $8 on a $1 bet. $7 instead is the house keeping 12.5% of the $8. Same on hard 4. It isn’t as ugly on hard 6 n 8 (pays $9 not $10, 10%). These are bets that should be 100% avoided. Parlays happens. If you win, parlay and win again, I’d never parlay that for a third try. Maybe press, double the bet. The Goal is chips in you rail. Now risking $1 on a point #, or $1 for ea hard way, it wont break you, and they are fun. I would never bet more than $1 on a hard way because of the terrible odds. It’s one of the worst the game offers. That was missing from the talk. I love everything you do otherwise. Great channel.
Great video! What about wait till a 6 or 8 is a point then put chips only on the hard way 6 and 8. Say the point is 8 even if it rolls on 5 and 3 combination you will lose that hard way, but still make money from the pass line. Make it even more fun also sometimes put chips on the field. Or am I not seeing downside to this? Only time i would avoid hard ways is if the point is a 5 or 9.
David thank you for bringing up things I never thought of on the hardways! Now I am tempted to use them for more than protection on the outside numbers. MNJ
I'm ALWAYS betting the hardways The amount of Hard hits I've gotten while other people stay off is ridiculous. I usually start with 80 inside and 20 on the hardways and press til I hit a hardway or til I hit 3 times. My craps win percentage went up 3 fold after finding you guys. Especially the 30 roll craps challenge. Thanks for all the tips Dave!!!!
thanks Mr. David... I'm slowly beginning to understand the payouts... what i'm having trouble with is the differences between place, buy, lay and the amount for a vig... also please explain what the difference between a 3X-4X-5X table and a 10X table... 👍👴👍
Place bet on the 4 or 10 pays $9:5. Place bet on the 5 or 9 pays $7:5. Place bet on the 6 or 8 pays $7:6. Buy bet on the 4 or 10 pays $2:1 minus a 5% vig on the amount you bet. Lay bet on the 4 or 10 pays $1:2 minus a 5% vig on the amount you win. Lay bet on the 5 or 9 pays $2:3 minus a 5% vig on the amount you win. Lay bet on the 6 or 8 pays $5:6 minus a 5% vig on the amount you win. See how simple that is? A table that allows 3-4-5X Odds means that if the point is 4 or 10, you can add 3X Odds to your Pass line bet. If the point is 5 or 9, you can add 4X Odds to your Pass line bet. If the point is 6 or 8, you can add 5X Odds to your Pass line bet. If you are at a 10X table, you can add 10X Odds to your Pass line bet, no matter what the point is.
Great video! Thank you! Quick clarification question, if you ask for a Two-Way Parlay on the Hardways but don't add "under player control", that means that the parlay is only good for the first hit and they will move it to the middle and then if that hardway hits again they will be forced to take it down? Is that correct? Would your parlay on that second hit still be "automatic" in that scenario? I.e. you start with $1 each ($1 for you $1 for the dealer), you hit a hard 8, to make it $10 for you, $10 for the dealer (dealer moves their $10 to the middle for the next hit?) , hard 8 hits again, do you automatically get setup with your $100 on the hard 8 and they would take their $100 down? Thanks again for the content! :)
Nice video information. I have a question, if I bet for example $2 on Hard way #10 and $5 on easy #10 , if the hard way show first I got $18 and not lose my bet on the easy #10, but if the easy #10 shows first I got $9 but I lose my $2 on my hard way? Let me know if I'm right. If that true, can you do a video for a good strategy betting the two sides hard ways and easy way at the same time? Thanks in advance
Great Video. Question. I was playing bubble craps and I turned on the bets including the hardways on a come out roll and it rolled a easy 8. I had lost all of the hardways bets. I though these were multi-rolls till 7 hits? Can you please explain why I lost the hardway bets? Thank you
Also, what are hops? I'm at Balleys in Evansville Indiana now, and every weekend in February to use my $750 in free play and my complimentary three night hotel stays with food. (I had an exciting November)
A hop bet is a one roll bet. If you think that the dice will roll as 4 on one die and 6 on the other die on the next roll, toss the dealer $1 and tell him that you want to hop the 4 - 6. If it rolls, you would win $15.
