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Axis Power Craps details five skill sets almost anyone can learn. Master these and you too can become a precision craps shooter. Order now and find out how!
Axis Power Craps includes betting strategies for every dice pre-set arrangement. Precision dice shooting works for both right-way and wrong-way play. Your package features an instructional 100 page workbook with dozens of photographs of dice pre-sets and grips. Each book comes with two shirt-pocket precision dice shooting strategy cards, as well as practice forms you can duplicate and use to record your rolls.
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| Back to the Math - by Steve "Heavy" Haltom |
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Posted by heavy on Wednesday, May 12 @ 06:38:32 EDT (159 reads)
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 Craps wouldn’t be a game of chance if you knew the outcome of the roll in advance. Why? By definition, the outcome of any game of chance must be uncertain. The branch of mathematics that deals with this uncertainty is called Probability.
The science of Probability was born in the seventeenth century when the Chevalier de Mere, a French nobleman who enjoyed a good gamble as much as the rest of us, began posing questions about the probable outcome of certain dice wagers to prominent mathematicians. The Chevalier had made a considerable amount of money on even money bets – wagering that the number six would be rolled at least once in four rolls of a single die. He did so well with this wager that he sought to expand upon it by wagering that if two dice were rolled the double-six would show up at least once every twenty-four rolls. Needless to say, his math failed him and he lost his money just as quickly as he won it with the single die wager.
Baffled by his misfortune, the Chevalier took his problem to the mathematician Blaise Pascal. Pascal, in turn, consulted with another mathematician, Pierre de Fermat, and the two of them solved the double-six problem and laid the foundations of the Probability branch of mathematics.
By the way, the rule of mathematics used to solve this problem was the Multiplication Rule of Independent Events. It states simply that “For independent events, the probability of all of them occurring equals the product of their individual probabilities.
Say what?
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Let’s face it. It happens to all of us. For one reason or another, skills we’ve developed at home don’t make the transition to the casino. Blame it on variance, bad luck, or something you ate for dinner - sometimes the correct craps play is no craps play. So what do you do if you’re in the casino and it’s one of “those” days? Here are my personal picks for the games you should play.
1. Sports Book. Benny Binion was once quoted as saying “Never bet on anything that eats or shits.” Try betting sports and you’ll understand why. Sports betting is an extremely tough way to grind out a small profit. Nevertheless, nationwide there are plenty of players making big bucks moving money through books. The downside? You have to do your homework. Unless, of course, you want to shell out money for a handicapping service. Of course, from an advantage players point of view that just adds to the vig. My suggestion? Invest the time to learn how to do your own handicapping. Limit play to the games where you believe you have an edge. And remember, just because you’re a Chicago fan doesn’t mean “Da Bears” are going to win Monday night. Bet with your head - not your heart.
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| Partner Play for Fun and Profit by Steve |
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Posted by heavy on Monday, October 27 @ 17:51:45 EDT (1489 reads)
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Think about it. Why do you play craps? If you’re like me you play for two reasons. First, you want to win some of that money the casino keeps in the cage. Second, you enjoy the action. It’s just a fun game, and playing with a partner is a great way to win MORE money and have MORE fun.
Let’s look at partner play from the winnings point of view. How many times have you tossed a great hand only to count your chips and discover that you didn’t make any money? It’s not unusual for a dice influencer to get so deep in the zone while tossing that they ignore their betting. Even veterans like me fall victim to this.
In a recent group hook-up in Albuquerque I decided I would put my bets on auto-pilot so I didn’t have to concern myself with them during a long hand. I told the dealer that I would be pressing every other hit, regardless of which number rolled. Throughout the afternoon I tossed several hands in the high teens and low twenties. All of them fell well short of their potential from a winnings standpoint. Oh, I won money. But I left way too much on the table. Playing a simple $5 Pass Line bet with max odds and pressing every other hit beginning with the first box number tossed, over the course of a twenty number hand I won roughly $300. But when I sevened out I had $55 invested in my line bet with odds, $50 on the four, $35 on the five, $42 on the six, $18 on the eight, $10 on the nine and $25 on the ten. My net profit for the hand - around $65. At the other end of the table one of the local players had made over $400. Had I been paying more attention to my betting and less on my throwing I might have made more profit. Then again, my shooting may have suffered when I shifted my attention to my betting.
