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The post above me is good advice. Despite the temptation and the fact that it is slightly more in your favor, resist the urge to "wrong" bet which is actively
by technofiend 9y ago
The post above me is good advice. Despite the temptation and the fact that it is slightly more in your favor, resist the urge to "wrong" bet which is actively betting against the player with the dice. People who play these games can be superstitious and don't appreciate your favoring the odds over their luck by betting against them.
- csa 9y agoAbsolutely correct. It's only a fraction of a penny in your favor for a $10 bet, but it will kill the mood at a table in no time. That said, this superstition can be used to your advantage. One night there was a really negative and obnoxious drunk dude at the other end of the table. Every time he was the shooter, my buddy and I bet don't. He left the second time we did this. ;-)
- cardiffspaceman 9y agoI tend to play don't, I experience ribbing as a result and it becomes part of the atmosphere of the table. I think you minimize the mathematical difference too far, isn't it around .3% or .5%? I switch sides when the shooter is the player standing next to me, out of courtesy. Also playing this way gives you more to pay attention to, if you choose to lay odds. In the movies they depict roulette table players as having a camaraderie, but I never saw that at roulette and I always see it at dice.
- csa 9y agoI believe it is 1.41% house advantage for pass and 1.36% for don't pass -- 0.05% difference. On a $10 bet that's a half cent difference. Anyway, I've bet don't for a few trips for most/all of the trip just to see what happened. These were on weekends when the tables were going to be full no matter what. I agree that it made for some fun banter, and we sometimes go back to it for fun, but we mostly bet pass now and get stupid silly with our cheering.