Thanks for the great instruction, David! I'm a bit of a newbie and had an incident I have a question about. I wanted to hop the 5's so I gave $10 to the dealer and told him to hop the 5's. He then said, "hard or easy?" Well, there is no hard way 5 so I was confused and didn't answer. They took my bet though. Is there more than one way to bet the hops?
there is only 1 way to bet a hop bet & the hops can be bet any time, including come out rolls. I often hop the hard ways on the come outs, & sometimes other numbers if I have a hunch they will be showing up. the dealer was probably just joking ?
How confident are you to parlay the craps bet on the same shooter twice? I’d be probably turn them off after the first parlay hit and then turn them back on for a different shooter. Side comment, I’ve played the electronic craps tables (where the machine bounces the jumbo dice) and I’ve literally seen where the hardways won’t hit for over 100 rolls (it counts how many rolls in between) How wild is that?
You left something out in regards to the hardways on a come out role. I.E. my hardways are working and I have $5 on each hard way. I can also put $5 on the Big Red and that will protect my hard ways.
Years ago I won a poker tournament for$2100 at Sams Town in Vegas,had a few drinks and heard all this screaming at the craps table,this guy was rolling for ever,so I put down $300 on box cars and 2 rolls later he hit it for me, I pulled my winning,tipped the dealer $100 and placed $100 on box cars for the guy rolling and left! Hope he won.
The prop is a bit weird. There are no rules to prop minimums it up to the casino. Usually, if you can bet red on the table ($5 $10 $15 Tables) you can bet dollars on the props. If it is a green game ($25, $50 ) you have to bet $5. Now there are exceptions. Last I hear Wynn, known for a $25 table and higher, will let you bet $1 on the props. - Dennis
For the dealer bets, is it better to just bet for them or offer them an option (e.g. “I’ve got five bucks for the dealers, you wanna play?”) Can you still bet the hardways for them if you aren’t playing the hardways yourself?
Hard ways make my head hurt…looking at 10…if die A is 5 (1 in 6 chance), then die B must be 5 (1 in 6 chance) to make 10….if die A is 6, (1 in 6 chance) die B must be 4 (1 in 6 chance) to make 10. Hard ways don’t seem any more likely or unlikely to hit than Easy ways.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: you are a really good teacher. We appreciate it.
Wanted to say something similar! He doesn't teach us to be *good enough* he makes sure deeper intricacies are understood! "LOOK @ U BUDDY!"
a couple weeks ago I was at a table and I was hopping the Hard 4 and increasing the bet $1 with each roll.
My turn came up to shoot and my hop bet was at $13 and I rolled a H4 for a win of $390 the 4 became the POINT.
on the very next roll I rolled another HARD 4 so I made the Point. The BEST part was I forgot to pull down my $13
that was sitting on the Hop 4 bet (since it won it was still there). SO I made another $390 !!! plus made the point with double odds on the pass line, and I also had a regular Hard 4 bet so in Two Rolls I had a payoff of $855.00
$390 + $390 + $40 + $35 Love The Hardways, Sometimes that's all I bet on!
I like the strategy videos, crack up at the Alex/David banter videos - but absolutely live for these instructional videos, deep dive, things to know as a player, things to know as a dealer, etc.
this was one of your best videos in my opinion . im not good at math so many of your videos i get lost right away and you move fast but this was perfect for me. i knew the basics but now i feel confident to go Hard 😉
Great video David! The specific advice about player control is really key! Helps keep everybody in play and in the game!
Is Hopping the Hardways $1ea on the ComeOut a smart move in oyur opinion ?? thx
Great comments at the end about the team game and collaboration side of craps, it’s exactly why it’s such a fun game. Would love videos where you discuss the ‘philosophy’ side of betting and bringing the dealers in more
Thank you! I love the hard ways but didn't know about the parlay part with the dealers. Next time I see a table I'm going to be rolling with the dealers. Much love keep up the work and thank you again!
