| Buy Axis Power Craps Dice |
Looking to sharpen your practice skills with regulation casino dice? Look no further. Axis Power Craps is proud to offer these beautiful 3/4 inch flush-spot, razor edge, high polished dice.
Created from an exclusive cellulose acetate formula developed to insure clarity, hardness and stability, these dice are milled to 1/10,000th of an inch and certified perfectly balanced. They are the perfect dice to take your practice sessions to the next level.
Each five-die stick is serialized and stamped with the Axis Power Craps logo. Designed with precision dice shooter practice in mind, these dice are only sold in two-stick sets containing one stick of red dice and one stick of green dice. Both sticks have matching serial numbers. Your cost? $39.99 plus $3 shipping and handling - just $42.99 total.
To pay by check or money order, send your remittance to:
Steve "Heavy" Haltom
P.O. Box 7094
Tyler, Texas 75711
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| Buy Heavy's Axis Power Craps Manual |
Axis Power Craps details five skill sets almost anyone can learn. Master these and you too can become a precision craps shooter. Order now and find out how!
Axis Power Craps includes betting strategies for every dice pre-set arrangement. Precision dice shooting works for both right-way and wrong-way play. Your package features an instructional 100 page workbook with dozens of photographs of dice pre-sets and grips. Each book comes with two shirt-pocket precision dice shooting strategy cards, as well as practice forms you can duplicate and use to record your rolls.
Axis Power Craps is just $39.95 including all shipping and handling. It is published in e-book format. You will receive the book promptly via e-mail. The dice setting strategy cards will be sent via 1st class mail. Order on-line through PayPal at this link:
If you prefer to pay by check or money order, send your remittance to:
Steve "Heavy" Haltom
P.O. Box 7094
Tyler, Texas 75711
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| The Great American Crapshoot - July 19 - 21 - in Las Vegas |
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Posted by heavy on Wednesday, May 22 @ 00:23:42 EDT (9 reads)
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 Yes, it's time once again for the Great American Crapshoot - our annual mid-Summer Las Vegas dream event featuring yours truly, the original dicesetter.com founder - Irishsetter, computer programming guru and BoneTracker developer - Maddog, and Las Vegas' legendary Dice Coach.
This weekend has so many things going on that it’s difficult to know where to start. I'll begin simply by letting you know that each "session" offered over the weekend will be menu-priced. You can sign up for as many sessions as you wish. However, in some cases we'll have two sessions going simultaneously. In the updated announcement we'll clarify exactly which ones, so you'll want to make note of that and plan appropriately.
Let's begin at the beginning. Everyone who signs on for at least one of our menu offerings will be invited out to our Friday night meet-and-greetat a Vegas brew pub/sports bar to be announced. There's no charge to join in the fun, but you will be on your own for food and beverage. We'll renew old acquaintances, swap war stories, test out the local brews and make hook-up plans for the rest of the weekend. Will live "in casino" craps sessions follow? If past experiences are any clue - you can pretty much bet on it.
Let’s start with Saturday Morning:
Group Toss Tweaks and Tune-Upswith the Main Men of Modern Dice Control - Heavy, Irishsetter, Maddog and Dice Coach. Yep, you get four coaches, a constructive critique of your toss, limited BoneTracking, and a written Toss Improvement Plan. No one else offers this type of instruction at this price. Scheduled for Saturday morning in Dice Coach’s craps pit. Tuition is $395 per person for the Saturday Morning group session. Enroll via PayPal at the following link:
On Saturday Afternoon you’ll have your choice of TWO classes:
Betting Strategies for Casino Craps with Heavy and Dice Coach. What are the best bets for fun and profit? It might surprise you! Saturday afternoon we’ll show you everything from the basics to our favorite press moves and parlays – including Don’ts and Lay betting. Have trouble communicating with the dealers? We’ll give you the exact words to say. Great for newer players and old veterans alike. If you are dissatisfied with how much you are winning at the tables, then this is the class for you. $395 per person for the Saturday afternoon group session. Sign up for Saturday's betting strategy class at the following link:
BoneTracker Basics with Irishsetter and Maddog. Do you find yourself coming up short when it comes to running Maddog’s world-class roll tracking program, Bonetracker? Then this is the class for you. Maddog and Irishsetter will show you how to set up BoneTracker according to your personal preferences. You’ll learn how to use the individual tabs, what the data means and how to interpret it. Maddog provides his BoneTracker software for free – and you’ll be among the first to receive a copy of the latest and greatest version at this class. Tuition is $129 per person in a group session. Length of the session will be determined by the number of attendees.
