Stockman's, Elko, NV, maybe three decades ago. I was next to third base - the dealer on the right side of the table from the players' point of view. Point was 6 and I tossed the stick a buck saying something like, 'Hard 6 for the crew,' then to third base, 'Sometimes called 'The Forest'.' Every combination of the dice has its own list of stick calls. Here are some of the more popular ones: Two: Two craps, aces, snake eyes, two bad boys from Illinois. Three: Three craps, ace-deuce, ace caught a deuce, the indicator (precursor to the eleven rolling), the Yo down under. And these stick calls, basically tell the dealer, especially break in dealers, newbee dealers, like what to do. You take the line away, you pay the don'ts, you double the field. So that way it really helps break in dealers figure out, these are the actions I need to take, this is the order I need to take them in. The dealer removes the OFF button from my Hard 10 bet. The shooter rolls a 6. My $6 Place 6 wins $7. The dealer puts $7 in the apron in front of me. I pick it up and put it in my chip stack, then toss another $2 to the stickman and say, 'Bump our Two-way.' The dealer increases our Hard 10 bets by $1, which brings them to $3 each.
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First of all, you should always tip the dealers at the craps table.
Before we get into everything else, tipping the dealers is just the right thing to do. These men and women work hard, are not paid the highest wages, are on their feet all day, are serving multiple ‘customers' (players) at the same time, and count on tips to make a decent wage.
I've always tipped the dealers at the craps table, and have always been very generous in tipping them, but… I learned that I was doing it all wrong, and I want to share what I learned with you.
Let me explain what I mean by that.
You leave tips for the service you're provided. At the craps tables, you're counting on the dealers to take care of your bets, make sure you're paid out correctly, and ensure that you're having fun at the table.
Like me, you're probably used to tipping at the end of your stay, no different than when you eat at a restaurant, you leave your tip when you pay the check. Your tip is relevant to the size of your bill and the level of service you were provided.
I used to do the same thing. After coloring up, I would throw a generous number of chips on the table and say 'Thanks! That's for the crew'. The more I won, and the better the dealers took care of me, the more I would throw on the table. The dealers are always more than appreciative as many don't leave a tip at all.
Then one day, I remember it like it was yesterday, I was in Atlantic City and walked up to a craps table. I won't say which casino I was at because, even though this was a bad experience, overall the dealers at this casino have been great, AND I was taught a valuable lesson that day as well.
As usual, after buying in, I start my betting off slow as I'm assessing the table. (I'll talk more about assessing the table in a later post.) I also use that time to assess the other players as well, and I notice one of the regulars at the other side of the table.
He's an older gentleman, great shooter, and I bet big when he has the dice. He does the same when the dice are in my hands too. I nod to him and he nods back. We always acknowledge each other, but have never actually spoken. He usually plays left of stick and I'm always right of stick based on our throwing styles.
Anyway, the dice come to me and I start my usual roll and betting.
I having a great roll, when all of a sudden, the stick decides he's going to be a hero for the casino. I set the dice, pick them up, and he starts waving his stick up and down across the table.
I put the dice down and look him in the eye and he lowers the stick across the table. I pick the dice back up and just as I'm throwing the dice, he raises the stick in my way again.
I looked at him and said ‘You're kidding me, right!' He didn't respond, but kept waving his stick every time I got ready to throw.
All I kept thinking was, I probably tip you guys more than most others, and the more I win, the more I tip, so why on earth would you be trying to get in my way?
When I finally sevened out, I colored up, still made my money, but left a smaller than usual tip on the table and started to walk away, still angry from what just happened.
As I was walking away, the older gentleman I had mentioned earlier, stopped me and said, ‘Buy me a cup of coffee, I want to teach you something'. Thinking that was odd, I still said ‘Sure, why not'. So he colored up, and we walked over to the coffee shop.
I bought him a coffee (black, straight up) and we sat at a table out of the way. As we sat, he said, ‘Listen, I've watched you play, you shoot great and you have a betting method that works, but you tip all wrong'.
I was flattered but taken back by his comment on my tipping. I said, ‘What do you mean, I'm probably more generous than most, and even more so when I win big'.
He said ‘Yes, but I want to teach you how to leave even more for the dealers without spending more money, and how to use tipping to work to your favor as well'.
He then proceeded to teach me the ‘right way' to tip.
I want to thank him for the valuable lesson he taught me and want to share that lesson with each of you.
1) Tip early and often, not just at the end of your play.
- By tipping early, you let the dealers know you have them in mind. It keys the dealers in to your play and they'll take much better care of you throughout your time at the table.