Because of you guys and this channel, I played my first ever craps game at a casino. I loved it and can’t wait to get back in there. THANK YOU for all the educational videos
Of course you loved it. Junkies love that first shot in the arm, too! Just don't let it take control and you should be all right. The old budget trick. Leave the rent check at home, etc. etc. etc.
Great video. Thank you. I hit play the hard 10/4 the majority of the time. I hit 3 hard 10’s in 6 rolls with the dealers in play with me. We all made money. When practicing, I see the hard 10/4 much more often. Do you notice this?
I learned something new on your video, the 2-way parlay with and without player control. Awesome, I will use it from now on. Thks.
I usually bet two-way hard ways. I think I will start doing the two way parlay. Getting the dealers involved for me is the best thing about craps. Because no one is paying off the house in a session of craps! Have fun!! ...Claude
Great stuff. Love the channel and stopping by when I am in Vegas. All the best.
Love this. Would like to see some basic intro videos to craps.
I'm new to craps and roulette. All the strategies I've been learning have come from Alex and Daddy Dave. My question is: why would you bet for the dealers? It's not like they are the ones rolling the dice or helping you win. Why not just give them a tip from your winnings at the end of the night?
It's just a different way of trying to tip the dealers.
Personally, I tip the dealers $5 as soon as I step up to the table and then tip another $5 every 20 minutes when the dealers rotate. I also tip $50 to $200 when I color up and am getting ready to leave, no matter if I win or lose.
Nicely done. It’s probably not the smartest thing, but I always bet the hard ways and have many stories of my wins climbing up into the tens of thousands of dollars just by letting them ride.
The best thing to know,,, is it is a BAD bet. Hefty house edge. A 10 loses from any 7 (6 ways), a 4/6, a 6/4 (2 more) 8-1 true odds. Casino pays 7-1. Casino edge. Should be $8 on a $1 bet. $7 instead is the house keeping 12.5% of the $8. Same on hard 4. It isn’t as ugly on hard 6 n 8 (pays $9 not $10, 10%). These are bets that should be 100% avoided. Parlays happens. If you win, parlay and win again, I’d never parlay that for a third try. Maybe press, double the bet. The Goal is chips in you rail. Now risking $1 on a point #, or $1 for ea hard way, it wont break you, and they are fun. I would never bet more than $1 on a hard way because of the terrible odds. It’s one of the worst the game offers. That was missing from the talk. I love everything you do otherwise. Great channel.
Great video! What about wait till a 6 or 8 is a point then put chips only on the hard way 6 and 8. Say the point is 8 even if it rolls on 5 and 3 combination you will lose that hard way, but still make money from the pass line. Make it even more fun also sometimes put chips on the field. Or am I not seeing downside to this? Only time i would avoid hard ways is if the point is a 5 or 9.
Great information. Love the hard ways.
Damn Dave... your good! that was awesome... still learning the game and your making it really easy on us new to this
One of my favorite bets is a 4-way hardway parlay
Every session I learn more 💯 Thanks!
David thank you for bringing up things I never thought of on the hardways! Now I am tempted to use them for more than protection on the outside numbers. MNJ
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very informative video. I didn't know about the 2 way parlay. Thanks for sharing.
Well done, love it
Wow great video! Lots of good info!
Thanks for a great video.
I'm ALWAYS betting the hardways
The amount of Hard hits I've gotten while other people stay off is ridiculous.
I usually start with 80 inside and 20 on the hardways and press til I hit a hardway or til I hit 3 times. My craps win percentage went up 3 fold after finding you guys. Especially the 30 roll craps challenge.
