Pet Peeves while playing craps (feel free to add yours)
Quote: guitarmandpHere's 23 things that piss me off....
20. Guys who during their big pre-shot ritual lick and blow on the dice in between every roll. I'm waiting to see somebody spit on the dice in between every roll.
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Wait, what?? I can think of only a few things more vile than licking dice that have been in who-knows how many other sets of hands, covered with who-knows-what kind of filth. Yikes. I don't think I'd shoot after seeing that, and I'm certain that I have never seen it. I'm not a germophobe by any stretch, but that is just disgusting.
"Hit the chips! You see that? It hit the chips. Always a 7 when it hits the chips."
"What!? That was a short roll and you're gonna call a 7?"
"That one dice was all slanted, how're you gonna call that a fair roll??!!"
"Damn shooter, he's shooing just fine, then he switches up his shot and he sevens out."
"I knew it was gonna be a 7, I knew it!"
Quote: DJTeddyBearPeople that think that anything even remotely out of the ordinary somehow "causes" a seven out.
GRRRRR ... You said SEVEN .. now I'm going to have a bad roll next time I play! :( lol
Quote: MrLeftGRRRRR ... You said SEVEN .. now I'm going to have a bad roll next time I play! :( lol
Oh crap .. now I said SEVEN! :-/
Quote: MrLeftOh crap .. now I said SEVEN! :-/
Maybe they'll cancel each other out? As long as no one else says... seven ;).
I can't stand anyone who gets upset about something superstitious. I don't even care if you are superstitious, but to yell at someone for "changing" their throw, or not saying "same dice", or something dumb like that to me is just silly and pathetic.
I think most employees are in the same boat .. a little superstition can be fun AS LONG AS the person doesn't take it too seriously!
People who actually get upset for real because of things just show their stupidity (of which there are many in the industry unfortunately .. lol)!
ooops .. ummm .. seven)
Quote: FatGeezusIf saying "seven" causes a "seven" to be thrown, then I would be betting "eleven" and yelling "YO" on every toss.
Guy clearly doesn't get how superstitions work! Obviously saying YO would be a loser... You just need to simply say "eleven".
Another peeve of mine. People who don't know the game and try to explain it to their friends, incorrectly. When I was in Vegas this extremely annoying guy was a hardcore superstitious pass line player (yelled at a shooter for not getting the same dice after one went out, etc). His lady friend was a poker player, and probably an okay player because she seemed to understand probabilities/etc, so she was asking him questions about craps... math questions.
Since he clearly didn't know any of the math, he was explaining the game like this: "always bet pass cuz it's the only way to play, always bet odds cuz that's where you make your money, and always bet come so you can make even more money! That's all you need to know about the game!" and she looked horrifically confused because he hadn't given her any mathematical response whatsoever. She even looked at me like "wtf" so I politely gave her a little math to the game, which she easily understood and thanked me for, and told her you can play any which way, but at least now you know the actual game. Of course he was in disbelief that the Don't Pass carried slightly better odds than the Pass line.
Quote: vendman1Seven seven seven..we're all screwed now.
Except me... I'm on the Don't ;)
Quote: RomesExcept me... I'm on the Don't ;)
"Coming Out!" Oops, now you're hosed too. ;>P
Quote: bushman"Coming Out!" Oops, now you're hosed too. ;>P
You know, another huge pet peeve of mine is any Come Out roll. If I just didn't have to deal with that, I'd have an edge! lol
Quote: RomesYou know, another huge pet peeve of mine is any Come Out roll. If I just didn't have to deal with that, I'd have an edge! lol
I know it's a joke, but I kind of hate Come Out Rolls too, and I'm a Pass Line player so I should love them! I think it's just the degenerate in me -- I don't get enough action because I don't have any odds on the line, so it's hard to get excited or upset about the Pass Line wins or losses (I generally play at a casino with 10x odds, so I'm used to having a lot of odds out there in proportion...)
Add on top of it the constant slowing down the game with everyone's crap checks, horn bets and other center action in some misguided sense of 'protecting' themselves, and I find the game can just drag to a halt. Just establish a point so you can knock it down!
I guess my major pet peeve is weirdos. For example, I'm on a hot roll at the Luxor, and this drunk guy comes up to the table, looking like he just crawled out of the desert. Plenty of room at the table, but he gets beside me and rubs up against my shooting arm. I soon seven out. Dice goes around the table, guy does not bet but just watches, and does not shoot.Comes to me, and THEN he bets pass line. I crap out. If that guy was not a cooler he did a fine impersonation of one.
Quote: Romes... Another peeve of mine. People who don't know the game and try to explain it to their friends, incorrectly.
