Hedging and Getting Past the Come Out Roll on the Don't Pass

[London Shooter]

Keep the DP the same - table min -and consider odds as a kind of halfway house between “winning nothing” on a flat $5 DP and reaching for a clean pair of Calvin Kleins at the thought of losing a $50 DP to the local 7/11 convenience store.

Yes I know people will baulk at that too - what you want me to lay $30/40just to win$15/20on the DP 4??????

But as I said on another thread recently people are risking $44 inside to win 14 on every table every day of the week.

Whichever way you cut it the bottom line is an unhedged DP (or or min DP with odds)at a level comfortable to your buyin is the way to go and will cost you a lot less in the long run.

[heavy]

But as I said on another thread recently people are risking $44 inside to win 14 on every table every day of the week.

Yep. I use that example ALL the time when talking to players about this. Often the light comes on when they think about it. That entire $44 goes away on the seven. The most you can win on any toss is $14. A $10 DP with $30 odds wins you $25 - $35 when the seven shows. Who has the better bet?

The thing about free odds is that players believe they "weaken" their flat bet. A $10 DP pays even money. A $30 free odds bet pays less, depending on the number established. These guys would rather have a $40 DP bet. However, then the hedging problem appears and ultimately it costs them more than going bare on it.

I put it down to the same mental block players have against playing $50 on the DP. It's the amount of money they could lose if the shooter makes his point. He's playing out of his dark side comfort zone.

[Dylanfreake]

Any wager that the player thinks he needs to hedge , should not be made.