Thanks for all the tips Dave!!!!
thanks Mr. David... I'm slowly beginning to understand the payouts... what i'm having trouble with is the differences between place, buy, lay and the amount for a vig... also please explain what the difference between a 3X-4X-5X table and a 10X table... 👍👴👍
Place bet on the 4 or 10 pays $9:5.
Place bet on the 5 or 9 pays $7:5.
Place bet on the 6 or 8 pays $7:6.
Buy bet on the 4 or 10 pays $2:1 minus a 5% vig on the amount you bet.
Lay bet on the 4 or 10 pays $1:2 minus a 5% vig on the amount you win.
Lay bet on the 5 or 9 pays $2:3 minus a 5% vig on the amount you win.
Lay bet on the 6 or 8 pays $5:6 minus a 5% vig on the amount you win.
See how simple that is?
A table that allows 3-4-5X Odds means that if the point is 4 or 10, you can add 3X Odds to your Pass line bet. If the point is 5 or 9, you can add 4X Odds to your Pass line bet. If the point is 6 or 8, you can add 5X Odds to your Pass line bet.
If you are at a 10X table, you can add 10X Odds to your Pass line bet, no matter what the point is.
Learned alot.. Thanks.. and thanks for the ways to TIP the dealers
Love it keep these videos coming
Great video! Thank you! Quick clarification question, if you ask for a Two-Way Parlay on the Hardways but don't add "under player control", that means that the parlay is only good for the first hit and they will move it to the middle and then if that hardway hits again they will be forced to take it down? Is that correct? Would your parlay on that second hit still be "automatic" in that scenario? I.e. you start with $1 each ($1 for you $1 for the dealer), you hit a hard 8, to make it $10 for you, $10 for the dealer (dealer moves their $10 to the middle for the next hit?) , hard 8 hits again, do you automatically get setup with your $100 on the hard 8 and they would take their $100 down? Thanks again for the content! :)
Nice video information. I have a question, if I bet for example $2 on Hard way #10 and $5 on easy #10 , if the hard way show first I got $18 and not lose my bet on the easy #10, but if the easy #10 shows first I got $9 but I lose my $2 on my hard way? Let me know if I'm right. If that true, can you do a video for a good strategy betting the two sides hard ways and easy way at the same time? Thanks in advance
At the place I work when it comes to common bets, place bets or center action, everything works, or everything is off.
I learn a lot from each video!
Great Video. Question. I was playing bubble craps and I turned on the bets including the hardways on a come out roll and it rolled a easy 8. I had lost all of the hardways bets. I though these were multi-rolls till 7 hits? Can you please explain why I lost the hardway bets? Thank you
Excellent! Thanks Dave.
Great stuff, glad I found your channel👍
Great video Dave, Thanks for the info that is so informative
David, I am concerned that ETG's will take the jobs away. What say you sir? BTW, love the content, as a ex-super, love it bro!!
Youve been a dealer since 1991??! HOW OLD ARE YOU ? You look great bro, wish I can work out and age out like you when I hit my 60s too 😄
Very good explanations.
may I ask, how long may we stand aroun without betting, waiting for the right shooter or moment in time to bet a hardway or horn, etc?
If there aren't people behind you waiting to play, you can stand there forever.
Also, what are hops? I'm at Balleys in Evansville Indiana now, and every weekend in February to use my $750 in free play and my complimentary three night hotel stays with food. (I had an exciting November)
A hop bet is a one roll bet.
If you think that the dice will roll as 4 on one die and 6 on the other die on the next roll, toss the dealer $1 and tell him that you want to hop the 4 - 6. If it rolls, you would win $15.
Great video! Look at you buddy!
I died, when he rolled that hard 10 the second time and called himself an organic banana.😂😂😂😂
The part where you turn off your bet I’m unclear as to why? A seven can roll at any time so does the button position really matter?
