Betting all the hardways.... terminolgy

Was just wondering if I wanted to put $1 on each of the hardways, Is there any special ligno/request that would get this done? Besides throwing $4 out and saying "$1 on each of the hardways." For the prop bets, I know you can just say "horn" and throw out the appropriate $ and you're covered. Is there an equivilent for the hardways?

Follow up question.... say I wanted to do a "two way" all hardways bet. Just throw out a $5 and 3 $1 chips, and say (fill in the blank) "Two way __________"

Thanks!

I could be wrong, but I think that is "buffalo".

Quote: Daddydoc

I could be wrong, but I think that is "buffalo".

Buffalo is a $5 bet...all the hardways plus a $1 on the big red or any seven. It is usually placed only on the come out roll with your hardways working where you can lose them on a 7.

If you want to place a bet on all the hard ways just throw in a $5 chip and say...."all the tough guys, high on the.....(anyone you want to put an extra $1 on) or you can simply say "dollar on the hadways" which will cost you $4.

If you want to have a two way, throw in a $5 chip and say "2 way hard 6, 4 and 1"......

These are not industry standards and are just my own take on how to ask for a bet.

Quote: Tomspur

Buffalo is a $5 bet...all the hardways plus a $1 on the big red or any seven. It is usually placed only on the come out roll with your hardways working where you can lose them on a 7.

If you want to place a bet on all the hard ways just throw in a $5 chip and say...."all the tough guys, high on the.....(anyone you want to put an extra $1 on) or you can simply say "dollar on the hadways" which will cost you $4.

If you want to have a two way, throw in a $5 chip and say "2 way hard 6, 4 and 1"......

These are not industry standards and are just my own take on how to ask for a bet.

Awesome thanks for the help. So If I wanted to bet all the hardways plus the yo (I hate any seven) with the dealers.... Throw down $10 and say "Two way buffalo-yo".

I was thinking this might be a good way to start off at the table to build up some fun with the dealers.

I have never heard of the expression buffalo-yo before and I think it might confuse the experienced dealers as a buffalo always includes the 7.

I'm trying to think what the best way would be to call that bet and there just doesn't seem to be a short cut in my head.

Perhaps "2-way all the hards with a yo"?

I think maybe the hard core dice guys could help out here?

just did some googling for "craps Buffalo yo" and it seems like a few sites have it in their "Craps lingo/vocabulary" sections, but not really any other mentions anywhere besides that.

Quote: nj53535

just did some googling for "craps Buffalo yo" and it seems like a few sites have it in their "Craps lingo/vocabulary" sections, but not really any other mentions anywhere besides that.

You could be absolutely right. I'm not one for lingo. When I was a craps dealer I woudl call the game properly and not use any types of terms. I prided myself in using proper laguage and not short cuts.

I have definitely heard people use "buffalo-yo" at a table. That's why I assumed that the "buffalo" part of that was just the evenly distributed bets on the hardways.

Buffalo is ambiguous. The term is generally not used is Vegas. It is used for both yo and seven. Most craps crews would require some discussion to discover what the buffalo bet is in Vegas, and I have heard such discussions.

Here are terms that are popular in Vegas:

"All the hardways" (toss in a nickel) -- stick responds "dollar change" and taps stick in front of player.
"All the hardways four and one, me and you" (toss in $20) -- you get $4 each and they get $1 each. (this can also be $3 and $2, but they usually assume $4 and $1 if you don't say)
(after you have all the hardways for more than $1 each) "put the dealers up on all the hardways too" -- toss in a nickel -- they happily give you $1 change

Add the term "player control" and prepare to parlay the dealers alongside your bet. This is very popular, but also very expensive as they will want/expect to go back up on parlay miss.

I generally advise not to use the term "buffalo" though. It will only lead to confusion. If you are at a table and you hear someone else use it successfully, then it would be alright. But don't start some conversation where you have to explain that a buffalo means hardways plus seven and then someone else says "no hardways plus yo" .. and "we don't say seven" blah blah blah. It's annoying to many players.

Just say "all the hardways and a dollar red" and the superstitious will try their best not to hate you. Or "all the hardways and a dollar yo."

Throw a red chip and say

4 Whores and her Pimp

Slang for 4$ hardway and Pimp/Stickman gets choice of which whore he wants to bet on

I'm sorry to say but there are so many "young dealers" now in the casinos that many of them are clueless when it comes to "craps lingo."

It seems that most of them only know how to say "wanna press that?"

"all around" meaning all the hard ways.

Sometimes I toss in a green and say, "Nickel and a buck piggy-back all around, keep the change." Means $5 on each hard way, plus $1 each for the dealers with player control, and the dealers put the last buck directly into their toke box.

Buffalo out east is usually 4 hard-ways and 7 on the come-out. Dealers don't like it. Then again dealers don't like "points working" either.