There’s a tremendous amount of sexual innuendo at craps. He calls for “hops, props, hardways, high-lows, yos, horns and worlds.” Then he pushes a selection of dice to the next shooter and says something like, “pick a pair and bounce ‘em off the alligator on the other end.” Tell the dealer you want to place the six and eight and he may respond “steak and eggs.” The stick person, the guy or gal who does most of the talking for the house, fulfills the roll of a carnival barker, hawking the high vig bets on the table. It’s something you have to live to really learn. And since language is a living thing that change and evolves over the years, no one person can ever teach you to be fluent in it. The first time you step up to a craps table you may feel like you have entered a foreign land – a place where people speak in a language that only they understand.
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