Could you go over the horn bets
Thanks for the great instruction, David! I'm a bit of a newbie and had an incident I have a question about. I wanted to hop the 5's so I gave $10 to the dealer and told him to hop the 5's. He then said, "hard or easy?" Well, there is no hard way 5 so I was confused and didn't answer. They took my bet though. Is there more than one way to bet the hops?
there is only 1 way to bet a hop bet & the hops can be bet any time, including come out rolls. I often hop the hard ways on the come outs, & sometimes other numbers if I
have a hunch they will be showing up. the dealer was probably just joking ?
The dealer was joking.
@@jimklemens5018 nope. I asked twice and the second time I asked the boxman also responded.
@@danhaley9021 All of the dealers I know say that same joke, every day.
Parlay 8 bananas on the hardways under player control...let's do this!!!
How confident are you to parlay the craps bet on the same shooter twice? I’d be probably turn them off after the first parlay hit and then turn them back on for a different shooter.
Side comment, I’ve played the electronic craps tables (where the machine bounces the jumbo dice) and I’ve literally seen where the hardways won’t hit for over 100 rolls (it counts how many rolls in between)
How wild is that?
Hardways are off or follow the puck at any casino I have been to. Are they really on unless called off out there in Vagas?
Will Work On The Bubble Crap Machine?
Are you going to do horn bets also?
Great stuff!
Great Info...
You left something out in regards to the hardways on a come out role. I.E. my hardways are working and I have $5 on each hard way. I can also put $5 on the Big Red and that will protect my hard ways.
Years ago I won a poker tournament for$2100 at Sams Town in Vegas,had a few drinks and heard all this screaming at the craps table,this guy was rolling for ever,so I put down $300 on box cars and 2 rolls later he hit it for me, I pulled my winning,tipped the dealer $100 and placed $100 on box cars for the guy rolling and left! Hope he won.
"Box cars" is a hop bet and you would have lost on the first roll.
Daddy David does it agian. Yeah buddy!
Great info
What I don’t totally get yet is is it possible to be a dollar hard way on any table? Or are there min bets for the hops and props too?
The prop is a bit weird. There are no rules to prop minimums it up to the casino. Usually, if you can bet red on the table ($5 $10 $15 Tables) you can bet dollars on the props. If it is a green game ($25, $50 ) you have to bet $5. Now there are exceptions. Last I hear Wynn, known for a $25 table and higher, will let you bet $1 on the props. - Dennis
I started betting on them while on stadium craps instead on the live tables.
Nice
Thanks
For the dealer bets, is it better to just bet for them or offer them an option (e.g. “I’ve got five bucks for the dealers, you wanna play?”)
Can you still bet the hardways for them if you aren’t playing the hardways yourself?
Yes you can play hard ways for the dealers without you playing! I actually like to put a $1 on each for the dealers, even if I’m not playing!
Is a piggyback bet the same as under player control?
Yes.
You did not cover the house edge 😂👍
Yeh, he is a dealer. Never mentions the downside to a bad bet...just keep pimping the product. That's what the casino pays them for.
Hard ways make my head hurt…looking at 10…if die A is 5 (1 in 6 chance), then die B must be 5 (1 in 6 chance) to make 10….if die A is 6, (1 in 6 chance) die B must be 4 (1 in 6 chance) to make 10. Hard ways don’t seem any more likely or unlikely to hit than Easy ways.
So if I’m betting for the dealers, I’d there a chance that they will ‘up’ my play at end of game? Thanks - some chance or none? 😂
What is the maximum bet you can make on a hard way?
Depends on the casino so just ask the dealer for the minimum and maximums on the side bets!
If the maximum bet on regular bets is $2K, a maximum bet on a hardway would probably be $500.
Number 1🎉🎉🎉
This video is cakes and pies, cakes and pies
Is this an old video? David has alot of hair here lol
Love your stuff but we pronounce it Nevada not Nevahda 😊
HARD HARD!
You should play the hardways if you are purposely trying to lose your money as quickly as possible.
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you should have titled it everything we already knew about craps
Where’s alex
hardways..4 ways to win $35 to $45 with a $20 bet..with the 5 or 9 4 ways to win $28 with a $20 bet..not so bad..