Remember, any bet you make the House had an edge or else they would fail to exist. HHHHHEEEEELLLLLLLLLLOOOOO grod19: There are always risks involved with taking odds. However you will lose on your pass line (or dont pass) bets. Since you are paid out at true odds over time you will break even on your odds bets. I think that LSTEFFA was trying to say that there are no risks involved with taking full odds. The more free odds one can take (or afford) the lower the house percentage. While you might like to think about playing at a place where you could have 10x or 20x odds you must remember about risk.ĬP.With FREE ODDS you have no risk.you are playing an EVEN money game with the house.the front (flat) line bet payoff even money is where the house percentage is. Harrah's is now where the old Holiday Inn used to be. The old Holiday Inn only allowed double odds. The first time I played for 5x odds was at the new Holiday Inn Hotel near the New York, New York.

The Frontier Hotel offered 10x odds at one time. I played at the Dessert Inn and they offered 3x odds. Most other Hotels downtown had double odds when I was there. Otherwise you were allowed a $1 minumum bet with double odds. Jackie Gaughn's Union Plaza Hotel had 5X odds, but, it was a $5 minimum bet. Benny Binion's Horseshoe had 10X odds and 20X odds during the month of August. HHHHHEEEEELLLLLLLLLLOOOOO LSTEFFA: That depends on how long you want to go back. Regarding your single odds wins, just think how much you would have won in a 20X free odds game. I am curious of how high the cruise casino let you exceed the table limit. On cruises I receive advance permission to raise to table max bet but they usually require min bet of $50. The old Frontier ocassionaly offered more tha double odds but they had a strike picket line out front for years which was a pain in the as* to cross. I also had some less memorable nights too.ĬP.Correct me if I am wrong but in the old Las Vegas the only casino that offered more than double odds was Bennie Binions downtown Horsehoe 10X. Back in those days I had some very good nights. I prefer the old Las Vegas were you could bet for very little and have huge odds. Neither the Dealer, Boxman, or Pit Boss said anything although they were watching carefully. I've been on cruises that the max bets were stated and I easily went over that. I started out with small bets that later went to large bets. HHHHHEEEEELLLLLLLLLLOOOOO LSTEFFA: Two of my best wins of all time came on a night of single odds.

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