John Patrick's Craps: Walk Out a Winner!In this comprehensive guide, John Patrick provides beginners and experts alike with specific, easy-to-learn approaches to mastering the complexities of the craps table. John Patrick's Craps covers the Big 4 - Bankroll, Knowledge, Money Management and Discipline, the keys of his winning program - and how to master and use them to become a consistent winner. In his unique, easy-going style, Patrick walks readers through the right moves for every situation in craps as well as the most common mistakes players make, which cost them their winnings. |
Contents
So You Wanna Be a Gambler | 1 |
The Big 4 | 4 |
Little 3 | 5 |
Need | 7 |
Vigorish | 10 |
Craps Terms | 14 |
Summary on Introduction | 17 |
Bankroll What Is It? | 19 |
1234 System | 166 |
Follow the Trend | 168 |
Variations for the Trend | 171 |
Forcing the Bet | 174 |
Reading the People | 176 |
Field Place System | 178 |
Six and Eight System | 182 |
Regression System | 186 |
Bankroll How Important Is It? | 21 |
Loss Limits | 24 |
Win Goals | 27 |
Wrapping Up Bankroll | 30 |
KNOWLEDGE OF THE GAME 1 What Is Knowledge? | 31 |
Bank Craps | 33 |
The LayOut | 35 |
Dealers and Pit Bosses | 38 |
The BuyIn | 43 |
The Game | 45 |
Pass Line | 51 |
Free Odds | 53 |
Double Odds | 57 |
ThreeUnit Bet | 59 |
Come Bets | 60 |
Place Bets | 65 |
Place Bets vs Come Bets | 71 |
Dont Pass | 74 |
Odds on the Dont | 77 |
Theory on Laying Odds | 81 |
Double Odds on the Dont | 83 |
Dont Come | 85 |
Buying the Number | 90 |
Laying Against the Number | 93 |
Field Bets | 95 |
Big 6 and Big 8 | 97 |
Proposition Bets | 100 |
Any Seven | 102 |
Any Craps | 103 |
ThreeWay Craps | 106 |
Yo | 109 |
Horn Bet | 112 |
Hopping | 114 |
Hard Way Bets | 115 |
Wrapping Up Proposition Bets | 121 |
Summary on Knowledge | 123 |
MONEY MANAGEMENT | 124 |
Money ManagementWhat Is It? | 125 |
Sessions | 127 |
The Series | 131 |
Systems in Craps | 133 |
Basic Right Betting | 135 |
Betting Progression for Place Numbers | 139 |
Aggressive Place Betting | 145 |
Superaggressive | 149 |
Comment on Right Betting Method | 155 |
Come System | 157 |
Single Bet | 160 |
Pass Line Control | 162 |
Up and Pull | 190 |
Martingale System | 193 |
Summarizing the Right Side | 195 |
Simple Dont Pass | 196 |
Three Number Dont | 199 |
Aggressive Dont Betting | 203 |
Advanced TwoUnit Dont | 206 |
Choosing a Method | 208 |
Removing Your Bet | 210 |
OffSetting the Dont Six and Eight | 212 |
Accepting the Small Return | 216 |
The Dont Bettor | 218 |
The Hedge Bettor | 220 |
41 No Ten | 224 |
The Simple Hedge | 227 |
The Double Hedge | 231 |
Extended Hedges | 236 |
The Patrick System | 238 |
The Patrick SystemStep Two | 241 |
Theory of the Patrick System | 243 |
Two and Three Unit Bets Patrick System | 246 |
Using the 7 Both Ways | 248 |
Trends and the Patrick System | 250 |
Hedging the Trend Patrick System | 254 |
Synopsis of the Patrick System | 256 |
You and Money Management | 259 |
Wrapping Up Money Management | 263 |
DisciplineWhat Is It? | 265 |
Discipline and the Dentist | 268 |
How Do You Walk? | 270 |
The Casinos and Discipline | 272 |
The Set Amount | 276 |
The Professional Gambler | 278 |
The Big Shot | 282 |
Charting a Table | 285 |
Learning How to Win | 287 |
The Author and Discipline | 290 |
The Name of the Game | 292 |
Wrapping Up Discipline | 295 |
ODDS AND ENDS 1 Tipping | 297 |
Comps | 303 |
Etiquette | 309 |
Crooked Dice | 312 |
Luck in a Casino | 315 |
Streaks | 317 |
Intimidation | 319 |
The Ultimate Goal | 323 |
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