In case I haven't made the comment before (right now, I really can't remember), whenever a rookie asks a friend or even some stranger in the vicinity a few basic questions about the game, I typically say, "If anyone really understood the game, they would never step up to the table." Of course, the fact that I'm right there with chips on the line and generally having a fun time lets them know that it's at least partly a joke but filled with good advice.
Probably how the game got names CRAPS !
Wow. Never saw that before...Quote: RS...Or when the shooter asks for tips.
Quote: DJTeddyBearWow. Never saw that before...
If the dealers can hustle for tokes why can't the players?
Quote: sodawaterIf the dealers can hustle for tokes why can't the players?
I wouldn't say dealers "can" hustle for tokes, although, I see what you're saying.
But, the dealers are actually working. And chances are when a player is asking for tips, they're on a hot roll on a packed table. Guess what that means -- dealers are working harder than normal. Players are making money, shooter is making money, and one of them asks for more money? Come on.
Quote: RSOn a 7 out:
"Hit the chips! You see that? It hit the chips. Always a 7 when it hits the chips."
"What!? That was a short roll and you're gonna call a 7?"
"That one dice was all slanted, how're you gonna call that a fair roll??!!"
"Damn shooter, he's shooing just fine, then he switches up his shot and he sevens out."
"I knew it was gonna be a 7, I knew it!"
Once I stepped up to the table and KNEW it was going to be SixHard, SixHard, Nine, SevenOut.
Just as the Nine was rolling my companion put some chips into the Field and a die bounced off her hand, so I was Doubly Certain the Seven would roll next. It did.
The name came from French sailors in New Orleans trying to teach Native New Orleans sailors and layabouts how to pronounce the word CRABS.Quote: BuzzardProbably how the game got names CRAPS !
But I'll admit its a noisy game at times and I hate it when its just the same players repeating what they think is some sort of original phrase such as a chicken dinner or some such nonsense. I don't know how it ever happened but one woman wanted to rub a dwarf's head for luck.
Quote: FleaStiffThe name came from French sailors in New Orleans trying to teach Native New Orleans sailors and layabouts how to pronounce the word CRABS.
according to a wikipedia article, " 'crapaud' (a French word meaning "toad" in reference to the original style of play by people crouched over a floor or sidewalk)"
however whoever wrote that bit about crouching did not provide a source
oops, source was provided: "Suckers progress; an informal history of gambling in America from the colonies to Canfield. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co. (1938)
Quote: RomesYou know, another huge pet peeve of mine is any Come Out roll. If I just didn't have to deal with that, I'd have an edge!
I feel your pain, and to ameliorate it I bypass the come roll and place six and eight once a point is established.
Quote: FleaStiffThe name came from French sailors in New Orleans trying to teach Native New Orleans sailors and layabouts how to pronounce the word CRABS.
But I'll admit its a noisy game at times and I hate it when its just the same players repeating what they think is some sort of original phrase such as a chicken dinner or some such nonsense. I don't know how it ever happened but one woman wanted to rub a dwarf's head for luck.
I don't play much, maybe 2-3 times a year. Do the casinos provide dwarves for high rollers? What do you do? Ask your host? (I feel fortunate if my host comps a room night for me; I haven't reached dwarf-level yet.) Does a profession exist for dwarves who do this? How much do you tip the dwarf?
Quote: ConcinnityI don't play much, maybe 2-3 times a year. Do the casinos provide dwarves for high rollers? What do you do? Ask your host? (I feel fortunate if my host comps a room night for me; I haven't reached dwarf-level yet.) Does a profession exist for dwarves who do this? How much do you tip the dwarf?
I know at our rodeo every year we have a dwarf toss. It's a riot. They seem to resent it the first couple of throws but they get in the "swing" of things after a while and a few beers. Good times.
Quote: ConcinnityI don't play much, maybe 2-3 times a year. Do the casinos provide dwarves for high rollers? What do you do? Ask your host? (I feel fortunate if my host comps a room night for me; I haven't reached dwarf-level yet.) Does a profession exist for dwarves who do this? How much do you tip the dwarf?
Depends on the cacasicasino. I'm sure the Wynn and Bellagio have evil little dwarves running around in their high limit pit. On occasion they'll be brought out to the main floor, but rarely.
Quote: spr1000My biggest pet peeve is SMOKERS!...
THIS. I forgot to mention THIS earlier as well. I especially hate it when they're right next to you and just pretty much blow it directly in your face like they don't even notice or have a care in the world... It's just a sublevel of human inconsiderate, imo.
