Setting logically when making smart bets will set you apart from the random shooters.
Too often, when your shooting has gone bad or you are in a slump, you succumb to the advice of others. That advice could be to change your set, grip, toss, speed and even shooting position. For now let’s just analyze the set.
A lot of shooters use the same set for the come-out and the point. The most common being the hard-way set. The way the hard-way set is made up, you have a pair of two’s, three’s, four’s and fives on the four sides of the dice. The set is derived from the all sevens set. Both sets have an expectancy of four sevens. Not good except for using the all sevens set for the come-out.
With the hard-way set you only have one way to make a four, six, eight or ten hard-way number while those four expected sevens are a threat. Setting for a hard-way doesn’t appeal to me at one chance in thirty-six of making your hard-way number. Now if your point is a hard-way number, why would you want to use a set allowing you only one primary possibility? Let’s not forget that our goal is to keep the dice on axis. When we are keeping the dice on axis, we want to have two opportunities to make our point no matter what the point is.
Using the V-3 gives you two primary chances of making a six or eight when your toss is on axis. The V-2 will give you two primary chances of making the four or ten when your throw is on axis. If you are hitting your primary numbers and your point is five or nine, you might try setting for them to hit when you are throwing a good on axis toss.
If you are in a betting position with all the inside numbers covered, you might try setting the V-3 and rotating the six ¼ turn forward so that the six is on top with the three.
With an on axis toss you will have a good chance to throw a five, six, eight or nine with one of the four inside numbers on each side of the dice. The beauty of these sets is they have only two expected sevens.
Use the set that will give you the best results and when it is working, don’t change. It’s a stacked game against us and we need all the help we can get. Set logically and bet smart.
Charlie009
Copyright 2008
