How do YOU play craps?

Tim: I start off with $5 pass then single odds. If the initial point is an inside number, then just place the remaining inside numbers, so $16,17 inside.
Now if the initial point is 4 or 10, I still bet just 3 place bets, betting the even numbers. Then if a 5 or 9 is rolled after the come out, then place 5 and 9. So my initial max exposure is about $27 including the passline bet-odds and 3 place bets. Then going to across(five place bets) with the pass-odds, after an uncovered box is rolled.

Based on my experience with this betting scheme, I need about a 20 shooter bankroll, that is why I am using a $500-600 day session bankroll. This is enough bankroll to survive the cold spells which are all too frequent, but not too much bankroll per day session. The pressing starts after 5 hits, meaning I have recouped my bets on the current shooter. The pressing of the number just rolled and its sister is often better than the usual individual pressing, but with slightly more risk.
Another $150 win last night, was in a +$250 to -$200 range during this 4 hr session, which seems to be about the norm thusfar.

I must just play at an EXTREMELY cold table then...another $1200 loss for me this weekend.
However, something I noticed, was in an 8 hour period, I started just betting No-4 for $70 ($1 juice on the win only) and AMAZINGLY the 4 was rolled more frequently than any other number (should be 2:1 with the 7). I literally got ATE ALIVE by the amount of 4's rolled. Almost EVERY shooter would at least hit the 4 once, while rolling NO come-out 7's.

No matter what betting scheme we use, have found that need a large $ bankroll for small $ bets. This will give us our best chance as this is a very volatile game and must survive the many cold spells. If starting with $5,6 bets, need a $500-$600 day bankroll to have a decent chance against the unlimited house bankroll.

After a bad session loss with the prior scheme, have made a couple of changes and I like the results thusfar: Start the new shooter with $5 pass-single odds and $6 place bets on the six and eight. If the initial point is a 6 or 8 which will be covered with the pass-odds, just place the sister number. Then when an outside number is rolled after the initial point is established, place the remaining uncovered outside numbers all at once. Collect 5 hits, then do the following press: If the 6 or 8 is rolled, press both 6 and 8 to $12 all at once. If an outside number is rolled, then press all outside numbers to $10 all at once. Then same bets for remainder of the hand. $600 session bankroll.

Will not get to the pressing sequence often, but it does take advantage of the few good hands. Easy wins thusfar but have played it just 2 day sessions thusfar for $150-$200 wins per session..

meh.

not impressed with anyone's ideas [me either] now that this guy in Atlantic City showed how it is done [g]

Minimum line bets, max odds on every throw, preferably up to and beyond 10x odds. This is the only way to win a sizeable amount of money.

Per Teddys above, I played the following pass-odds only scheme this weekend after getting beat up with multiple place betting, and it worked so well that I will post it exactly as played: $600 bankroll.

**$5 pass and 5x odds, and if the point was 5,9 went to $30 odds. Level odds bets , i.e. no pressing or regressing. When 3 consecutive shooters failed to make at least one pass-POINT, then stopped play until a pass-point was made, then after a point was made then re-started until another 3 consecutive shooters failed to make a point, etc.. It kept me off the table when it goes cold for extended periods as it often does, and made some real good money when the getting was good. Played it for about 12 hrs for net $800 win. This one showed a lot of promise this weekend. On one bad stretch 12 consecutive shooters failed to make a point, in another opposite good stretch there were 6 consecutive shooters that made at least one point and several multiple point shooters.

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It kept me off the table when it goes cold for extended periods as it often does...

That is the time to go on the DontPass. IF you do not want to lay odds on the Don'tPass and Don'tCome bets because it takes a higher bankroll, then that's still okay, just do the flat betting on the Wrong Side for awhile.