"96 across please."
My advise - get a hot girl to roll for you and only wager what you can afford to loose.
That being said - I always go with a limit. Your limit depends on you but don't be stupid until you're way up.
My personal method has me playing conservatively until I am up comfortably. I play the odds on the pass line and I play 6 & 8. I play the minimum until the bet is paid for twice or until the point is hit. Once the 6 or 8 has paid twice I parlay every other hit. For fun I place a buck on hard ways here and there - my favorite is hard 8. One the come out roll you can hedge your bet with a $1 crap check - if it's a good roll you only loose a buck but if it's a bad roll you win $1 (assuming a $5 table).
I usually start a table with $40 and once I'm up to $140 with this method two things happen. I've had a good time and I walk away. I go spend $100 bucks on something fun in vegas and then I hit the table again. On a good weekend I've come away paying for the trip and on a bad weekend I've had a good time in vegas.
Your mileage may vary.
Books about craps tend to be crap but at least the teach you some of the odds.
Stay away from any bet that is not on the line or a number bet. Big six & Eight are rip offs that some casinos don't insult their clients with. Field bets are sucker bets; playing the don't is just plain rough but if you win you win huge.
Craps is fun; so I always look at it as paying to play. The key to anything "bad" like drinking and gambling or driving fast is to know your limits. If you're not living on the edge you're taking up too much space.
Enjoy!
