Starting with Craps
February 13, 2007
Craps is one of the most electrifying and social game played in casinos trough out the world these days. It’s fun and attractive for many beginners, but what attracts them to the craps table, ironically it also scares them. The loud community gathered around the table, having fun, shouting and yelling, using all those craps terms and all their superstitions together with the complicated (at the first sight) table layout can be an interesting atmosphere to watch, from far … believe most of the beginners.
But, this is not so, actually craps is a simple game and you should not let yourself intimidated. Before starting to play at a craps table in a land based casino or online, a player needs to learn the basic etiquette and vocabulary of the game and only one main bet needs to be learned. More than that, this one main bet has better odds than any of the other possible wagers in craps, and after you’ll master this bet all the other bets will come in time.
More money is played at craps today than at any other casino game. The game is also one of the oldest of all the casino games and the only popular dice game at American casinos today. Its popularity isn’t it doubt and after a player learns the one basic bet in the game, its simplicity will not be questioned either.
Craps players have their own lingo. The terminology is also rivaled by the etiquette and good manners rules. This is a very old game and many of the players’ superstitions date back to its historic genesis. You will hear craps lovers saying that learning the terms and etiquette is in fact more thorny than learning the rules and strategies of the game.
In craps are two round games and the first round is called the Come Out Round. The second is called the Point. Although the game has two rounds, there is really only one basic bet.
The bet is this: the shooter (the one throwing the dice) needs to throw a 7 or 11 in the Come Out Round. These numbers mean an automatic win. A 2, 3, or 12 being rolled means an automatic loss. Any other number: 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10 will become the Point and the game moves to the second round.
The objective in the Point round is to roll the Point number before rolling a 7. If the shooter rolls a seven before the Point this is an automatic loss and a new game will begin.
It is important to take into account that the online version of craps is a lot different than its land-based equivalent.
