6 & 8 Place Bet Presses

The following video demonstrates the pressing of Place Bets 6 & 8.

To "press" a Place Bet means to double the original bet, usually by using the payout of the bet. Doubling a Place Bet may also be referred to a "full press", as opposed to pressing by one unit. e.g. $12 pressed one unit to $18 instead of a full press from $12 to $24.

Generally, when performing a full press, the cap of the Place Bet is handed off to the player and the full amount of the payout is added to the remaining portion of the original bet.

Usually, procedures, rules or concepts are taught in absolute terms, "always" do "A" or "never" do "B". However, there is almost always an exception to the general rule. For the most common 6 & 8 Place Bet presses handing off the cap is the correct way to do it.

A good method to measure if handing off the cap is going to work is to determine if the cap is equal to the number of units of 6 in the bet. $6 divided by 6 equals 1. A $6 Place Bet does have a $1 cap, therefore, handing off the cap does work.

Generally, if the bet doubles, the cap should double too.

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