A few weeks ago while I was waiting for my daughter and mother-in-law to finish watching "Defending the Caveman" I decided to while away the time by playing craps.
It was at a table at Harrah's in Las Vegas about two-thirds full. It was a ten dollar minimum table and I was betting double odds and then placing $12 dollar six and eight. I was also making $10 fire bets each shooter and generally made some and lost some money but never did a shooter get past three fire bet hits.
Then the shooter two to my right started tossing some numbers. He hit the six for a point, then after a few rolls hit the six. On the next come out, he rolled a point of five and then hit it after a few rolls. The table did not have any high rollers but excitement was building up and congratulations to the shooter were shouted out. Then on the next come out, he rolled a nine. I increased my odds to full odds of $40 behind the pass line and several rolls later, including a few hits on my eight and six, he was able to hit the nine.
Now the roller hit three fire bets and he needed to hit another one to get my fire bet in the money! The next point established was a four. The player to my right was betting more on the line than me and had a $5 fire bet. The rest of the table had a couple of $3 or $1 fire bets. The rest of the table had no fire bets out.
The shooter rolled a bunch of numbers, three, deuces, a couple of sixes and eights. Then a ten. At each roll someone was making money but while I have played the fire bet off and on over the years I have only hit a four point fire bet once and so was building up my excitement along with the others. Finally, he rolled a four! The table exploded! That was four fire bet points hit and I was looking at making $250 on the fire bet alone (minus my $10 bet which does not get returned). I quickly (and somewhat secretly took a photo with my cell phone as the dealers were paying off the four) I hope that the image appears correctly below. You can see that the fire bet "puck" placed on the four has a green border while the others have a black border.
If the shooter hits five separate fire bet points I would make $2,500 and if he hits six, I would make $10,000.
I then decided that since only the eight and ten points were let to hit on the fire bet to bet on those numbers. So I yelled "hard 8 and 10, $10 each since they are left on the fire bets to hit!" The dealer in the middle said, "in that case, do you want to make them hop on the come-out?" I replied, "yes" and the dealer moved me to $10 hopping 8 and 10 each. The shooter then rolled a six on one dice and a four on the other! But wait, the second dice landed on the stack of chips on the bank so "no roll." OUCH, but I know the rules and that was fair. The next roll was a nine for the first repeat fire bet number point. After four more rolls he sevened out.
The shooter made forty rolls (I counted using chips in my rail) and I made some money including $250 from the fire bet four hit. After then next shooter who went seven out quickly, I quit to pick up my family after the show. I cashed out a profit of $300 so almost all of it was due to the fire bet hit.
It was at a table at Harrah's in Las Vegas about two-thirds full. It was a ten dollar minimum table and I was betting double odds and then placing $12 dollar six and eight. I was also making $10 fire bets each shooter and generally made some and lost some money but never did a shooter get past three fire bet hits.
Then the shooter two to my right started tossing some numbers. He hit the six for a point, then after a few rolls hit the six. On the next come out, he rolled a point of five and then hit it after a few rolls. The table did not have any high rollers but excitement was building up and congratulations to the shooter were shouted out. Then on the next come out, he rolled a nine. I increased my odds to full odds of $40 behind the pass line and several rolls later, including a few hits on my eight and six, he was able to hit the nine.
Now the roller hit three fire bets and he needed to hit another one to get my fire bet in the money! The next point established was a four. The player to my right was betting more on the line than me and had a $5 fire bet. The rest of the table had a couple of $3 or $1 fire bets. The rest of the table had no fire bets out.
The shooter rolled a bunch of numbers, three, deuces, a couple of sixes and eights. Then a ten. At each roll someone was making money but while I have played the fire bet off and on over the years I have only hit a four point fire bet once and so was building up my excitement along with the others. Finally, he rolled a four! The table exploded! That was four fire bet points hit and I was looking at making $250 on the fire bet alone (minus my $10 bet which does not get returned). I quickly (and somewhat secretly took a photo with my cell phone as the dealers were paying off the four) I hope that the image appears correctly below. You can see that the fire bet "puck" placed on the four has a green border while the others have a black border.
If the shooter hits five separate fire bet points I would make $2,500 and if he hits six, I would make $10,000.
I then decided that since only the eight and ten points were let to hit on the fire bet to bet on those numbers. So I yelled "hard 8 and 10, $10 each since they are left on the fire bets to hit!" The dealer in the middle said, "in that case, do you want to make them hop on the come-out?" I replied, "yes" and the dealer moved me to $10 hopping 8 and 10 each. The shooter then rolled a six on one dice and a four on the other! But wait, the second dice landed on the stack of chips on the bank so "no roll." OUCH, but I know the rules and that was fair. The next roll was a nine for the first repeat fire bet number point. After four more rolls he sevened out.
The shooter made forty rolls (I counted using chips in my rail) and I made some money including $250 from the fire bet four hit. After then next shooter who went seven out quickly, I quit to pick up my family after the show. I cashed out a profit of $300 so almost all of it was due to the fire bet hit.
