While some bets are good bets, others are not. Here are some bets it’s best to avoid when playing craps: Big 6 and 8. Big 6 and Big 8 bets are bets stating that a specific number (6 or 8, depending on the bet) will be rolled before a 7 is. No other numbers effect this bet, it is simply a race between 7 and 6 or 8 depending on the bet.
What is the 'Best' Progression for You? (Part Three of Three)
Craps 6-8 Bet
The payout for a place bet on the 6 and 8 is 7:6, while the payout for the big 6 and 8 is 1:1. In other words, a payout 1:1 means that you lose 6 bets for every 5 bets you win. The same applies to the place bets but the 7:6 payout makes it possible to keep more of your chips as you lose one of them for every 66 chips you wagered. When youBuy a point you pay a 5% commission and are paid true odds if the bet wins (2:1on the 4 and 10, 3:2 on the 5 and 9, and 6:5 on the 6 and 8). The house edge onBuy bets is 4.76%, making the Buy a better deal than thePlace bet on the 4 or 10, and a worse deal on any other numbers. The craps table is divided into side sections, managed by dealers, and a center section, manned by the stickman. The side sections contain areas for each type of bet, including Pass Line, Don’t Pass Line, Come, Don’t Come, Field, and Big-6/Big-8 wagers. Players can lay chips down in the appropriate section to indicate the nature of their bet. This means you will need the 6 or 8 to hit twice before a 7 to make a profit of $2. While you are right that statistically a 6 or an 8 has higher odds of hitting than a 7, there is still a much higher chance that any other number comes up (26/36) that is not a 6 or 8 and then eventually that 7 will come.
Craps 6 And 8 Bets Rules
This is the third of three installments looking at betting progression strategies. To get the most of this article make sure you have read Part 1 and Part 2 in our series on progression betting.
So far we have looked at three different strategies designed to put more money on the table – and therefore win more money at the table. We looked at the very simple, yet very powerful up-a-unit progression. This progression adds one unit to the bet each time the number hits. We also looked at the press-and-pull (and the pull-and-press variant). The press-and-pull progression alternates between pressing the place bet when the number hits and pulling the profits when it hits, whereas the pull-and-press pulls one hit of profit first and then alternates between pressing and pulling.
All of these progressions minimize risk but also provide a powerful method to maximize your profits in an easy to manage way. There are times when you may want to be more aggressive. Such a situation could be when a thrower has surpassed twenty throws without a seven-out. By now you have a tidy sum in profits locked up in your chip rail. You are betting the casinos money. It is time to go for the gold.
What do you do? The press-and-pull progression is powerful, but another progression is even more powerful, though a little more difficult to manage. By increasing your bet by one half the current bet, you average more money on the table – and more profits when the numbers hit. The math required to calculate the increase can cause you to lose focus while shooting, so I do not recommend this if you are shooting. Use it on another careful shooter, or when you already have a large profit from the current shooter.
The tables that follow compare several progressions for a $10 player.
- Up-a-minimum-unit increases the bet by $6 each time the number hits.
- Up-a-betting-unit increases the bet by the starting bet size ($12) each time the number hits.
- Press-and-pull alternates pressing the bet with pulling the profits.
- Press-1/2-the-bet increases the bet by one-half the current bet each time the number hits.
Six and Eight | |||||||||||||
Unit Size | 10 | Up a min. unit | Up a betting unit | Press and Pull | Press 1/2 the Bet | ||||||||
Hit # | Bet | Win | Total | Bet | Win | Total | Bet | Win | Total | Bet | Win | Total | |
0 | 12 | -12 | 12 | -12 | 12 | -12 | 12 | -12 | |||||
1 | 18 | 8 | -4 | 24 | 2 | -10 | 24 | 4 | -8 | 18 | 8 | -4 | |
2 | 24 | 15 | 11 | 36 | 16 | 6 | 24 | 28 | 20 | 30 | 9 | 5 | |
3 | 30 | 22 | 33 | 48 | 30 | 36 | 48 | 8 | 28 | 48 | 17 | 22 | |
4 | 36 | 29 | 62 | 60 | 44 | 80 | 48 | 56 | 84 | 72 | 32 | 54 | |
5 | 42 | 36 | 98 | 72 | 58 | 138 | 96 | 16 | 100 | 108 | 48 | 102 | |
6 | 48 | 43 | 141 | 84 | 72 | 210 | 96 | 112 | 212 | 162 | 72 | 174 | |
7 | 54 | 50 | 191 | 96 | 86 | 296 | 192 | 32 | 244 | 246 | 105 | 279 | |
8 | 60 | 57 | 248 | 108 | 100 | 396 | 192 | 224 | 468 | 372 | 161 | 440 | |
9 | 66 | 64 | 312 | 120 | 114 | 510 | 384 | 64 | 532 | 558 | 248 | 688 | |
10 | 72 | 71 | 383 | 132 | 128 | 638 | 384 | 448 | 980 | 840 | 369 | 1057 | |
11 | 78 | 78 | 461 | 144 | 142 | 780 | 768 | 128 | 1108 | 1260 | 560 | 1617 | |
12 | 84 | 85 | 546 | 156 | 156 | 936 | 768 | 896 | 2004 | 1890 | 840 | 2457 |
As you can see from the charts, pressing half your bet will win you the most money if you hit a number more than eight times. The more times beyond this that you hit a number the more quickly this method pays off compared to the others. But, also notice that at seven or fewer hits, the up-a-betting-unit out performs it. That is one reason why you may want to save the press-a-half-bet strategy until you are well into a roll and have hit numbers many times. That is where the power of this strategy pays off.
