What is your biggest craps pet peeve?

Quote: FleaStiff

... When I am shooting I don't mind if the dice take a pause. I probably need the pause to catch up mentally with what is going on. Others seem to hate the imposed break. ...

Sometimes when I am shooting, another player is buying in or trying to place additional bets, and the stick man or some player acts as if it's slowing the game down. My comment is usually, "I'm never in such a hurry to lose my money that I can't wait for someone else to put theirs at risk." I don't pick up the dice, even if they are offered, and just by my saying that, everyone seems to be willing to chill and wait for all the bets to be placed.

Quote: teddys

... Has anybody ever seen a cash wager at a table game? I haven't.

Actually, I have done it myself a couple of times, in a special situation. If I don't really want to spend time playing but have a match play coupon that I don't want to leave unplayed, I'll stop at a blackjack table and bet the coupon and cash on one hand. It's generally obvious to the dealer that I am a one-hand customer. If my hand loses, they drop the cash and coupon in the box, with no chips ever entering play. If my hand wins, they pay the winnings in chips and collect the coupon, leaving the cash on the table -- then I'm free to play the chips or cash them in. I specifically remember doing this at MGM and at Tropicana and maybe elsewhere.

Back in the days when someone could plunk down cash and say 'cash plays' people still used chips (technically cheques) most of the time but walking past a table and making one bet was common as was walking up and getting immediate action with cash.

No Action was the call to keep there from being any arguments. If you made an ambiguous bet or a bet they thought was late, it was an immediate "no action". Players could call out bets but it could not be abused with ambigous bets where a player could pay a small amount if he lost but claimed his sentence meant a different bet if he won. Cash used to be acceptable. Now its too dangerous for the casino to anger the IRS and its too risky for the casino to have fights at tables. So its 'no call bets' and 'no action on cash'. Dealers still call it out to avoid any misunderstandings or time consuming claims.

Back in the days when someone could plunk down cash and say 'cash plays' people still used chips (technically cheques) most of the time but walking past a table and making one bet was common as was walking up and getting immediate action with cash.

No Action was the call to keep there from being any arguments. If you made an ambiguous bet or a bet they thought was late, it was an immediate "no action". Players could call out bets but it could not be abused with ambigous bets where a player could pay a small amount if he lost but claimed his sentence meant a different bet if he won. Cash used to be acceptable. Now its too dangerous for the casino to anger the IRS and its too risky for the casino to have fights at tables. So its 'no call bets' and 'no action on cash'. Dealers still call it out to avoid any misunderstandings or time consuming claims.

Quote: teddys

This reminds me of a question: Why do the dealers always call "no action" when you put your cash buy-in down, when nobody allows cash wagers nowadays anyway?

Has anybody ever seen a cash wager at a table game? I haven't.

I've seen cash wagers at blackjack tables many times. It even has its own term- "money plays". A player puts money in the betting box and tells the dealer he wants to play it. A knowledgeable player would actually say,"money plays". The dealer calls these words out and the pit boss comes to the table to ok it. It's a one time bet and win or lose the money gets dropped. The player either gets all chips or nothing.

Although "money plays" is generally only in Vegas, I do see cash action all the time.

In fact, I often do it myself.

If I buy in in the middle of a roll, I might throw down $100 and say "6 and 8 for $12 each". If the dealer doesn't have time to place the checques, he'll confirm it verbally, and it's a bet. Usually, even if the next roll is a 7-out, the dealer will cut the checques and place the bet when providing my change.

FWIW, "Money Plays" means the cash itself stays on the table. If the bet wins, the cash can be returned, along with checques for the winning payoff. Usually, however, with a win, the cash goes into the drop slot and checques are returned for the bet and win.

You might be right about the money staying on a craps table, but never once have I seen it stay on a blackjack table. They just don't want to deal with it.

I don't care how anyone else is betting...it's their $. I just hate the guys that take 5 minutes to set up the dice in whatever particular manner they think will help them.

One of my dislikes is the term "suspicious roll"... look Boxman, if you don't like it you can say No Roll or short roll or Please throw them harder or please hit the back wall... but don't say "suspicious". I'm standing there under bright lights and cameras with beautiful young cocktail waitresses ready to throw themselves at my feet. You really think I'm going to do something suspicious with all those witnesses around. (Okay, okay... the cocktail waitresses are really walking around over-awed that the fat old geezer ain't kicked the bucket yet!)

My biggest pet peeve is about all the posts on this site about how you can place this or that, use a progression etc and somehow overcome the HE by these maniplulations. Sort of like selling things at a loss but making it up in volume

Quote: Paigowdan

Late bettors.
The dice are in the center for six minutes, but as soon as the dice move - bang - four last minute prop bets are thrown in over the moving dice.

Yep, that's my peeve. The goof who plops down a field bet just as you throw the dice and it hits his chip(s) and...
"7 out"!