The bets for the dealer

[LetsPlayCraps]

I thought I asked before but can't find the thread.
If wanting to bet $3 on the CE for me and for the dealers for a total of a $6 bet, is that a "$3 CE two way" or a "$6 CE two way"?
Couldn't remember if you call the bet amount for each ($3) or the total bet amount ($6)?

[220Inside]

I would just toss out $6 and say Two Way CE. They'll figure it out.

[LetsPlayCraps]

Yeah, but usually after a buy-in you don't have any $1 chips.
If I toss them 2x$5 and say $6 2-way, I don't want them to say toss another $5 chip since it is really $12 and not $6 because the terminology is wrong.

[220Inside]

Ask for $1 chips as part of your buy in. I've adopted Heavy's line of telling the dealer I need some $1 chips for dealer bets. That gets you off on the right foot with them right off the bat.

[r_ventura_23]

Ask for $1 chips as part of your buy in. I've adopted Heavy's line of telling the dealer I need some $1 chips for dealer bets. That gets you off on the right foot with them right off the bat.

This.

[LetsPlayCraps]

Got it, thanks, but still interested in the official/proper terminology if a $3 bet for myself and the dealer is considered a $3 2 way or a $6 2 way.

[pappyvanwinkle]

I wouldn't worry too much about semantics, it's never universal, for example, your $6 two way, there are some players who actually mean $6 for you and $6 for the dealers. The dealers will clarify what you want when setting up the bet, after once or twice asking you about the bet for a few rolls, they'll know exactly how you want it. But in your example, you could toss in two red chips and say $3 two way, but t I'll still ask you, until they've seen you make that same bet consistently.

[LetsPlayCraps]

...it's never universal....

This is sort of why I was asking and makes sense.
I have placed bets in what seems various ways and yes, they do figure it out.
I thought there was a "universal" language but then craps is a unique game.

[heavy]

"Two dollar short horn for the dealers." That way they pick up .50 cents on the Yo and you save a buck.