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How Do You Hit & Run??

Discussion in 'Casino Gaming' started by Char1, Feb 19, 2016.

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  1. Char1

    Char1 VIP Whale

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    When you are in the mood to Hit & Run in hopes of a quick hit what game do you play?

    I'll place $100 on Red on Roulette.


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  2. NotFromConcentrate

    NotFromConcentrate It’s a Cassowary :)

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    My personal favourite is free bet blackjack. You still have a close to 50/50 shot as you would in regular blackjack - and you get to benefit from splitting/doubling without having to put up any extra money, to get more than a 100% possible return. Of course, you also benefit from not having to put up another big bet for hands you have to split/double on.

    If not that, then banker hand on baccarat.
     
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  3. topcard

    topcard Here's to $10 3:2 two-deck, $5 Craps, and $5 UTH!

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    ...unless you get a soft-double against a dealer 6... (eg - Ace-6 versus dealer 6)... :)

    ...but that said, I would go with freebet as well...or a 'blind' UTH hand of $100 ($15 ante/blind, $10 Trips, & $60 on play (in the blind).

    Edit-to-add: With UTH, as a 'single-event' hit-and-run bet, your odds of winning at least $35 on your $100 wager is exactly 50/50. Does any other casino wager offer that?
     
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    100 on black or odd in roulette, if I lose then 200 on one of those. if I lose then 400 on one of those, if I lose then 800 on one of those. if I win then im up a quick 100 and if I lose im down a quick 1500 and not in a very good mood.

    But you NEVER lose 4 in a row right??
     
  5. DDB

    DDB Low-Roller

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    $5 Bonus Deluxe VP - $2000 for any quad.
     
  6. bdautch

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    I'm a carny whore. I'll either put two $25 chips on the jokers of that Big Money Wheel thing that has a horrible house edge, or I'll take 2 and 12 for one roll on the craps table.

    And by carny whore, I just meant that I'm a sucker for games that I know pay bad odds. I'm not, like, the official prostitute of a carnival or something like that.
     
  7. NotFromConcentrate

    NotFromConcentrate It’s a Cassowary :)

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    Ah, a basic strategy perfectionist :)

    Your odds are so good on such a hand it's worth putting up the extra $$$ in my opinion, even if you're doubling for less. Second-worst that can happen is dealer gets 22 and you push. Worst that can happen is you lose.
     
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    topcard Here's to $10 3:2 two-deck, $5 Craps, and $5 UTH!

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    I agree. I still do all of my soft-doubles when playing freebet... I'm funny like that.
     
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  9. NotFromConcentrate

    NotFromConcentrate It’s a Cassowary :)

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    There's really no shame in doing this, IMO. "Bad odds" bets pay well because they're bad odds. They discourage the strategic gambler because they're thinking in terms of "If I play 100 rounds this outcome will only happen x amount of times, so it's a bad bet to play". The fact is, 2 and 12 will come up in craps, joker will come up on big six, 00 will come up on roulette, and suited 777 will come up on Spanish 21. Having a shot at the big payout is kind of like buying a lottery ticket - if you don't get it, you don't sweat it - and if you get it, you'll be well thankful.
     
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    And it's really the last bet I place in the casino. For instance, I was recently ahead by $650. So I put the $50 on 2 and 12. A 3 was rolled. Oh well...I walked away six bills to the good and didn't look back.
     
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    JoastTheMost Low-Roller

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    I'll admit, I've hit & run HARD in poker twice in my life. Usually I'll wait around for an extra half-hour or so after a monster win, but there were definitely two times in my memory where I pulled in a huge pot and left within 5 hands. Something about winning a huge pot changes the way I feel or look at the game. I feel bad, but it's whatever. They'll get over it, right?
     
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    I've done a few $200 hands of BJ, won both and walked. Have also done a $400 Roulette hit and run. That one had me sweating pretty good and that's my biggest bet to date. I won that and left right away.
     
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    $100 on the field at the craps table.

    Last time in Vegas I was at a table at MC and a guy walked straight up and put $1000 on the field... did this 3 times straight and won all 3. Walked away with $3000 in about 2 minutes. That's clean living I guess!
     
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    Craps- Buy the 4 or 10 for one or two hundred. If it hits pay the vig and let it ride until it wins or loses. The first time I did this I bet $200 and it hit the first leg but lost after a few rolls.

    I won on two other times betting one hundred, walking away with $600 and $700 after staying one shooter too long.
     
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    Uh-oh, now I have two new ways to swing for the fences....

    To me a "hit and run" is more like when you play a game for a bit then you hit a good streak or a big payout and then leave shortly after. What you're talking about in this thread is committing some cash to one decision in order to hit a big payoff. Or what I would call "swinging for the fences." I've done the $100 on black thing a couple times. One once, lost once.

    Last trip I decided to take $200 and do a series of these bets in my favorite games. I did two hands of $5 VP for $25 each, won $50 for a base hit, then I did two $10 pulls of a slot machine, whiffed both, then two $25 hands of BJ, swing and a miss, then on to craps for the hard 6 and 8 for $15 each, gone in a heartbeat, then finally did two spins of roulette with $5 on each of 5 numbers, hit one number on the second spin! So all in all I lost $20 bucks... but had fun doing it. :drunk:

    Next time!
     
  16. Char1

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    Ah, thanks for the new ideas.
     
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    I hit and run on Top Dollar machines when the mood strikes me. I find a bank of them then will play until I hit the bonus and move on to the next one. I've not hit any big wins (except when I dropped a hundy into a $5 machine and pulled $500 off the bonus), but I do like to see when I can get Top Dollar symbol lined up on several machines that are side by side.
     
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    Quarter on each 17, and its splits 16 and 18 and one on the street

    Boom, 17
     
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    I like the idea of all the top dollar symbols lined up!!
     
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