This week I made a rare weekday run to AC.  This, to the best of my recollection is how things went:

The weather was better than it had been so I decided to head over to the Boardwalk rather than the Marina District as is my usual routine.
I parked at Revel and did a once around the casino. The place was dead. As beautiful as this place is, for some reason I just do not get the right vibe here. I decided not to play here so I walked out to the boards and headed to the other joints.
I headed all the way up to the the properties owned by "The Emperor’s" Corporation. Boy have thay let the cowboy themed place go to hell. It is really disgraceful. Crossed over into the nicest of their three attached properties.  Walked around a little thought about Pai Gow Poker but then decided to head over to the craps tables. There was a decent amount of people playing.  I watched for a bit, it was up and down, actually mostly down. When the space one over from the stick departed I took his spot.
When I got my chips the dice were two spots over from me. Both players did nothing with their rolls.
The dice come to me and as some of you know for the last few years I have had a problem with my hand. I have very little feeling (numbness, tingling sometimes pain) in the tips of the fingers of my right (shooting hand). It actually hurts now as I type. I been to doctors and had tons of test. Nothing serious was found (Thank God)  so they called it idiopathic neuropathy which in lay mans terms means that they do not know the cause and it ain’t gonna kill me so live with it (LOL) Anyway as you may suspect this effects my dice shooting. Afterall if you can not feel the dice it is difficult to get a good shot. To compensate for this I developed my own grip, I call it "The Cage" . What is "The Cage" you ask?  Well… it is…Thumb at rear of dice where they meet, Middle fingers front of dice . Nothing unusual there,  the difference is I use the index finger and the pinkey on the outside to secure the dice. This is done with just a slight pressure. Is it the optimial grip? Probably not but, it is what I am used to so for me it the only choice.
Okay, back to the craps table. Looking down the table I see there is a Don’t Pass Player betting Green Chips at the hook. 
The dice come to me and I do my usual comeout of the All 7’s set.  First toss  is a 7 "Winner Pay the line".
Next Toss is a 7  "Winner pay the line". Hmmm this is encouraging I think.
Third Toss 11 "Winner Pay the Line" OK lucky roll but a win is a win 🙂
Dice come back to me. I look down the table and my eyes meet the Don’t Player, he looks like he daring me to do it again. I pick up the dice, I tell myself OK another come out 7 I can do this , I can do this, Come on Seven I think as the dice leave my hand before I see the face of the dice I hear. "3 Craps".  I look at the Don’t player he has a smirk on his face.
Dice come back. Lets try this again I think.
Coming out again. I set and give the dice a toss it is a 4 and a 2 for a 6
OK I need a six I am silently saying over and over to myself
This Don’t player is at the end of the table staring at me. He is  is getting into my head. I have to concentrate.
 Let Me have the 5 and the 8 I say pushing my chips towards the dealer.
I set for the hardways
I pick up the dice, set the Hardways set and toss the cubes down the table they come to rest on  4 and 4.  "Eight! Hard Eight! The stickan bellows. .
Press The eight and give me a two-way hard six I sat tossing my chips towards the stickman
I toss a few numbers, I think I had a hard four in there and some garbage.
Okay concentrate I tell myself. Dealer pushes the dice over. I am about to reach for them and I see the Don’t Playerhe has chips on the Don’t Come and he is smirking. As revenge I make a Come Bet
I toss the dice it is a five and four. I toss out chips and take odds on the nine.
Next toss is my miracle toss as I come right back with the five and four. I collect my bet
I am feeling hot so I toss some chips to the stick give me the hard eight and add to my hard six.
I pick up the dice and toss them it is a 5 and  5 "Ten, Ten Hard" the dealers states. 
Arrrrrggg, I did not have than. I am pissed.
I am more pissed because I see the Don’t guys has another Don’t Come bet out there.
I toss out some more chips, "I want to buy the 4 and the ten" I tell the dealer.  He places the chips on the numbers and put the little "BUY" lammer on top.
Next toss 6 and 4.  I am thinking that the negative Juju of the Don’t guy is going to invade my psyche so I decide to lock up the win and  tell the dealer to take me off the Ten and I put the Chips in my rack.
Nest toss 5 and 5 … I am not on it That sucks
Next toss 6 and 2. I lose my hardway but win the Place bet. Take me down I say.
I think I had two more no decision or inconsequential tosses here. I do not recall.
I now have The point of Six, The Hards Six, the Five and the Four.
The Don’t guy is doing something on the other end of the table but I do not know what because I am ignoring him. The Right bettors are happy because I have thrown some number, which was more than the shotters did before I bought in
I pick up the Dice and  it is a 3 and 1. I say take me off the four and collect my chips.
I keep tossing and I throw a bunch more points that I am not on before I finally make the five and take my bet down.
I now have one bet left. I have thrown a bunch of points repeating many and killing the Don’t guy.
I just need the Six, preferrably a hard six.
I set the dice. 3 and 3 on top. Gently toss the dice. I see a three and the other die is behind an odds bet. As I am hoping for anothee three I hear "Seeeeven Out, Line Away"
 
Moral of the story. You win some and you lose some but sometime knowing when to take your win is the best thing
 
 
 
 
 

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