- This works especially well when you're playing a different casinos where the dealers don't know you or when a newer crew is on the table.
2) When you first get to the table and are assessing the trend, throw down a chip or two and say ‘Any point, for the table'.
- The dealers will of course be appreciative, you're letting them know you have them in mind, but even more importantly… where will those chips go? The dealers have been seeing the trend on the table and they'll place the chips on the numbers that have been coming out. This makes assessing the table and figuring out the current hot numbers a lot easier.
- Go ahead and follow that up with a place bet on the same number. This works more often than you would think.
- You also get some lower risk action going as you're assessing the table for yourself.
3) Make the dealers a partner in your rolls. Throw down a chip or two for the dealers on your point, or hardways for them.
- Again, they're more than appreciative, and they win if you win.
- They become your biggest supporters while you're rolling and will help to make sure distractions are kept to a minimum.
- You'll be surprised at the added level of help and advice you'll get from the dealers. Not only things like double checking that you're getting paid out correctly, but also letting you know if heat is on the way.
- Believe it or not, you'll even have times when the dealers are cheering you making points. Why? Because they're winning along with you.
The above sounds so simple, but you don't know what you don't know. That was me before being given this lesson in tipping.
Now the dealers make more in tips because hitting a hardway gets them nine dollars instead of one, I spend about as much in tipping the dealers as I would have anyway, but now I have the crew on my side when I'm at the table.
Here are just a few examples of the benefits I've received since changing to this style of tipping.
- I've gotten credited for additional comps while I'm playing.
- No dealer, or stick, has tried to slow or interfere with my rolling the dice since.
- I've had ‘Come Bets ‘missed' (left on the table) when a craps rolls.
- The same with ‘Don't Come' bets when an 7 or 11 rolls.
- There was a random roller throwing multiple 6s and 8s, I threw down $72 and said $36 6 & 8 as the shooter was throwing the dice. He rolled a seven, but the dealer said ‘I'm sorry sir, I couldn't hear you, that was a ‘no bet'. Of course he heard me, so I picked up my $72 and place a $5 hard 6 and 8 for the dealers. (He just smiled at me because he knew that I knew.)
- On more crowded tables, the dealers will remind the players next to you to give the shooter room to shoot.
- I even had a time when I place a different than usual bet for myself and the boxman stopped the entire table just as a guy was about to roll the dice because he thought the dealer mis-placed my bet.
I could go on and on about the benefits I've received from changing my style of tipping, but the bottom line is.
- The dealers make more in tips
- I spend the same in tips as I always did
- And, I've received benefits worth tens of times more than the tips I leaving.
Try it this way and I'm confident you'll never go back to tipping just at the end of your play.
Craps Dealer Stick Calls
In a future post, I'll get into all the different ways you can tip the dealers while your rolling.
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Craps Secrets has merged with the Black Chip Club
Please visit us at BlackChipClub.com
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If you have any questions, suggestions or recommendations, feel free to leave them in the comments section below.
In the meantime…
GOOD LUCK AT THE CASINOS!!!
This is the 11th tip in our eBook How to Play Craps – 11 Rolls to Win.
If you want to be a high roller it's best to learn the lingo.
This post will cover craps lingo from A – Z.
If you read and understand the following casino craps lingo, you will definitely improve your confidence at the craps table!
A: Aces – betting that the next roll will be the total sum of 2 (each dice rolls a one) – Also called 'Snake Eyes'
B: Big Red – another word for seven (Remember, it's bad luck to use the word seven at the table!)
Bones – another name for dice
Boxcars – slang for a total of 12 on the dice (Also called 'Midnight')
Boxman – table supervisor who sits between the dealers and opposite the 'Stickman'
Craps Dealer Stick Calls Call
Box Numbers – these are the place bet numbers; 4-5-6-8-9-10
Boys or The Boys – slang for the dealers (this can apply, even if the dealers are female)
C: Come bet – a bet made after the point is established (pass Line bet)
First of all, you should always tip the dealers at the craps table.
Before we get into everything else, tipping the dealers is just the right thing to do. These men and women work hard, are not paid the highest wages, are on their feet all day, are serving multiple ‘customers' (players) at the same time, and count on tips to make a decent wage.
I've always tipped the dealers at the craps table, and have always been very generous in tipping them, but… I learned that I was doing it all wrong, and I want to share what I learned with you.
Let me explain what I mean by that.
You leave tips for the service you're provided. At the craps tables, you're counting on the dealers to take care of your bets, make sure you're paid out correctly, and ensure that you're having fun at the table.
