Craps is one of the most exciting and competitive games in the house. It’s a game that pits player against player in a bid to out-match other players. To determine the best Craps players in the world, one has to put these folks together in a world-class event and see who has the guts to outmuscle, outplay and outlast the others. A really famous world-class Craps event is the $100,000 tournament held at the Las Vegas Hilton.
The Captain of Craps
When it comes to listing the greatest Craps player of all time, there is no greater player to have graced the Craps tables than Stanley Fujitake. He was dubbed the man with the ‘golden arm,’ the ‘Captain of Craps’ and the legend of Atlantic City. Not only did Stanley figure out ways to beat the Craps game with controlled shooting, or in his words ‘rhythmic rolling’- but he applied his technique time and again to record massive victories over casinos for a period of thirty years.
Many Craps players have tried to wrest the initiative away from Stanley, only to have their thunder stolen back by the man himself. And this legend of the Craps tables – Stanley Fujitake –won many millions of dollars rolling like an absolute champion. In 1989 he rolled the most devastating Craps roll in history. His 118 rolls lasted 3 hours and 6 minutes and the loss to the California casino was catastrophic. He passed away at the age of 77 in the year 2000.
Wildly popular Craps players and authors
When players think of Craps experts, there is no bigger name than Frank Scoblete. Frank is the author of scores of books – over a dozen – and he has co-authored many more. His introductory gaming book, Beat the Craps out of the Casinos was an international best-seller. And with the success of that book came the rising star of Frank Scoblete. Another massively popular Craps player and celebrity was Sharpshooter. This popular dice controller co-wrote a best seller with Frank Scoblete – Get the Edge at Craps: How to Control the Dice!
There are many famous Craps players and each one of them has massive presence, charisma and style. A Craps expert with larger-than-life presence is Larry Edell. His contemporaries include Jerry Patterson, the Dominator, Arman, Pirim Jerry Stich, Billy the Kidd, Street Dog, Doc Holliday, Alene Paone, John Grochowski, Strikeman, Henry Tamburin, Jake from Pitt, John Patrick, Bill Burton, Edwin Silberstang, Edward Porter and J. Edward Allen.
