I did something different the other day with some promo chips. I had $50 of free play and decided to take the free play in $5 promo chips instead of a $50 ticket for video poker.

I went to the card craps game with this strategy:

Bet $5 on the pass line and $5 on the Fire Bet and hope a shooter would get hot.

It turns out that the position that was open on the table was two positions from the current shooter.

I did not make a bet when the current shooter held the dice -- that would be poor dice etiquette. I waited for a pass or a 7-out before making a bet. the shooter threw another number and then 7 out.

The dice went to the player on my immediate right. I placed a promo chip on the pass line and a promo chip on the Fire Bet. At Rincon promo chips can be used on any bet -- and not just on even-money bets.

The shooter established a point and next roll was a seven out.

I had $40 of promo chips remaining and placed $5 on the passline and a $5 Fire Bet.

My first roll was a come-out winner 7. A "live" $5 chip was paid to me on the passline but the dealer removed the promo chip. At Rincon promo chips are like "front money" and you do not keep them after they win.

I had $30 in promo chips remaining and placed one on the passline. I rolled again. Another winner 7 and again a "live" chip was paid and the promo chip was taken.

I put another promo chip on the passline.

Well... to make a long story short, I had a craps on one come out roll and made six more passes -- but only three numbers which were the 6, 10 and 4. I made the 10 twice and the four three times and I was working on the four for a fourth time (yes all those 4s) when I sevened out. And I ran out of promo chips and at the end I had live chips on the passline.

I converted the $50 of promo chips into only $25 of live chips that I took to the cage. Too bad that you don't keep the promo chips that won -- because I actually would have won some money instead of having the promo chips going back to the casino.