One might compare it to avoiding cheese on a burger because the restaurant is charging an extra $10 for one slice. Your fanaticism with the 'house edge' borders on one being so afraid of losing an extra dollar that one wonders how you can even approach a casino. However, do not make the free odds bet behind it under any circumstancesīy the way, how much do they pay you in winnings on a $10 place bet on the 6/8? Is it sometimes $11, sometimes $10, or maybe even $6?įirst of all Mr. It's only a 33.3% house edge, but 'who cares' when you can just feel a 4 is coming on the next roll. Using similar logic, you could also make a passline bet after a point of 4 has been established. Link to original postHey, as long as you 'don't care' about paying a house edge several times higher than necessary, then that makes sense. Now if there is a 7 out before a hit, I have saved myself an extra $2 loss. When It hits I then raise the bet to $12 so that I get the 'proper odds' return of $14 on the net hit (not true odds).

When I play $10 table, I PB the 6/8 for $10 telling the dealer, ' I don't care about the odds. Hey Ace, I will let you scratch your head on this one. Ten is a common divisor and also this would make the vig 4.55% which is comparable to the sucker vigs of the other place bets: 5/9 (4%) and 4/10 (6.67%). Who bets in multiples of six? What casino has $6 chips? 7 to 6 must be the strangest payout ratio in the casino.

Payout on 6 and 8 in craps