Craps: The Players and the Staff

There are 3 main important staff in a craps table, the box man or the box person, the stick person and the dealers well actually its six because there are three dealers on every table on both sides of the box person. Actually there are four dealers assigned in each table but there is always one on break cause they do a rotation.

Those dealers on facing the players at the back of the table are the one's who pays if you wins and take your chips once you lost. So generally these two are responsible for tracing your bets.

The box person sitting at the center of the table will supervise everything and in his front are countless chips. He was the one who counts the money, and settles any bickering so generally he was responsible for the overall operation of the table. He would watch if the dealers will pay accordingly as well as take the losses if there is any. If the table is too crowded or has high stakes there would be box persons on every side of the table.

The third dealer is called the stick person, he literally uses a stick to move and handle dice. He was the one telling the players to bet higher and he can actually influence the players.

In craps player can reach up to eight persons that would stand on each side of the craps table. Those who would be on the 4 and 5 positions around the corner of the table are said to be on the hook. A player shouldn't be worried on what place he would be since you can take any slot as long as no one is already standing there. Else if another player leaves but has a plan to be back again, a special towel will be placed on his place that would cover the chips in order for the spot to be save.

The one who rolls the dice is called the shooter. The dice will be thrown in order to hit the back of the wall opposite the shooter at the end of the table. The dice will rotate clockwise encompassing the table so each player will be given a chance to be a shooter. Once there is a new shooter the stick person will push a different sets of dice for the new shooter to select if he wants a new pair of dice.

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