To press or not to press.......

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tonybugs
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To press or not to press.......

Post by tonybugs » Sun Apr 11, 2021 8:32 pm

Was down at the Borgata Saturday night with a buddy of mine who just learned how to play craps only a few months ago. Most of his experience thus far has been at my house on my table. His main focus is just trying to get lingo down, betting correctly and learning different betting methods.
We played on $15 table. We both played $15 passline bets with $30 odds. He mostly played the 6 & 8 for $18 each, while I was going with the flow switching from inside to outside. I was pressing from the start. 6 & 8 went 18,30,42,60,90,120. 5 & 9 went 15,25,35,50,75. 4 & 10 went 15,25,35,50,75. He was mostly just collecting with a rare press but never pressed twice on same number.
We played about 3 hours, with no real monster rolls, a few decent rolls, a lot of average rolls, and a ton of short rolls.

We each bought in for $600. Who won more?

I’ll answer after a few responses.

Bugs

BTW- I sucked throwing. He did great! Go figure

Parson
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Re: To press or not to press.......

Post by Parson » Sun Apr 11, 2021 9:00 pm

My guess, he kept it simple, and simple paid off ... you bet heavier on yourself and it didnt pay... just my guess
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Moe Bettor
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Re: To press or not to press.......

Post by Moe Bettor » Sun Apr 11, 2021 9:48 pm

Hard to say, IMO. Did you come down on yr. bets at all or did you leave the bank on the table? You don't say anything about taking any money off the table so I'm thinking, like Parson, he scored and you pressed onward?

House of Orange
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Re: To press or not to press.......

Post by House of Orange » Sun Apr 11, 2021 10:46 pm

Regression avoids Depression

220Inside
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Re: To press or not to press.......

Post by 220Inside » Sun Apr 11, 2021 11:08 pm

On a choppy table like that, I would also give the edge to your buddy.

grinder2017
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Re: To press or not to press.......

Post by grinder2017 » Mon Apr 12, 2021 8:16 am

My Guess is your friend. Been there done that.
Cheers
Grinder

tonybugs
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Re: To press or not to press.......

Post by tonybugs » Mon Apr 12, 2021 5:30 pm

Correct. My buddy came out ahead. Now I also forgot to mention that I always play the hard ways when the point is even, and he didn’t. I never got paid for a hard way point, so that was a major drain also.

I never got to a point where I thought to regress. Never collected on my $90 6&8 or my $75 5&9 and 4&10.

I admit I was playing aggressive, so regression wasn’t a thought!

For the record, he won $150, I lost $100. There was also one roll when I was playing outside only, and the shooter hit a ton of 6’s and 8’s of which I got zero and my buddy made $150.

3 hours of craps, drinks, a free dinner, a free room, and free breakfast.... I’ll take the $100 loss! Lol

Heading to Florida tomorrow. Still no craps there?

Bugs

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Re: To press or not to press.......

Post by 220Inside » Mon Apr 12, 2021 5:40 pm

No real craps in FL still, unless you count the 2 ships that go offshore for a couple of hours for gambling.

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