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. John Patrick in his book, John Patrick's Advanced Craps, writes: 'Seventy percent of craps players get ahead at one point or another in their casino visits. Of that seventy percent, ninety percent give back their winnings. If you're a novice, start with something like John's, Craps For The Clueless, and once you understand how the game is played, the natural progression would be, John Patrick's Craps, and then this book, Advanced Craps. This is the best book I've read on craps, and one of the best books ever written on casino gambling. Today, one can't talk about craps without mentioning John Patrick. Since the 1980s, Patrick has published a dozen books on the game, establishing himself as the most prolific craps expert of all time.
The Doey-Don't and the Patrick Systemcopyright 2011 by Stephen Haltom - All Rights Reserved
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I thought I'd tackle the task of explaining the Doey-Don't, a strategy touted by the famous gaming author Frank Scoblete - and the Patrick System, which is essentially the flip side of the Doey-Don't as taught by John Patrick.
Both of these strategies call for the player to make simultaneous Pass and Don't Pass - then Come and Don't Come bets. The idea is to protect the Pass and Come bets from the craps numbers and to protect the Don't Pass and Don't Come bets from the seven and eleven. Once the bets are established you take or lay odds. Scoblete suggests taking odds - Patrick opts for laying odds. Obviously Patrick is the smarter of the two writers, since the Don't bets have a fractional advantage over the Do's. This should come as no surprise to those of you who have followed Scoblete's work through the years. Math is clearly not one of his stronger suits. The best thing I can say about these systems is that they focus on low vig bets. As you have no doubt noted, the 12 will lose the pass bet and push the don't pass on the come out roll, and this is where the house edge is. Try calculating the house edge on these bets you will llikely come up with a 2.82% edge on the combined bets. But you have to remember you're making two bets and divide that 2.82 by 2 to get the real answer - a 1.41% house edge. Yeah, that's the same edge you'd come up with if making these bets by themselves. The house edge is the same, but you are putting additional money into play. And that is the rub.
Let's look at it another way to help with the math a bit. Assume you and your playing partner are playing the Doey Don't together. Some players actually do this to build comp credit. On one end of the table you're makind $100 Pass Line bets and taking odds. On the other end your partner is playing $100 Don't bets and Laying odds. By making two bets you are increasing the overall house edge. Each bet should lose $1.41 for every $100 wagered. $1.41 plus $1.41 equals $2.82 lost for every $100 wagered. But individually the two players only face a 1.41% house edge.