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$22 Split Craps System: Place and Don’t Come Risk

Sam Originally published Updated

Place 6/8 · Two Don’t Come entries · Box versus traveled risk

The $22 Split combines $6 Place bets on 6 and 8 with two planned $5 Don’t Come bets. The nominal total is $22, but the two DC entries occur on separate rolls and may win, lose, push, or travel before the intended four-position layout exists.

It is a staged mixed position, not a fixed $22 hedge

A new DC loses to 7 while the Place 6/8 bets also lose. Only after the DC travels does 7 become its winning result. Adding lay Odds behind 4/10 can push exposure far above the title amount.

Contributor sequence

  1. Wait for a Pass Line point.
  2. Place $6 on 6 and $6 on 8.
  3. Make one $5 Don’t Come bet.
  4. After that bet resolves or travels, make a second $5 DC if the total exposure remains acceptable.
  5. If 6 or 8 hits, collect $7 and remove both Place bets.
  6. Leave any traveled DC positions to resolve for the life of the hand.
  7. If a DC is behind 4 or 10, optionally lay a predetermined amount of Odds—not an undefined “full Odds” amount.

What can happen to each $5 DC

Possible first-roll results after a Don’t Come entry under bar-12 rules.
First roll after DC entryCombinationsResult
2 or 33Wins $5
7 or 118Loses $5
121Pushes under bar-12 rules
4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 1024Travels behind the number

A traveled DC wins if 7 arrives before its number. But the roll used to place the second DC can also knock off the first traveled DC, win the Place 6/8, or resolve the Pass point. The positions cannot be evaluated as four static bets.

Exposure examples

Flat-bet and possible Odds exposure through the $22 Split sequence.
StateFlat exposureAdditional Odds liability
Place 6/8 only$12$0
Place 6/8 + one DC$17None until DC travels
Place 6/8 + two DCs$22Depends on both numbers
After Place bets removed$5–$10 in DC flatsCan exceed flat amount substantially

Rules needed before play

  • Is a DC that travels to 6 or 8 allowed alongside the Place bet?
  • Does one Place hit remove both 6 and 8 immediately?
  • What fixed Odds liability is allowed behind 4/10?
  • What happens if the Pass point resolves between DC entries?
  • Are traveled DC Odds working on the next come-out?

When the Don’t Come travels to a Place number

Assume a $6 Place 6 and a $5 Don’t Come wager that travels behind 6. If 6 repeats before 7, the Place bet wins $7 while the $5 Don’t Come flat loses, for a +$2 immediate change before any other wagers. If 7 arrives first, the Place bet loses $6 while the Don’t Come flat wins $5, for −$1 before lay Odds.

Those positions partly offset each other, but they do not create a free hedge. Other Come-out outcomes, lay-Odds size, working status, and the timing of the second Don’t Come entry can change the cash flow. Write each live wager and its point before calling the setup complete.

Review the Don’t Come phases, 3-Point Molly Don’t, and Place 6/8 payouts.

Reviewed by Sam: The original $22 split is worth preserving as a compact mixed-bet exercise, provided the reader sees that DC timing and lay Odds can make the real exposure much larger.

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