This class will run at the same time as the Saturday afternoon Betting Strategy Class. If you plan to sign up for this class do not sign up for the betting strategy class. Here is the enrollment link for the Saturday afternoon BoneTracker class:
Private Table Event. Want a guaranteed spot at the table when Irish, Maddog, Dice Coach and Heavy head to the tables. We'll have one "private table" event at a casino to be announced while we're in Vegas. There is a $199 fee for this planned two-hour session. Minimum table buy-in will be $300. Space at the table will be extremely limited. Sign on for this live casino session at the following link:
Saturday Discounts:
Sign up for the morning Toss Tweak/Tune Up session plus the afternoon Betting Strategy class and we’ll discount your combined tuition to $759. Sign on at the following link:
Sign up for the morning Toss Tweak/Tune Up session plus the afternoon BoneTracker Basics class and we’ll discount your combined tuition to $499. Sign on at the following link:
Saturday will be a FULL DAY! So what's up for Sunday? Try this on for size.
Sunday Sessions:
"TrendMasters," Heavy and Dice Coach's brand new Advanced Betting Strategy Class that takes you beyond charting and how-to bet, and teaches you when and how to "get in - get up - and get gone." The Sunday morning TrendMasters class begins with a live in-casino session with Heavy and Dice Coach. During this session every roll will be tracked for later review and instruction in the TrendMasters class. After the live session we’ll reconvene in Dice Coach’s craps pit, where you’ll learn to recognize exactly what is happening with the energy at the table and how to capitalize on the trend. Cost of the Sunday morning class plus the live session is $395 per person. Register at the following link:
Advanced Strategies in Dice Control with Heavy and Dice Coach. This session is open to anyone who has attended a basic dice control seminar with Heavy or Dice Coach. Attending this class would be a natural progression for anyone signing on for the TrendMaster session as well. You’ll learn how to use Dice Influencing to follow the trend. Is the table trending toward the Don’ts? Why swim up-river? Learn how to shoot from the Don’ts and win! Are players tossing short hands and making passes? Learn to snipe out points and bring them back quickly! You’ll learn Advanced Strategies for dice influencers – AND work on additional Toss Tweaks in the process. Learn how make EVERY roll count! Tuition is $395 per person for the Sunday afternoon group session. Register at the following link:
Advanced BoneTracker Strategies with Maddog and Irishsetter. While Heavy and Dice Coach are offering their TrendMaster class on Sunday morning, Irishsetter and Maddog will offer deep dive into BoneTracker and how to use it to diagnose toss issues, find alternative dice pre-sets, back-test results and improve your game through the miracle of science. Each attendee receives a copy of the latest and greatest edition of BoneTracker plus individual analysis. NOTE: Attendees will be required to submit an advanced copy of 360 rolls prior to the seminar itself. The Advanced BoneTracker Strategies session with Irishsetter and Maddog is $199 per person and includes a live in-casino session to test out your new BoneTracker Strategies in the real world. Reminder - this class will be held Sunday morning at the same time as the TrendMaster class. Sign up for Advanced BoneTracker Strategies at the following link:
Sunday Discount Deals:
Sign on for both the TrendMasters and the Advance Strategies in Dice Control classes for just $759 at the following link:
Sign on for both the Advanced Bonetracker Strategy Class and the Advanced Strategies in Dice Control class for just $499 at the following link.
Super Size your Weekend! Sign up for Saturday’s Toss Tweaks and Betting Strategy classes PLUS Sunday’s TrendMaster and Advanced Dice Control classes for just $1495. Sign up at the following link:
Sign up for Saturday Toss Tweeks and Sunday’s Advanced Dice Control classes PLUS Basic and Advanced BoneTracker Sessions for just $1095 at the following link:
Sign up for the Basic and Advanced BoneTracker Classes only for $299 at this link.
For other combinations of classes OR for couples pricing - contact Heavy direct at axispowercraps@gmail.com.
