Once the min is above $15, I don't bet the way I know I should, so I lose money due to my fiscal inhibitions.īut people buy in with whatever they are comfortable with. I rarely play at anything over $15, because I am too cheap to go 3-4-5 odds on a $25 table or to place/buy like I should, and I am giving away too much of a house edge by keeping my odds small. I like to buy in for $200 at a $5 table $300 at a $10 table $400 at a $15 table. That is one reason why I prefer downtown! This is a problem I have with the Strip, that I don't know what to expect and that I can't easily go from one casino to the next. A week later, on Fri night at 3:00 a.m., the same tables were all $5 minimum. A few weeks ago, I was shocked that IP had $10 minimums on all of their craps tables - this was a Sat night at 2:30 a.m. I was somewhere downtown this week and the odds limits were 2x for $3 bets and 10x for $5 bets - I think it was Binions.Īs to what casinos have low minimums, it is hard to predict. They tend to also restrict the size of your free odds. This is how they pay for the cost of running the table. I'll try to check it out soon.īe aware that most of the low-minumum tables have poor payoffs on the 'crappy proposition bets' in the middle of the table, and on the field. I have not seen it, but I was told that it is a bad game vis-a-vis payouts. There is a new $1 table at the Western - it opened last week. Stickmen and Sidemen are human just like everyone else and make mistakes just like everyone else or might be rookies. You have to lose any shyness you might have. State your bets clearly, precisely and out loud. After you gain experience, branch out to the Come Line and Place bets. Start out with just Pass Line and Pass Line Odds bets at the minimum until you get your feet wet.

The people are more down to earth in those places and it's easier to learn. My advice would be to start out downtown of off-strip. No one will treat you like a dumba$$ if you are polite. All of the information is right there on the side wall of the table on a small plastic sign. Some places, Casino Royale, e.g., have a wacky 100x odds, but keep in mind, there is a maximum payout. For a $5 game, I generally start out with $100. The $5 limits will be mostly at the low rent places, off-strip or downtown. The upscale palaces never go below $10 limit.

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