How to Play and Win at Craps as told by a Las Vegas crap dealer

By Dale Yeazel

For all of you that have always thought that you would never understand the game of craps, here is a resource that is both comprehensive and readable. Yeazel has been a dealer and supervisor for crap games for over thirty years and has taught literally thousands of people to play the game. This experience has no doubt helped him to refine his explanations and to understand the common obstacles to learning craps. The fact that he also written articles for several magazines also speaks for his qualifications to write a book on the game.

The ebook is well illustrated and is also humorous in places, albeit in a jaded sort of way. The fact that the author refers to himself as a “crap dealer” instead of the more modern usage of “craps dealer” should give the reader an indication that they are reading a no bullshit – old fashioned approach to the game.

Although the title suggests the game of craps is beatable, the author insists there is no way to beat a game consisting of fixed percentage bets in the long run. He does, however, claim to teach the reader how to lose less and win more through money management and choosing only the best bets on the table.

The bottom line is: for less than the cost of a minimum bet and an hour's worth of reading, you can have a total understanding of the game and a system that will enable you to capitalize on a big hand.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dale Yeazel
• Release date: Nov 23, 2011
• ISBN: 9781466157262

Dale Yeazel

Dale S. Yeazel is a thirty-three year veteran of the casino industry who has worked as a dealer, supervisor and instructor for many casinos in Las Vegas and on the Mississippi River. Feeling the need to pass on the classic methods of dealing the game of craps that he was fortunate enough to receive from "Strip Dealers School" in 1977: he wrote and published "Precision Crap Dealing" as an ebook in 1994. Since then he has published three more ebooks: "Dealing Mini-Baccarat", "How to Play and Win at Craps as told by a Las Vegas crap dealer", and "Playing Pai Gow Poker." He has also written dozens of articles for several gaming magazines. He has contributed to the industry website dicedealer.com. His new website http://www.casinogamesteacher.com/ sells all of his ebooks for immediate download. This site has also created a buzz in the worldwide casino industry because of the free drill programs he makes available for casino dealers. There has also been interest in the re-prints of his articles that are available free of charge. Some of the more popular ones offer concise explanations of the games "pai gow tiles" and "faro". His works contain the most concise yet complete explanations for casino games available today. Yet he offers no "sure fire systems" for beating the games. There is an old Vegas adage that goes something like this; "If this guy has such a sure thing, why is he selling books?"

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How to Play and Win at Craps

as told by a Las Vegas crap dealer

By Dale S. Yeazel

Copyright 2009 Dale S. Yeazel

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Table of Contents

Introduction

The Game

Pass Line

Don't Pass

Come

Don't Come

Field

Big 6 and Big 8

Proposition Bets

One roll bets

Hardway bets

Taking and Laying Odds

Place Bets

Table Etiquette

How to Win

Chapter 1: Introduction

There are two groups of people that I would like to reach with this book. The first is the person that has always been attracted to the allure of a hot crap game but were intimidated by their ignorance of the rules. The second is the experienced gambler that is tired of losing his bankroll before getting to be part of one of those famed hot crap games.

At this point you may be wondering why I choose to refer to a crap game instead of the more modern usage of craps game. The reason is that I don't have a very modern approach to the game. I have been dealing and supervising crap games for thirty-two years. Most of that time has been in downtown Las Vegas and on the Strip. But it doesn't matter if it’s in Vegas or a riverboat on the Mississippi, I see gamblers doing the same stupid things until maybe they encounter the one person that might teach them how to win: the right dealer. Yes that's right, the right dealer can help you avoid making bad bets and the pitfalls of chasing money on losing streaks or not winning enough on winning streaks. I am that right dealer.

When I teach someone how to play the game of craps while being a dealer on a live game, I am very concise. There are two reasons for this. The first being that I have to deal to other players as well as deal to you. The second is I've discovered that an excess of words just get in the way of teaching. OK, maybe there's a third reason. Either you are the type of person that is going to listen or you're not. If you listen to (or read) my words you will have a complete understanding of the game and sound strategy for winning. If you are like those dizzy chicks that claim to want to learn how to play but can't seem to concentrate longer than it takes to order a cocktail, then no amount of words will help you.

I hope you don't find the title of this book misleading as neither myself nor anyone else can teach you how to win every time you play. I will however, teach you how to play and win in situations that other people would either lose or not win as much as they should.

Chapter 2: The Game

The game of craps is played with two dice. Shooters are generally offered their choice of five dice. The option to shoot rotates in a clockwise fashion. Betting options remain the same whether a player is shooting or not.

The game consists of two main bets: the pass line and the don't pass. There are also numerous side bets available. The key to understanding the game is to learn about the pass line and