Gambling Superstitioins

When choosing dice to throw in craps, I try to pick two that are showing the same number with a strong preference to the six. If there are no pairs, I pick the two showing the highest number. Please understand that I am and odds guy. I primarily play pass line and odds and I don't make sucker bets. I know full well that it is completely irrational and it has no influence on my luck. But I do in anyway every time. So how about you. Any of you dedicated rational decision makers, steeped in the math and have any superstitions that you allow yourself to indulge?

It might not actually be superstitious, but I will rarely play the don't pass on a full table if nobody else is playing it. I'm willing to surrender a slight mathematical advantage to go along with everybody else.

Die down.. I'll sometimes bet the Come to cover my Passline action.

When I am picking dice, I'll choose a six and a four up, since that is how I set them, and it saves time. I don't understand the shooters that pick up all five, then roll them toward themselves before picking. What are they looking for? However, to each his own. Like the Bud Light commercial..., "It's Only Weird If It Doesn't Work"

Quote: Ayecarumba

Die down.. I'll sometimes bet the Come to cover my Passline action.

When I am picking dice, I'll choose a six and a four up, since that is how I set them, and it saves time.

But that has some logic behind it. So none of you math guys will confess to any kind of irrational ritual, good luck charm?

I just realized that what I am doing with the dice is picking the best two card poker hand. I never thought of it that way.

Quote: JimRockford

Quote: Ayecarumba

Die down.. I'll sometimes bet the Come to cover my Passline action.

When I am picking dice, I'll choose a six and a four up, since that is how I set them, and it saves time.

But that has some logic behind it. So none of you math guys will confess to any kind of irrational ritual, good luck charm?

I just realized that what I am doing with the dice is picking the best two card poker hand. I never thought of it that way.

hehe... You must belong here, since a truly superstitious player wouldn't pick up dice that like to come up "Craps 12".

Quote: Ayecarumba

Die down.. I'll sometimes bet the Come to cover my Passline action.

When I am picking dice, I'll choose a six and a four up, since that is how I set them, and it saves time. I don't understand the shooters that pick up all five, then roll them toward themselves before picking. What are they looking for? However, to each his own. Like the Bud Light commercial..., "It's Only Weird If It Doesn't Work"

Ayecarumba,

Aye aye aye. I am one of the shooters who will pick up all the dice and roll them towards me. Why?
I would like to pick up 5s. If the stick pushed me only one 5, I will set that aside and roll the other four dice.
I try to be as fast as possible. If I don't get a 5, I try once more, and if not then, I just grab any one die.

What I should do, is just announce all the dice are bad, and I am passing my turn! That should cause a commotion. LOL

I have one other one that I am curious if anyone else does.

If a shooter has been on a good roll, and I am up next, I keep a very close eye on the dice. I want to try and grab the same two dice the last shooter had. A lazy stick makes it easy to do, but most stick people will tumble the dice pretty good, which makes it hard to track.
On the rolls where I have managed to get both dice back, I have had good to very good rolls. Just a silly thing I do to entertain myself.

Quote: JimRockford

So how about you. Any of you dedicated rational decision makers, steeped in the math and have any superstitions that you allow yourself to indulge?

No, none.

I suppose you could try the latest superstition, dice setting.

I will only roll the dice if they're 6-4 or 3-3.

Edit: I just set the dice if they come to me differently.

I always used to set the dice 4-4 up, on the back of the 3-pip, the center spot used to have a letter.

Quote: RaleighCraps

Aye aye aye. I am one of the shooters who will pick up all the dice and roll them towards me. Why?
I would like to pick up 5s. If the stick pushed me only one 5, I will set that aside and roll the other four dice.
I try to be as fast as possible. If I don't get a 5, I try once more, and if not then, I just grab any one die.

I don't do the second one, but I do something very similar to the one quoted above. I play the Wrong Way, so I tend to like picking up two dice that add up to a total of Seven...even though that's bad for me on the CO. If there are no such dice, then I roll them all and pick up two that add up to a total of Seven, like you, I will only roll them all twice, at most.

Raleigh,
I do the same...but I do it easier...i just call for "same two dice!"
I have so many superstitions its retarded...
But like BL says...Its only weird if it doesn't work...lol

When the CW interrupts the shooter, bets off or hop the 7's! Stick change = same deal

Quote: DeMango

When the CW interrupts the shooter, bets off or hop the 7's! Stick change = same deal

Do you do it EVERY time, or just when you get the feeling?

Have you ever tracked it to see if you are ahead or behind on this move?

And finally, if the CW AND the new stick show up at the same time, do they offset each other, so it is "play on"?

superstition craziness --- Well, I tend to hold the deal hand of 3, or 4 to a RF on VP for a couple seconds. If someone sees it and comments on it before I play for the result I feel jinxed already. (possiblly because I've never had a good result after that happened) I NEED SILENCE! heh.

I always buy-in and color-up after the point has been established.

:^)