Partner play - and I’m talking about one partner that you play with regularly - can help take this issue off the table. Why? Because when playing with a partner using a shared bankroll you can pre-plan your betting strategies to include regressions and keys to turn bets off during your hands. And in the end you can turn more profit.
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| Craps Tournament Time - by Steve ''Heavy'' Haltom |
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Posted by heavy on Sunday, August 03 @ 12:09:35 EDT (1658 reads)
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Fall has arrived, which means many players thoughts have turned to craps tournaments. And with the tournaments come the ever-present questions on the best way to play. The answer, of course, is like a lot of answers in this game. It all depends.
First let’s take a look at a typical craps tournament format. Most tournaments require entry fees ranging from $300 - $500 or more. For that entry fee the casinos usually provide you with a hotel room, all meals, a welcome reception and some sort of tournament gift.
In addition, all of the money received as entry fees is typically paid out to the winning players in the form of tournament cash prizes. That means a small local tournament can have a prize as high as $10,000, and a large casino mega-resort can offer prizes totaling $1 million or more.
Depending on how many players sign on for the tournament, there may be four or five tables running for three to four rounds. Generally, the top two players from each round advance to the next round, until the final table is filled and the competition begins for the big prize. In this type of tournament, every player who advances to the final table may receive some sort of cash prize, and the top two or three will finish in the big money.
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| The Cost of Doing Business - by Steve ''Heavy'' Haltom |
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Posted by heavy on Sunday, August 03 @ 12:02:09 EDT (1559 reads)
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Okay, don’t get me started on whatever happened to $2 a gallon gas - or $1 a gallon gas - or even .69 cent a gallon gas. I spent $80 filling up my truck last week and I have to tell you I’m still suffering from sticker shock. While I don’t normally take travel expenses into account when heading out to the casino, I’d be lying to you if I said the price of gas hasn’t impacted my travel planning of late.
What does $4.15 a gallon gas mean to your casino play? Well, for DI’s it’s all part of the cost of doing business.
I sometimes joke about my card-counting AP pals who are so cheap they bring their own bottle of water with them to the casino so they won’t have to tip the cocktail server. These guys sweat every penny and count everything they spend en route to, inside, and on the way home from the casino as a business expense. On the other hand, many of these guys are full time pros who travel the country in search of the best game. Some live in Las Vegas, where you’d think one could find a decent game, and fly to obscure Indian casinos in Mississippi to play. Why? Because that’s where the games with the best odds are. By playing the best game they maximize their winnings - and subsequently their profit. I might also mention that most of these guys are black and purple chip bettors, which means they often get things like airfare comped. There’s a lesson in there, so let’s explore it a bit.
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| Hybrid Craps Strategies - Do You or Don't You |
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Posted by heavy on Wednesday, July 23 @ 01:13:39 EDT (1706 reads)
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Hybrid Craps Strategies
by Steve "Heavy" Haltom
Every month I receive newsletters from other gaming education outfits, and it’s always interesting to read their take on the game - just as it is no doubt interesting to them to read what we have to say here on the CrapsFest website. To say we have different philosophies when it comes to betting would be an understatement.
Take, for instance, their system that combines the Doey-Don’t with the Five Count. It calls for the player to make consecutive Pass/Don’t Pass and Come/Don’t Come wagers until the player has five bets established. Then the player takes odds on all of the Come bets and collects as the numbers repeat.
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| Focus on the Fundamentals - by Steve ''Heavy'' Haltom |
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Posted by heavy on Saturday, March 08 @ 00:07:54 EST (1791 reads)
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At least once a week I hear my daughter's karate instructor tell the class to “focus on basic punches, basic kicks, and kata.” It's the same sort of speech we used to get when I played high school football. “Focus on basic running, blocking and tackling.” In both cases the coaches were talking about fundamentals - something very few craps players spend a lot of time on. Why? Because they'd rather be comfortable losers than have to work at a win. And believe me, sticking to the fundamentals is not a lot of fun.
Don’t get me wrong. Most of us who attempt to influence the dice work on our grips and tosses. But when was the last time you really sat down and looked at your betting strategy? When was the last time you gave money management a second thought? And what about that discipline thing nobody wants to talk about? Yeah. That’s what I thought. And with those thoughts in mind let’s borrow heavily from the wisdom of my friend John Patrick and talk about what it takes to win.
