My number one tip for anyone playing a craps tournament is simple:
Put your chips to work on the last roll. Whether you are in the lead or trailing, if your chips are in the rail on the last roll it's usually a mistake.
Of course, there are exceptions, and I just had one myself in this week's Beau Rivage dice tournament. In the first round, I had a short table with only 8 players. Three were advancing.
The round started just the way I like it. Point - Seven. That crippled a couple of competitors immediately. By the end of the round, there were only four of us with a chance, and three would advance. I was in third place by the thinnest of margins, a minimum bet ahead of fourth place. But BR4 only had a minimum Don't Pass bet working, and so did I.
Because I've been burned several times with my chips in the rail, I was nervous, thinking maybe I had overlooked something. But no, it was simple, and I was a lock to advance no matter what rolled.
It was one of the very rare rounds in a dice tournament where I advanced while never risking my chips.
My success was short-lived though. In the next round, with about five minutes plus five rolls to go, I needed some more bankroll, so I went all-in against the current point of four. I was a 2:1 favorite to win that bet, but I ended up on the wrong end. The four rolled and that was the end of my event.
Put your chips to work on the last roll. Whether you are in the lead or trailing, if your chips are in the rail on the last roll it's usually a mistake.
Of course, there are exceptions, and I just had one myself in this week's Beau Rivage dice tournament. In the first round, I had a short table with only 8 players. Three were advancing.
The round started just the way I like it. Point - Seven. That crippled a couple of competitors immediately. By the end of the round, there were only four of us with a chance, and three would advance. I was in third place by the thinnest of margins, a minimum bet ahead of fourth place. But BR4 only had a minimum Don't Pass bet working, and so did I.
Because I've been burned several times with my chips in the rail, I was nervous, thinking maybe I had overlooked something. But no, it was simple, and I was a lock to advance no matter what rolled.
It was one of the very rare rounds in a dice tournament where I advanced while never risking my chips.
My success was short-lived though. In the next round, with about five minutes plus five rolls to go, I needed some more bankroll, so I went all-in against the current point of four. I was a 2:1 favorite to win that bet, but I ended up on the wrong end. The four rolled and that was the end of my event.
