Are you a superstitious person? You know, the type of person who will not open an umbrella inside a house, will not step below a ladder and has to whirl around three times after stepping over a crack in the cement?
Here is a number of the more familiar craps beliefs assembled by some of the great craps players. By the way, they believe in most of this crazyness too!
one. If the stickman changes, in the middle of a roll, a seven will be next.
2. If a cocktail server approaches the table, a seven will follow.
3. If the pair of dice being tossed hits somebody’s chips, a seven is probable.
four. If the pair of dice being tossed impacts the glass, a 7 will appear.
5. If there’s too much talking among the croupiers, habitual sevens.
six. If the pair of dice are tossed from the table, 7 is going to be the next number.
seven. If a new pair of dice are asked for, 7 is certain to follow.
eight. If anybody yells out the number "seven", a seven will surely be next.
All of this might just sound like a whole lot of nothing to you but now and then you can be involved in an active game where the dice are passing a little too frequently. If you keep an eye out, you’ll realize that many of the folklores are, in reality, occurring.
You’ll see that the stickman is substituted a little too frequently, that rather than of 1 drink attendant, the table now has two hostesses bringing drinks and many other strange happenings that ultimately mean a seven is bound to be rolled by the hurler.
Remember, you can always bring your wagers down and delay until the following hurler. You can also turn your wagers off, but if you do, do not turn them back on, especially given that if you do… a seven will be next!
January 27th, 2010
Bernard