Dwarfs? Well you can ASK a host for anything all you really risk are some very strange looks. The particular incident to which I refer was strange because the woman not only wanted to rub a bald headed dwarf "for luck" but since there happened to be one at the table she went ahead and did it much to everyone's surprise and the dwarf's consternation. I don't think the Box was any too thrilled about it either. A noisy disruptive incident that soon blew over since the woman was a high roller and the surprised dwarf seemed like an okay guy. This was of course quite some time ago.
Yeah, one drunken shooter was moving his yap too much and the dice to little, so the Box spoke to him. When he tried to use the F word to expand upon how sorry he was....that Box came down hard with a final warning 'end the language right now or get thrown out by four security guards'.Quote: DaddydocLanguage. I'm no prude,.
He ended it. Instantly.
Quote: RomesTHIS. I forgot to mention THIS earlier as well. I especially hate it when they're right next to you and just pretty much blow it directly in your face like they don't even notice or have a care in the world... It's just a sublevel of human inconsiderate, imo.
I swear, playing craps in Vegas might give me lung cancer. Can't wait till they ban smoking in casinos. It won't happen anytime soon but there's hope!
Quote: spr1000Also dealers correcting dealers. You will see this a lot at Gold Coast because half of the dealers they hire are still learning how to deal craps. They slooooooow down the game which really annoys me.
They are supposed to correct each other.
As most of you know, I work a big charitable gaming event. When not managing the room, I sometimes deal craps and roulette. My biggest pet peeve on craps is dealers, volunteer or pro, who call the number along with the stick. I tell them a zillion times, "Don't call the Number" however, they just seem to be unable to control themselves. Naturally, this leads to a big player squawk when the dealer calls a number other than what was actually rolled.
My other pet peeve is when, on the stick, I call "no field six" and the dealer's head is somewhere in outer space. I'll call again, this time louder and sometimes banging the stick on the layout, "NO FIELD SIX" and, they finally wake up.
Quote: DJTeddyBearNot for nothing but I thought "No Field" is only called with the Five. This is done specifically because the other side, Nine, IS a Field winner.
And they sound very similar. So dealers know when they hear a number that sounds like five or nine, "center field" or "no field" distinguishes which it is. Same with seven vs yo-eleven.
We were on a decent roll and guy came up next to me and stopped the entire game by asking
what the max bet was on the table as well some individual bets. That took about 5 minutes, then
cashed in for $700 ($3 table) But all of the $700 on the table on different bets which took another
5 minutes. I took my bets down.
Actually the roll continued another 10-12 rolls or so and at one point the guy placed a $200
horn bet. Next roll was snake eyes. The guy made some good money on those last rolls, but left most
of it on the table. & came and the other three of us sale down next to the table leaving this guy
and his money to roll. He bet all money he had maybe a grand and took another $400 out of his pocket
and bet it......first roll was a 7....
I started to chuckle and he looked at me and asked if that was funny, I said it was just great. I stood back
up and indicated that he had come to the table, stopped a good roll in the middle, did not give a crap about
the shooter, took up all the time for the single person crew on this tub just for himself.... i said this was
perfect. He got pissed and left..
The funny thing was the entire table had changed, it had been good but turned bad so we left and ate.
But i still felt great, we had a decent win and the jerk lost about $1100-$1200....
Life is good.
dicesetter
Quote: sodawaterThe other players never seem to like it when I scream "OUT-rageous!" when the dice roll a 6 or 8 on the far side of the table.
lol nice one.
Quote: dicesitterwell I saw one of my pet peeves tonight and also saw there was a craps god.
We were on a decent roll and guy came up next to me and stopped the entire game by asking
what the max bet was on the table as well some individual bets. That took about 5 minutes, then
cashed in for $700 ($3 table) But all of the $700 on the table on different bets which took another
5 minutes. I took my bets down.
Actually the roll continued another 10-12 rolls or so and at one point the guy placed a $200
horn bet. Next roll was snake eyes. The guy made some good money on those last rolls, but left most
of it on the table. & came and the other three of us sale down next to the table leaving this guy
and his money to roll. He bet all money he had maybe a grand and took another $400 out of his pocket
and bet it......first roll was a 7....
I started to chuckle and he looked at me and asked if that was funny, I said it was just great. I stood back
up and indicated that he had come to the table, stopped a good roll in the middle, did not give a crap about
the shooter, took up all the time for the single person crew on this tub just for himself.... i said this was
perfect. He got pissed and left..
The funny thing was the entire table had changed, it had been good but turned bad so we left and ate.
But i still felt great, we had a decent win and the jerk lost about $1100-$1200....
Life is good.
dicesetter
Those are my favorite kind of players.
You mean Steve Wynn?Quote: RSDepends on the cacasicasino. I'm sure the Wynn and Bellagio have evil little dwarves running around in their high limit pit.