Pre-Registration is required for all sessions and space is limited. Credit Card registration is on-line via PayPal or by telephone with Dice Coach at 1-866-342-3626. If you prefer to pay by check you can mail your remittance to:
Steve Haltom
PO Box 7094
Tyler, Texas 75711
Please make checks payable to Steve "Heavy" Haltom.
Traditionally, the Great American Crapshoot has been our most popular event of the year. It's "vacation" time for many of you, making it easier for you to get away. Comps tend to be easier to come by during the "hot" months in Vegas, but it's always 72 degrees in the casino. There will be PLENTY of opportunities to hook up and play with the coaches and attendees. Sign on early to take advantage of airfare discounts.
All of the training sessions will take place at Dice Coach's craps pit in Las Vegas. Location of pre-planned group in-casino sessions will be announced at the seminar itself. We'll provide the training material and liquid refreshments while you're in the craps pit. As always, you'll be on your own for travel, accommodations, and meals. All class sizes will be limited, so your best option will be so sign on early.
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| Back to the Math - by Steve "Heavy" Haltom |
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Posted by heavy on Wednesday, May 12 @ 06:38:32 EDT (3322 reads)
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 Craps wouldn’t be a game of chance if you knew the outcome of the roll in advance. Why? By definition, the outcome of any game of chance must be uncertain. The branch of mathematics that deals with this uncertainty is called Probability.
The science of Probability was born in the seventeenth century when the Chevalier de Mere, a French nobleman who enjoyed a good gamble as much as the rest of us, began posing questions about the probable outcome of certain dice wagers to prominent mathematicians. The Chevalier had made a considerable amount of money on even money bets – wagering that the number six would be rolled at least once in four rolls of a single die. He did so well with this wager that he sought to expand upon it by wagering that if two dice were rolled the double-six would show up at least once every twenty-four rolls. Needless to say, his math failed him and he lost his money just as quickly as he won it with the single die wager.
Baffled by his misfortune, the Chevalier took his problem to the mathematician Blaise Pascal. Pascal, in turn, consulted with another mathematician, Pierre de Fermat, and the two of them solved the double-six problem and laid the foundations of the Probability branch of mathematics.
By the way, the rule of mathematics used to solve this problem was the Multiplication Rule of Independent Events. It states simply that “For independent events, the probability of all of them occurring equals the product of their individual probabilities.
Say what?
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Let’s face it. It happens to all of us. For one reason or another, skills we’ve developed at home don’t make the transition to the casino. Blame it on variance, bad luck, or something you ate for dinner - sometimes the correct craps play is no craps play. So what do you do if you’re in the casino and it’s one of “those” days? Here are my personal picks for the games you should play.
1. Sports Book. Benny Binion was once quoted as saying “Never bet on anything that eats or shits.” Try betting sports and you’ll understand why. Sports betting is an extremely tough way to grind out a small profit. Nevertheless, nationwide there are plenty of players making big bucks moving money through books. The downside? You have to do your homework. Unless, of course, you want to shell out money for a handicapping service. Of course, from an advantage players point of view that just adds to the vig. My suggestion? Invest the time to learn how to do your own handicapping. Limit play to the games where you believe you have an edge. And remember, just because you’re a Chicago fan doesn’t mean “Da Bears” are going to win Monday night. Bet with your head - not your heart.
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| Partner Play for Fun and Profit by Steve |
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Posted by heavy on Monday, October 27 @ 17:51:45 EDT (3560 reads)
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Think about it. Why do you play craps? If you’re like me you play for two reasons. First, you want to win some of that money the casino keeps in the cage. Second, you enjoy the action. It’s just a fun game, and playing with a partner is a great way to win MORE money and have MORE fun.
Let’s look at partner play from the winnings point of view. How many times have you tossed a great hand only to count your chips and discover that you didn’t make any money? It’s not unusual for a dice influencer to get so deep in the zone while tossing that they ignore their betting. Even veterans like me fall victim to this.
