Prop Bets

[joshman1204]

I tried searchig for some prop bets to use at the 4/8 tables but couldnt find any. Can someone give me some of their favorite bets that can be used at a poker table, such as betting someone one chip that the next flop will have a 2,3, or 4 in it or something like that. Also do casinos or the other players at the table care if you are making prop bets with the players next to you?

[Evan]

GoT and I came up with this one in Vegas and it was a lot of fun.

-Each person picks a color (red/black)
-If the flop is majority your color you win $1
-If the flop is all your color you win $5
-If the whole board is your color (must see the river) you win $15
-If someone involved in the bet wins a pot, the bets double for the next hand


I managed to lose $75 to that punk in one orbit with this game. Fun times.

[joshman1204]

I am assuming this is a 50/50 bet so it wouldnt really be worthwile if you were using this to try to make some money of people that just wanted to gambooool. Sounds like one hell of a fun bet with friends though, I can think of a super magoo version where you have to take a shot if the flop is all your color and maybe a few more if the whole board is your color. Anyone have anyother bets to make whiel grinding out a low limit session?

[Evan]

Oh, I assumed you wanted 0 EV bets. I pretty much only do stuff like this w/ friends (although one other guy in Vegas did join me and GoT) and I don't have any friends stupid enough to take bets where they're losing EV.

[joshman1204]

Yea I was looking for bets that some gamboooling tourist would take. There was one on here a few months ago about betting wether the flop would have a 2,3,4 or in it but I dont remember any others.

[wstaffor]

Havent played in Vegas, but at Harrah's here in New Orleans, side/prop bets liek that are strictly forbidden.

[joshman1204]

anyone know how vegas casino handle these kind of bets? I hear tons of people talking about making stupid bets with friends so it makes me think it is allowed but I could be wrong.

[pokerjo22]

Just make sure you're betting that a 2, 3 or 4 WILL flop.

2, 3 or 4 (assuming you don't hold one) will roughly occur on 36/50 flops, or 72% of the time.

[joshman1204]

yea I love this bet cause unless you have a clue it sounds like it would be a good bet to make. The last person that I made this bet with told me that he had to take the bet cause I only had 3 cards so I was a huge dog [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Are there any others like this that work well?

[Evan]

It's totally fine in Vegas. The dealers/rest of the table actually got pretty into it when we were doing it because we spent more time cheering for colors than playing hands.