I never get that right. The nice people with sticks are helpful.

I never ask the one with the stick. I ask the one on my side taking the bets.

Never had any money on Full Tilt when they went down (hope everybody getting theirs), but my brother had a little on there. At Commerce I beat Allen Cunningham out of a pot that started MW but got down to HU by the turn which was exactly $6 less than the mount owed to my brother.

Should I have asked him for the $6 and watched him twitch or just let it slide?

7: has 6 combos

and it just decreases by one each number further away from 7...

6/8: has 5 combos
5/9: has 4 combos
4/10: has 3 combos

So the odds you roll a 7 vs. your point:
6:5
6:4
6:3

Etiquette Q:

8/16 kill game, last hand was a kill pot, this hand is not. Forget the exact PF action but it's 6 ways for 2 bets. Villain has K7o in the BB, I had 86s in the HJ and was the third limper.

Flop 952, checked around.
Turn 7, villain leads, someone calls, I raise, everyone folds around to villain who calls, other guy calls.
River 7, checked to me, I bet, villain puts out 16 chips and a second later says "I call," other guy folds, I think for about 2 seconds and then call. Villain says "wait who raised?" I say "you did." Villain says "oh **** I did not mean to raise I thought it was a kill pot" in a way that suggests she is not trying to angle me. I fastroll and MHIG. Do I give her 8 chips back? I am a regular in this game to the extent it matters.

I would have asked villain what she meant to do before completing my river action. as played I give her the benefit of the doubt and give her 8 chips back

Was going to say the same thing.

Agreed, I always try to get opponents to specify what they are trying to do outside of 20/40 kill pots of 30/60 when they put out 40 and I know they want to raise and I try to force it by the idiot nits who suck at life who call a string.

Some more crpas advise for first timers, it's by far and away the best game to tip in, especially in nice casinos; unlike poker you can tip the box man and if there is a ruling in question there's a good chance it will go in our favor.
Example, I was playing at aria this summer, with some 2+2ers, and we were the only guys on table, pretty much always betting the pass line and 6s and 8s, after 15 minutes we forgot to place the 6 and 8 after come out roll and the next roll was an 8. They paid me anyways Becusse they knew I meant to bet it and also knew I'd put some bets up for them as a thank you.

They also knew it wouldn't take long to make back the equity they gave me.

Life etiquette question, because I'm not always the best at social graces and cues and you guys are smart:

I recently accepted a facebook friend request from the sister of a childhood friend who took his own life back in 2001. I know the family somewhat well since his father was my baseball coach for multiple seasons, and his brother was just a little younger than us.

I haven't spoken to any of them since ~2004 when the family held a golf tournament with his name on it.

I'd like to say hi without being sappy or doing anything to get all emo over it. I knew I should have sent them Christmas cards starting a few years back, but I'm a dumbass sometimes.

Any advice is appreciated.

People need to pay attention at the table
She put the chips in, it is a raise. Keep the money.

Send them Christmas Cards then.

Me too. She did verbally say she calls before putting the chips in; seems like an honest mistake. She isn't saying "call" simply because asmitty is snapping and she figures her hand is no good now.

This is all IMO and honestly I get the feeling I'm kind of a Facebook *******, so grain of salt / chunk of halite, etc.

Facebook is super low on the commitment scale. Private messaging is dumb and I think they just took it away. You're encouraged to make everything you do public (so Facebook can mine the data and sell it to the highest bidder). Most of the stuff that your friends write doesn't even make it to you because Facebook decides who your friends are and only shows you stuff from that.

As a consequence, you're not promising to keep in touch or be BFFs4eva or anything. Go through her wall and like any post about your friend. Like any other golf tournaments they may have sponsored. Put them on your Christmas card list.

What you do beyond that is totally up to you. Say hi on PM. Or, use PM to get her E-mail or phone and say hi there. I tend not to bring up bad memories unless people bring it up first. Ask if they did the golf tournament thing again if you want a segue into talking about your friend.

Captain Ron nailed it for the people who can 6:4 without a brain aneurysm, but for those who are math-impaired (permanently or temporarily due to alcohol) just note that multiples of $10 will work for everything EXCEPT for a place bet on the 6/8.

$10 * 6/5 = $12
$10 * 6/4 = $15
$10 * 6/3 = $20

$10 * 7/6 = aneurysm
$10 * 7/5 = $14
$10 * 9/5 = $18

345 table bet $5 on the don't and ship $30 every roll til they ship you the money. Drunk proof.

Never play the dark side.
Do you also play the don't come? Or just a don't pass with a 6x odds bets?

6x odds yo

Seriously the wrong way is way more fun

Right way

Win one bet at a time lose massive on 7-out

Wrong way

Lose one bet at a time win massive on 7-out

Heresy ITT

I'm the ******* cheering on 7 out because I have 3 DC bets too.

WTF you guys. You race pregnant women for the last seat on the bus too?

At least I've toned down my trash talking during those races.

Don't forget: not only do you shave a little bit off the house edge by going darkside, but you also have implied tilt odds from the other players.

Are craps players well comped, or not so much since it's a lot less of a house advantage than something like baccarat? (At least I think it is)
Just curious, as I am well rated at Mlife properties based on blackjack and VP play, but thought maybe craps would be worth trying to learn.