In a recent group hook-up in Albuquerque I decided I would put my bets on auto-pilot so I didn’t have to concern myself with them during a long hand. I told the dealer that I would be pressing every other hit, regardless of which number rolled. Throughout the afternoon I tossed several hands in the high teens and low twenties. All of them fell well short of their potential from a winnings standpoint. Oh, I won money. But I left way too much on the table. Playing a simple $5 Pass Line bet with max odds and pressing every other hit beginning with the first box number tossed, over the course of a twenty number hand I won roughly $300. But when I sevened out I had $55 invested in my line bet with odds, $50 on the four, $35 on the five, $42 on the six, $18 on the eight, $10 on the nine and $25 on the ten. My net profit for the hand - around $65. At the other end of the table one of the local players had made over $400. Had I been paying more attention to my betting and less on my throwing I might have made more profit. Then again, my shooting may have suffered when I shifted my attention to my betting.
Partner play - and I’m talking about one partner that you play with regularly - can help take this issue off the table. Why? Because when playing with a partner using a shared bankroll you can pre-plan your betting strategies to include regressions and keys to turn bets off during your hands. And in the end you can turn more profit.
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| Craps Tournament Time - by Steve ''Heavy'' Haltom |
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Posted by heavy on Sunday, August 03 @ 12:09:35 EDT (3994 reads)
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Fall has arrived, which means many players thoughts have turned to craps tournaments. And with the tournaments come the ever-present questions on the best way to play. The answer, of course, is like a lot of answers in this game. It all depends.
First let’s take a look at a typical craps tournament format. Most tournaments require entry fees ranging from $300 - $500 or more. For that entry fee the casinos usually provide you with a hotel room, all meals, a welcome reception and some sort of tournament gift.
In addition, all of the money received as entry fees is typically paid out to the winning players in the form of tournament cash prizes. That means a small local tournament can have a prize as high as $10,000, and a large casino mega-resort can offer prizes totaling $1 million or more.
Depending on how many players sign on for the tournament, there may be four or five tables running for three to four rounds. Generally, the top two players from each round advance to the next round, until the final table is filled and the competition begins for the big prize. In this type of tournament, every player who advances to the final table may receive some sort of cash prize, and the top two or three will finish in the big money.
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| The Cost of Doing Business - by Steve ''Heavy'' Haltom |
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Posted by heavy on Sunday, August 03 @ 12:02:09 EDT (3729 reads)
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Okay, don’t get me started on whatever happened to $2 a gallon gas - or $1 a gallon gas - or even .69 cent a gallon gas. I spent $80 filling up my truck last week and I have to tell you I’m still suffering from sticker shock. While I don’t normally take travel expenses into account when heading out to the casino, I’d be lying to you if I said the price of gas hasn’t impacted my travel planning of late.
What does $4.15 a gallon gas mean to your casino play? Well, for DI’s it’s all part of the cost of doing business.
I sometimes joke about my card-counting AP pals who are so cheap they bring their own bottle of water with them to the casino so they won’t have to tip the cocktail server. These guys sweat every penny and count everything they spend en route to, inside, and on the way home from the casino as a business expense. On the other hand, many of these guys are full time pros who travel the country in search of the best game. Some live in Las Vegas, where you’d think one could find a decent game, and fly to obscure Indian casinos in Mississippi to play. Why? Because that’s where the games with the best odds are. By playing the best game they maximize their winnings - and subsequently their profit. I might also mention that most of these guys are black and purple chip bettors, which means they often get things like airfare comped. There’s a lesson in there, so let’s explore it a bit.
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| Hybrid Craps Strategies - Do You or Don't You |
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Posted by heavy on Wednesday, July 23 @ 01:13:39 EDT (4648 reads)
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Hybrid Craps Strategies
by Steve "Heavy" Haltom
Every month I receive newsletters from other gaming education outfits, and it’s always interesting to read their take on the game - just as it is no doubt interesting to them to read what we have to say here on the CrapsFest website. To say we have different philosophies when it comes to betting would be an understatement.
Take, for instance, their system that combines the Doey-Don’t with the Five Count. It calls for the player to make consecutive Pass/Don’t Pass and Come/Don’t Come wagers until the player has five bets established. Then the player takes odds on all of the Come bets and collects as the numbers repeat.
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| Focus on the Fundamentals - by Steve ''Heavy'' Haltom |
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Posted by heavy on Saturday, March 08 @ 00:07:54 EST (4755 reads)
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At least once a week I hear my daughter's karate instructor tell the class to “focus on basic punches, basic kicks, and kata.” It's the same sort of speech we used to get when I played high school football. “Focus on basic running, blocking and tackling.” In both cases the coaches were talking about fundamentals - something very few craps players spend a lot of time on. Why? Because they'd rather be comfortable losers than have to work at a win. And believe me, sticking to the fundamentals is not a lot of fun.