I would like to look at one final progression – actually a progression-regression. The 6/8 Progression-regression has been around for a long time. People who become proficient at the 3V set – the set that has 6’s and 8’s all the way around – will tend to hit more 6’s and 8’s than normal. To capitalize on this ability, the 6/8 progression-regression strategy was developed.
In that betting scheme, the 6 and 8 are both placed for the player’s betting unit. After one hit of either the 6 or 8, both the 6 and 8 are increased to 1.5 times the original bet. The next time a 6 or 8 hits, collect the profit. On the third hit of a 6 or 8, both the 6 and 8 are increased to 2.5 times the original bet. The fourth time a 6 or 8 hits, collect the profit. On the fifth hit, the 6 and 8 are increased to 4 times the original bet.
The sixth time the 6 or 8 hits completes the progression. You collect the profits and regress the 6 and 8 back to the original amount. Once you have regressed your bets, you have won a tidy sum. You then start the progression all over again.
A more aggressive version of the 6/8 progression-regression was also developed. You start with the second level of 1.5 times your betting unit and complete the series in five hits rather than six, collecting a bit more in the process.
Here are the tables for comparison:
Six and Eight | ||||||||||||||
Unit Size | 10 | Up a min. unit | 6/8 Progress/Regress (Std) | 6/8 Prog/Regr (Aggressive) | ||||||||||
Hit # | Bet | Win | Total | Bet | Win | Give | Coll. | Total | Bet | Win | Give | Coll. | Total | |
0 | 12 | -12 | 12 | 24 | -24 | 18 | 36 | -36 | ||||||
1 | 12 | 8 | -4 | 18 | 14 | 2 | -22 | 30 | 21 | 3 | -39 | |||
2 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 18 | 21 | 21 | -1 | 30 | 35 | 35 | -4 | |||
3 | 24 | 22 | 33 | 30 | 21 | 3 | -4 | 48 | 35 | 1 | -5 | |||
4 | 30 | 29 | 62 | 30 | 35 | 35 | 31 | 48 | 56 | 56 | 51 | |||
5 | 36 | 36 | 98 | 48 | 35 | 1 | 30 | 18 | 56 | 116 | 167 | |||
6 | 42 | 43 | 141 | 12 | 56 | 128 | 158 | 30 | 21 | 3 | 164 | |||
7 | 48 | 50 | 191 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 160 | 30 | 35 | 35 | 199 | |||
8 | 54 | 57 | 248 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 181 | 48 | 35 | 1 | 198 | |||
9 | 60 | 64 | 312 | 30 | 21 | 3 | 178 | 48 | 56 | 56 | 254 | |||
10 | 66 | 71 | 383 | 30 | 35 | 35 | 213 | 18 | 56 | 116 | 370 | |||
11 | 72 | 78 | 461 | 48 | 35 | 1 | 212 | 30 | 21 | 3 | 367 | |||
12 | 78 | 85 | 546 | 12 | 56 | 128 | 340 | 30 | 35 | 35 | 402 |
Notice that with the 6/8 progression-regression you are actually losing money until the fifth hit. However, since a hit on the 6 or 8 counts, you are likely to get more hits than on any one number as in the up-a-unit strategy. With the 6/8 strategy you are investing a lot of your up front wins to finance a big win a little later on. It also requires only six total hits of the 6 and 8 for the big win.
We have reviewed the simple and powerful up-a-unit, the slightly more powerful press-and-pull, the still more powerful press-1/2-bet, and 6/8 progression-regression strategies. The first two strategies are good in virtually all situations. The press-1/2-bet strategy is best used after having already collected on several hits. The 6/8 strategy is designed to give you a rush when you complete it.
You can choose whatever strategy you like when betting your money at the craps tables. I, however, prefer the less exciting but much steadier up-a-unit strategy when risking my hard-earned wagering capital.
Craps 6 8 Betting Strategy
Well, that is all for this time. But remember, if you lend someone $20 and never see that person again, it was probably worth it.
Craps 6 And 8 Bets Wk
Stickman