Like me, you're probably used to tipping at the end of your stay, no different than when you eat at a restaurant, you leave your tip when you pay the check. Your tip is relevant to the size of your bill and the level of service you were provided.
I used to do the same thing. After coloring up, I would throw a generous number of chips on the table and say 'Thanks! That's for the crew'. The more I won, and the better the dealers took care of me, the more I would throw on the table. The dealers are always more than appreciative as many don't leave a tip at all.
Then one day, I remember it like it was yesterday, I was in Atlantic City and walked up to a craps table. I won't say which casino I was at because, even though this was a bad experience, overall the dealers at this casino have been great, AND I was taught a valuable lesson that day as well.
As usual, after buying in, I start my betting off slow as I'm assessing the table. (I'll talk more about assessing the table in a later post.) I also use that time to assess the other players as well, and I notice one of the regulars at the other side of the table.
He's an older gentleman, great shooter, and I bet big when he has the dice. He does the same when the dice are in my hands too. I nod to him and he nods back. We always acknowledge each other, but have never actually spoken. He usually plays left of stick and I'm always right of stick based on our throwing styles.
Anyway, the dice come to me and I start my usual roll and betting.
I having a great roll, when all of a sudden, the stick decides he's going to be a hero for the casino. I set the dice, pick them up, and he starts waving his stick up and down across the table.
I put the dice down and look him in the eye and he lowers the stick across the table. I pick the dice back up and just as I'm throwing the dice, he raises the stick in my way again.
I looked at him and said ‘You're kidding me, right!' He didn't respond, but kept waving his stick every time I got ready to throw.
All I kept thinking was, I probably tip you guys more than most others, and the more I win, the more I tip, so why on earth would you be trying to get in my way?
When I finally sevened out, I colored up, still made my money, but left a smaller than usual tip on the table and started to walk away, still angry from what just happened.
As I was walking away, the older gentleman I had mentioned earlier, stopped me and said, ‘Buy me a cup of coffee, I want to teach you something'. Thinking that was odd, I still said ‘Sure, why not'. So he colored up, and we walked over to the coffee shop.
I bought him a coffee (black, straight up) and we sat at a table out of the way. As we sat, he said, ‘Listen, I've watched you play, you shoot great and you have a betting method that works, but you tip all wrong'.
I was flattered but taken back by his comment on my tipping. I said, ‘What do you mean, I'm probably more generous than most, and even more so when I win big'.
He said ‘Yes, but I want to teach you how to leave even more for the dealers without spending more money, and how to use tipping to work to your favor as well'.
He then proceeded to teach me the ‘right way' to tip.
I want to thank him for the valuable lesson he taught me and want to share that lesson with each of you.
1) Tip early and often, not just at the end of your play.
- By tipping early, you let the dealers know you have them in mind. It keys the dealers in to your play and they'll take much better care of you throughout your time at the table.
- This works especially well when you're playing a different casinos where the dealers don't know you or when a newer crew is on the table.
2) When you first get to the table and are assessing the trend, throw down a chip or two and say ‘Any point, for the table'.
- The dealers will of course be appreciative, you're letting them know you have them in mind, but even more importantly… where will those chips go? The dealers have been seeing the trend on the table and they'll place the chips on the numbers that have been coming out. This makes assessing the table and figuring out the current hot numbers a lot easier.
- Go ahead and follow that up with a place bet on the same number. This works more often than you would think.
- You also get some lower risk action going as you're assessing the table for yourself.
3) Make the dealers a partner in your rolls. Throw down a chip or two for the dealers on your point, or hardways for them.
- Again, they're more than appreciative, and they win if you win.
- They become your biggest supporters while you're rolling and will help to make sure distractions are kept to a minimum.
- You'll be surprised at the added level of help and advice you'll get from the dealers. Not only things like double checking that you're getting paid out correctly, but also letting you know if heat is on the way.
- Believe it or not, you'll even have times when the dealers are cheering you making points. Why? Because they're winning along with you.
The above sounds so simple, but you don't know what you don't know. That was me before being given this lesson in tipping.
Now the dealers make more in tips because hitting a hardway gets them nine dollars instead of one, I spend about as much in tipping the dealers as I would have anyway, but now I have the crew on my side when I'm at the table.
Here are just a few examples of the benefits I've received since changing to this style of tipping.
- I've gotten credited for additional comps while I'm playing.
- No dealer, or stick, has tried to slow or interfere with my rolling the dice since.