1. Knowledge of the game. One of the silliest questions I hear people ask at the craps table is “How do you play this game?” Standing at the table with your hard-earned cash at risk is not the time to learn. Before placing your first bet you should have mastered all of the basic rules of the game, understand the terminology, have a working knowledge of the correct odds and pay-off, and be comfortable with both the pass and don’t pass sides of the game. To that end, you should read some of the top books on the game - including Scarne on Dice, Sam Grafstein's The Dice Doctor, and John Patrick's Advanced Craps. Explore the game on the internet through forums like ours and through "play for fun" sites and downloads such as WinCraps. Once you feel you have a good command of the game - head to the casino the try it out. But be sure you have a good command of the other seven tools of the trade.
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| Cruise Ship Casino Guide - by Steve ''Heavy'' Haltom |
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Posted by heavy on Friday, March 07 @ 23:51:20 EST (2971 reads)
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The Spring cruise season is just around the corner, and for many of us it's not only a chance to escape the winter doldrums and catch a little sun - it's a chance to step up to the tables and dust off our betting skills.
For years the on-board casino on most cruise lines has been a pig in a poke. Unless you’ve cruised on a specific ship in the past you never really knew what you were getting until you boarded the ship. Here’s a listing of what you can expect from most of the major cruise lines you’ll find sailing from U.S. ports:
Carnival Cruise Lines is by far the largest cruise line, currently with 22 ships. Its casinos are among the largest on the high seas. In addition to blackjack, they offer roulette, craps, Caribbean stud poker, Caribbean draw poker, three-card poker and slots.
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| Book Your Private Event With Heavy |
Heavy is available for small private group seminars in Las Vegas, Tunica, and Biloxi.
You'll receive an advance copy of Heavy's Axis Power Craps Seminar on DVD and all of the related training material. Then, at the seminar you'll have Heavy's undivided attention for two full days.
Saturday morning you will meet Heavy and take a casino walk, learning about the tables we prefer and why. If conditions are favorable you may play a brief live casino session together before a mid-morning brunch. Afterward, you'll have your first four-to-six-hour toss training session, learning the sets and the bets that will get the money.
Saturday evening, casino conditions permitting, you will play a live session, followed by a review of your play and ways you might improve on it. After that you'll be on your own for the evening. But don't stay up playing all night. Sunday is a full day.
Sunday morning begins with an early-bird in-casino session. Afterward we'll adjourn to a private table again where we'll spend another four to six hours perfecting your dice grip and toss. We'll analyze your toss with BoneTracker and custom-design a dice pre-set arrangement for you. Then we'll play a virtual casino session so you'll be 100% ready for that afternoon's final live session.
All in all, you'll have almost eighteen hours of face time and table time with the big guy - including at least three live casino sessions.
Sign on with three of you friends and the cost per person for this exciting private weekend is $1000 less than you'd pay for our overpriced competitor's group classes. Pay just $3995 for up to four players. Add up to two additional players for just $500 each. Maximum class size is six players.
Reservations must be made and pre-paid a minimum of thirty days in advance. For more information contact Heavy direct at:
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| Axis Power Craps Seminar on DVD! |
Heavy's Axis Power Craps Dice Control Seminar is now available on DVD!
This is the breakthrough video that sent the competition back to the drawing board. The first professionally produced DVD demonstrating the mechanics of a controlled dice shot, the program is available in both a Limited and a Full Version.
The Limited Version of the DVD includes the portion of the seminar that deals specifically with the mechanics of the grip and toss, along with roughly twenty minutes of tossing and coaching live at the craps table. Running time is approximately forty minutes. Order the limited version via PayPal now for just $89.00 plus shipping and handling. US customers add $4 shipping and handling. Canadian customers add $6 shipping and handling.
The Full Version contains all of the above - and more. Almost three hours of player education featuring the best dice sets, grips, tosses, and more. In addition, we cover betting strategies, money management, discipline, focus, the mental edge, and playing the comp game to win. You''ll also receive the seminar workbook, strategy cards, and a pair of Dice Coach dice as an added bonus. Order the Full version via PayPal below for just $189.00 plus shipping and handling. US customers add $6 shipping and handling. Canadian customers add $11 shipping and handling.
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