From: howard@sinoda.ultra.COM (Howard Simonson)
Subject: Re: Look, Ma , one hand!
Reply-To: howard@ultra.com
Organization: Ultra Network Technologies
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 92 19:23:54 GMT

In article <1992Jul28.202224.16974@eng.umd.edu>, moo@king.eng.umd.edu (Deac Moo of the UGC) writes:
|> In article <JACOBS.92Jul28105059@cells.cs.utah.edu>, jacobs@cs.utah.edu (Steven R Jacobs) writes:
|> 
|> >Hey, if the craps players can't handle card counting, I doubt they'd
|> >be able to remember a whole sentence.  Something simple but apropos
|> >like "What HOOTERS!" would be more fitting.  Besides, they are likely
|> >to mumble this phrase between drooling episodes anyway...
|> 
|> Heyyy, some of us are left-brained and some are right-brained. 
|> 
|> Of course, I am no-brained, but this isn't up for discussion at the moment.
|> 
|> "What hooters" may work as a pickup line for you, but women know how good I 
|> am the minute I enter the room. 
|> 
|> 			:-) 

Whoa!  The testosterone level is getting way too high in here! :)

Let's try again,  I'll start (actually Ken Kubey had some good answers).

1.  I like to stand at the last position, on either side, by the dealers.
    I admit that its rough seeing/hearing what the dice were when they're
    being thrown to the other end, but I like being right there where my
    money is when I toss it to the dealer so there's no confusion when I
    "mumble" what my bet is.  That and the fact that you're not flanked by
    two veritable chimneys of burning tobacco (just one :( ).  When are we
    going to get some no smoking craps tables like the BJ'ers have got?
    Another thing I like about the end is you get a better opportunity to
    joke with the dealer, and most of these guys are pretty animated and
    have some great stories to tell.

2.  Ken had lots of advice for pissing off dealers, is there some reason
    why you have so much experience in this area :)?, or just an active
    "imagination".  I like the idea of rolling the prop. bet around the
    table and letting them play catch.  I'd have to be *real* ticked to
    start making prop. bets, though.  Generally everyone seems to get
    annoyed when the dice go off the table, so I suppose that isn't a
    particularly good ploy.
    
    How much accuracy have players found in hitting stacks?  Sometimes
    you get a real bozo *playing* at the table, and this might be a good
    way to get'em to mosey.  Don't get me wrong, I try and be a nice guy,
    but every now and then someone shows up whose job in life seems to be
    to piss you off...

3.  Ah, now for the creative stuff, a decent codeword.  Similar to activation
    due to BJ, we should probably assign it to a low prob. number so it isn't
    being shouted every other roll.  Here are some suggestions:

    - If you're a right bettor, Presto! on an 11 roll (that you roll).
    - if you're a wrong bettor, Presto! on a 3 roll (that you roll).

    - Countersign is each rec.gambler at the table throws a buck at a prop.
      bet of they're choice and says, "One for the gambler in me."

    Hey, that could be pretty funny on a loaded table :)

    Probably sticking with Presto! is a good idea since bleary-eyed BJ'ers
    that accidently wander by the craps tables wouldn't have one-more-thing
    to remember :)
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