- I've had ‘Come Bets ‘missed' (left on the table) when a craps rolls.
- The same with ‘Don't Come' bets when an 7 or 11 rolls.
- There was a random roller throwing multiple 6s and 8s, I threw down $72 and said $36 6 & 8 as the shooter was throwing the dice. He rolled a seven, but the dealer said ‘I'm sorry sir, I couldn't hear you, that was a ‘no bet'. Of course he heard me, so I picked up my $72 and place a $5 hard 6 and 8 for the dealers. (He just smiled at me because he knew that I knew.)
- On more crowded tables, the dealers will remind the players next to you to give the shooter room to shoot.
- I even had a time when I place a different than usual bet for myself and the boxman stopped the entire table just as a guy was about to roll the dice because he thought the dealer mis-placed my bet.
I could go on and on about the benefits I've received from changing my style of tipping, but the bottom line is.
- The dealers make more in tips
- I spend the same in tips as I always did
- And, I've received benefits worth tens of times more than the tips I leaving.
Try it this way and I'm confident you'll never go back to tipping just at the end of your play.
Craps Dealer Stick Calls
In a future post, I'll get into all the different ways you can tip the dealers while your rolling.
.
Craps Secrets has merged with the Black Chip Club
Please visit us at BlackChipClub.com
.
*****************
If you have any questions, suggestions or recommendations, feel free to leave them in the comments section below.
In the meantime…
GOOD LUCK AT THE CASINOS!!!
This is the 11th tip in our eBook How to Play Craps – 11 Rolls to Win.
If you want to be a high roller it's best to learn the lingo.
This post will cover craps lingo from A – Z.
If you read and understand the following casino craps lingo, you will definitely improve your confidence at the craps table!
A: Aces – betting that the next roll will be the total sum of 2 (each dice rolls a one) – Also called 'Snake Eyes'
B: Big Red – another word for seven (Remember, it's bad luck to use the word seven at the table!)
Bones – another name for dice
Boxcars – slang for a total of 12 on the dice (Also called 'Midnight')
Boxman – table supervisor who sits between the dealers and opposite the 'Stickman'
Craps Dealer Stick Calls Call
Box Numbers – these are the place bet numbers; 4-5-6-8-9-10
Boys or The Boys – slang for the dealers (this can apply, even if the dealers are female)
C: Come bet – a bet made after the point is established (pass Line bet)
Come out roll – the first roll of the dice to establish a point
Crap Numbers – the numbers 2, 3 and 12
D: Don't Come bet – a don't pass bet made after the point is established
Don't Pass bet – a bet that the shooter will not make his point when he rolls the dice
F: Front Line – another name for a pass Line bet
Field Bet – one time bet that the next roll of the dice will be on numbers in the 'Field Box' Peak casino.
G: Garden – slang for the Field Bet
H: Hard Way – a bet on 4,6,8, or 10 that wins only if the dice roll as pairs; 2-2, 3-3, 4-4, 5-5
Hi-Lo – a one roll bet on 2 & 12
Hi-Lo-Yo – a one roll bet on 2,12 & 11
Hot Dice or Hot Table – when players are winning
L: Lay bet – a bet that a dice roll will be 7 before the number you are placing comes up
Little Joe – slang for a pair of twos on a dice roll or hard 4
M: Mark the Point – the dealer puts the puck on the layout to indicate the point number
Craps Dealer Stick Calls Landline
N: Natural – a 7 or 11 dice roll on the 'come out' roll for a winning bet
O: Odds Bet – an additional wager made in addition to the pass line bet
Escuela poker star. Off – what you say to indicate that bets are not active on the next roll of the dice
On – this means that your bets are working or in action
Outside Numbers – place bets on the 4-10 –5-9
P: Parlay – adding your winnings to an original bet and wagering it all.
Pass Line Bet – a wager made on the come out dice roll in which you are betting that the shooter will make the point
Point – the number established by the come out dice roll
Proposition Bet – a wager on one of the bets in the center of the layout
R: Right Better – a player with a bet on the pass line
Rack – the grooved rail where you keep your chips
S: Seven Out – expression when a shooter rolls a seven before making their point thus losing the pass line bet
Shooter – the player rolling the dice
Snake Eyes – slang for rolling a 2 (each dice has a 1) Also called 'aces'
Stickman – the dealer with the stick that pushed the dice to the shooter and calls the rolls
T: Toke – another word for a tip
W: Wrong Bettor – a player betting against the shooter
Y: Yo or Yo-leven – the word used for rolling an eleven so as to not confuse it with 'seven'
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