I just got back into dealing craps and I was wondering what some of you do outside of work to better prepare yourselves for when you are on the game. I
practice my hands everyday and go over paying the first nine bets and the multiples of commonly used numbers in the game. What other practice strategies would
some of you suggest?
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Posts: 18 05/21/08 02:45 |
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Posts: 163 05/21/08 07:14 |
It is important to keep your body reasonably strong and flexible, and to strengthen your back. Me, I work out in a health club six days a week, using weight
machines four days a week, and doing back to back classes of aerobics/step and then yoga/pilates. Plus, I walk a half mile before bed. Hey, whatever works.
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Posts: 422 05/22/08 08:53 |
When i dealt i practiced cutting and sizing and picking! Picking is critical on craps. Check change $10, $50 - inside hand 5 & 5 to the COME, outside hand
to the player. $35 prop bet payoff- inside hand pick 3 then 4 .....- 3-3-1 in the COME, outside hand to player. $45 prop bet payoff- pick 4 then 5 .....- 4-4-1
in the COME, outside to player.
I didn't pick up a working stack and cut in the COME. I always picked. |
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Posts: 7 07/03/08 05:50 |
AnneLV wrote: That's utterly pointless considering you still have to run it down in the come.
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Posts: 7 07/03/08 05:55 |
I practice with a stack of silver all the time--especially good to use with your weaker hand.
Other than that, I think it's important to practice the stuff you'll actually have to do. Taking two stacks and drop-cutting 2-2-2-2 etc... on top of each other and picking it down may seem kinda neat but it never did me any good. Set up 54 across, 78, 108, etc... Common place bet payoffs and presses, and so on. |
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Posts: 1803 07/03/08 07:28 Mod |
MJZ 06 wrote:It's not pointless, if you bring out way more chips than you need to make the payoff, you have to return them to your working stack. one wrong move and your whole working stack could resemble the muck on a roulette table. picking a payout like she said is the best way to do it in my opinion. You look good, and waist little time and your ready for your next payout. Now, lets say you have to pay more people with those red chips, then yes, grab a whole stack and go, but if you need to change colors often or are only making one payout, do it as she said, your crew and box will thank you for it. |
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Posts: 122 10/14/73 11:16 |
One thing that helps drop cutting and chip placement .... grab most of a stack in each hand and drop cut 2 from each hand like you're placing a 6/8 and do
it again on top of the previous bet and again and again. Then drop 3 ... stack em up. Then 4 ... stack em up.
It'll help your speed, volume and it'll keep you from having to straighten up your slop after your 81 across. PEACE D 
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Posts: 14 07/09/08 02:38 |
I have always been told to practice with silvers. They build the strength in your hands. Drop cut stacks of one, then two, then three.. and then pick them. It
helps with your check cutting a lot. I suck at it. I really could use the practice.
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aZero to 36 |
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Posts: 454 07/31/08 11:22 |
I would get a hand full of silver and use it to improve strength in your hands. Another one is cutting 1-1 all the way up then pick down, 2-2 up the down....if
you start with 20 in each hand you will get some real savage cramps but when you get to the game you won't have any issues with chips.
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Posts: 41 08/07/08 09:09 |
Our class used to practice payout drills which really seemed to help. For example, on the six and eight, we would set up place bets in all 8 spots and pay them
off, one after another, 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 42, 48, we also did this for the 4,5,9, and 10, starting at 5 dollars. It's an excellent drill that sharpens
your payout ability, your chip handling and eventually your speed.
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Posts: 5 08/26/08 10:10 |
Cincinnati1313 wrote: I'm a break in and have had much trouble with my left hand! I think it's retarded. I've had a worse time training it to drop cut than I did training it to play barre chords! I've gotten now to the point where I can grab a stack of 20.. drop cut about half of it out.. but then.. when I get to around 10 chips.. the stack wants to fall out of my hand! It's hard to explain.. but if anyone could give me a bit of advise on this, I'd be more than willing to listen. |
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Posts: 454 09/06/08 12:08 |
It sound like the checks are falling through gaps between thumb and pinky, 2 suggestions: first try relaxing fingers on the part stack, let it slide down
fingers on to top of layout aftercutting then continue. Second, try practise with silver. I don't think it is the strength in your hands that is your
problem, from what you have said, you issue is as the stack gets smaller in you hand the checks in the palm have nothing holding them in. If i'm right this
is partly because you are cutting wrong, each time you cut into a bet as you bring back your fore finger and move your hand away the checks should be sliding
to the layout, still protected by your hand, but on the layout. This is easy to over come but time consumeing, it just takes practise.
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Posts: 41 09/12/08 08:56 |
Grey Goose wrote:Aside from practice, take your time when using your left or weaker hand. Don't focus on speed at first, or at all, focus on your coordination. Speed and accuracy comes with getting better, which will happen as time goes on. |
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Posts: 454 10/01/08 07:04 |
JoeCar wrote:YES... Absolutely take your time, you can practise every waking moment and not see a result but be patient and don't rush the speed. When you have the hand working correctly then you can practise speed, it is very important to practise the correct technique then speed. |
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Posts: 18 10/01/08 10:15 |
I have sort of a question that could relate... other than keeping neat stacks. How do you keep from knocking over your working stacks?? I have to keep mine
short enough as it as as I'm short and with a nice chest. But when I reach out by stick to either pay / take the line I almost usually knock mine over and
if a 7 out happens and I have a bigger than normal stack, I'll hand 20 in before taking the line and use the clean up for my stacks....
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Posts: 41 10/02/08 08:53 |
stephkg84 wrote:Nice chest, I love it! Seriously, I usually set up my stacks where I like them, once I move over to base. Perhaps you have to move the stacks over a bit, in correlation with a number as a guide, so you know they won't get into your way, myself, I use the number 5 when I'm on second base as a place for my red stack and the number 9 when on third base. Find the sweet spot so to speak, that won't interfere with you reaching over, or move the stacks farther back. When I clean up after a 7 out, I stack them up, and then place stack after stack in the bankroll as I go along. It's just a matter of finding ways that work for you, everybody is different. |
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aZero to 36 |
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Posts: 454 10/02/08 10:05 |
stephkg84 wrote:Hummm.. What was the question? lol Seriously, Joe has made some solid suggestions, the "sweet spot is going to help you in all aspects of your game. Even on stick get your stacks out of the waybut where you can still always find them. Base stacks are more important because you need to be looking at the boxes for the next payout or the player for there press or general instructions, you don't want to be thinking or looking for your stacks. Yes, location, location, location!!!! |
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