For the first few years of playing craps, I was a come bettor. As I learned more about the game and how the payouts worked, I realized that the place bet was the far better bet. In the tables below, I'll show you how this is so.
These tables show how much you'd win on each number for both types of bets.
| $5 come bet with $10 odds. $15 action. |
| . | $5 come bet pays | $10 odds bet pays | total win of |
| 4 and 10 | even money-$5 | 2 to 1-$20 | $25 |
| 5 and 9 | even money-$5 | 3 to 2-$15 | $20 |
| 6 and 8 | even money-$5 | 6 to 5-$12 | $17 |
| $15 place bets-$18 on 6 or 8 |
| 4 and 10 | 9 to 5 | win-$27 |
| 5 and 9 | 7 to 5 | win-$21 |
| 6 and 8 | 7 to 6 | win-$21 |
Although the place bets pay only slightly higher than the come bets, you have to remember that a come bet number has to be thrown twice in order to win. The first time to establish the come point and a second time to win.
The tables below show the difference between the two types of bets.
| Come bets versus Place bets. | 1st # thrown | 2nd # thrown | Total after 2nd # thrown |
| Come | 4 and 10 | risk | $15 | $0 win | $25 win | $25 |
| Place | 4and 10 | risk | $15 | $27 win | $27 win | $54 |
| Come | 5 and 9 | risk | $15 | $0 win | $20 win | $20 |
| Place | 5 and 9 | risk | $15 | $21 win | $21 win | $42 |
| Come | 6 and 8 | risk | $15 | $0 win | $17 win | $17 |
| Place | 6 and 8 | risk | $18 | $21 win | $21 win | $42 |
Your profit is greatly increased after you win
your second place bet.
For example. You have $15 in your rack. You make a $5
come bet, the dice are rolled and a four is thrown. This becomes your come
point. You make a $10 odds bet and the next roll of the dice is another four.
You win your come bet, get paid $25 and your come bet of $15 is returned to you.
You now have $40 in your rack, a $25 profit.
If you made a $15 place bet on the four and that number
was thrown twice, you would win $54 and still have a $15 place bet working on
the four. If a seven is thrown, you would have $54 in your rack, a profit of
$39.
$14 more profit by betting the place bet instead of the
come bet.
There are other advantages to betting place
instead of come.
Come bets are always working. If a seven shows on the
come out roll, you would lose your flat come bets and have the come odds bets
returned to you. The come odds bets are not working on the come out unless you
tell the dealer that they are, in which case you would lose on a seven. Now you
have to reestablish all of your come bets. By that time the shooter could seven
out before your numbers start to repeat.
Unless you say otherwise, your place bets are off on
the come out roll. Any seven showing now will not effect your place bets.
Place bets can be taken down or called off at anytime.
Only the come odds bet can be taken down or called off.
You can increase or decrease your place bets at
anytime. You can't do that to an established come bet and if you wanted to make
a larger come bet, you would still have to have that number thrown twice in
order to win.
Thoughts, comments, etc can be made to me at starchip@live.com
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