Don’t get me wrong. Most of us who attempt to influence the dice work on our grips and tosses. But when was the last time you really sat down and looked at your betting strategy? When was the last time you gave money management a second thought? And what about that discipline thing nobody wants to talk about? Yeah. That’s what I thought. And with those thoughts in mind let’s borrow heavily from the wisdom of my friend John Patrick and talk about what it takes to win.
1. Knowledge of the game. One of the silliest questions I hear people ask at the craps table is “How do you play this game?” Standing at the table with your hard-earned cash at risk is not the time to learn. Before placing your first bet you should have mastered all of the basic rules of the game, understand the terminology, have a working knowledge of the correct odds and pay-off, and be comfortable with both the pass and don’t pass sides of the game. To that end, you should read some of the top books on the game - including Scarne on Dice, Sam Grafstein's The Dice Doctor, and John Patrick's Advanced Craps. Explore the game on the internet through forums like ours and through "play for fun" sites and downloads such as WinCraps. Once you feel you have a good command of the game - head to the casino the try it out. But be sure you have a good command of the other seven tools of the trade.
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| Join Heavy's Axis Power Craps |
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| Axis Power Craps Seminar on DVD! |
Heavy's Axis Power Craps Dice Control Seminar is now available on DVD!
This is the breakthrough video that sent the competition back to the drawing board. The first professionally produced DVD demonstrating the mechanics of a controlled dice shot, the program is available in both a Limited and a Full Version.
The Limited Version of the DVD includes the portion of the seminar that deals specifically with the mechanics of the grip and toss, along with roughly twenty minutes of tossing and coaching live at the craps table. Running time is approximately forty minutes. Order the limited version via PayPal now for just $89.00 plus shipping and handling. US customers add $4 shipping and handling. Canadian customers add $6 shipping and handling.
The Full Version contains all of the above - and more. Almost three hours of player education featuring the best dice sets, grips, tosses, and more. In addition, we cover betting strategies, money management, discipline, focus, the mental edge, and playing the comp game to win. You''ll also receive the e-versions of the seminar workbook, handouts, and strategy cards as an added bonus. Order the Full version via PayPal below for just $189.00 plus shipping and handling. US customers add $6 shipping and handling. Canadian customers add $11 shipping and handling.
The Axis Power Craps Clinic on DVD - it's the next best thing to being there! |
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| Book Your Private Event With Heavy |
Heavy is available for small private group seminars in Las Vegas, Tunica, and Biloxi.
You'll receive an advance copy of Heavy's Axis Power Craps Seminar on DVD and all of the related training material. Then, at the seminar you'll have Heavy's undivided attention for two full days.
Friday evening you will meet Heavy and take a casino walk, learning about the tables we prefer and why. If conditions are favorable you may play a brief live casino session together. Then you will be on your own to enjoy the amenities of your casino resort.
Saturday morning we will hit the dealer school for a full day of toss training and betting strategy review. You'll learn the sets and the bets that will get the money, then put it all together in a live practice session. Can you out-shoot Heavy? Who knows? By the end of the session, maybe you will.
Saturday evening, casino conditions permitting, you will play a live session, followed by a review of your play and ways you might improve on it. After that you'll be on your own for the evening. But don't stay up playing all night. Sunday is a full day.
Sunday morning begins with an early-bird in-casino session. Afterward we'll take a break and review your BoneTracker results for the weekend. We'll even custom-design a "personal" dice pre-set arrangement for you. Then you'll play one more live session with Heavy
All in all, you'll have around 18 hours of face time and table time with the big guy - including at least three live casino sessions.
Sign on with three of you friends and the cost per person for this exciting private weekend is $1000 less than you'd pay for our overpriced competitor's group classes. The maximum class size is eight students. Pay just $3295 for up to eight players. That works out to as little as $412 per person for eight players.
Reservations must be made and pre-paid a minimum of thirty days in advance. For more information contact Heavy direct at:
axispowercraps@gmail.com or telephone 1-888-YO-HEAVY. |
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