Good evening GTC Community. It has been a while since I have been to the Casino. The last time I went was during the Primer Class in Memphis back in April, which happened to be my first seminar with GTC. My mentor The “Sandman” had one heck of a roll that night. Wish I could have been on it; maybe next time. I have been busy completing my final three classes for my Masters of Business Administration (MBA) and have been dealing with an abundance of family and personal turmoil. My mother was just diagnosed with liver cancer and had knee replacement surgery; my father’s mother who has multiple sclerosis fell and broke her leg and ended up having to get it amputated; my mother’s mother had another issue with her heart’s pacemaker; my great aunt is currently dying from kidney disease; my grandfather just went completely deaf; and one of my Marines that I served with in Iraq and Afghanistan recently committed suicide. To make things even more horrendous, my Aunt Myra Thompson was one of the victims who was murdered in the shooting that occurred in Charleston, South Carolina at the church. So to say these past few months have been absolute hell would be a complete understatement. I have managed the best way I possibly can, but it has definitely been tough. Life sure has a way of sticking it to you sometimes.

In order to get away from the adversity and despair, I decided to take a trip to one of the local casinos I frequent this past July 4th. I went at around 5:00 A.M. in the morning. I knew the tables would not be packed at this time and I would be able to get my spot at the Stickman Left 1 position. Plus, I wanted to be able to shoot in peace without having to endure ridiculous wait times for the dice to come back around to me. I arrived and as expected, the tables were not packed and I was able to get my spot. All 9 tables were essentially empty with maybe one or two shooters at each table. I bought in for $500.00. The table minimum was $25.00 with 10 x odds. As soon as I laid my Pass Line bet on the table, the dealers struck up their usual conversation with me. What do your tattoos say? How big are your arms? How much do you bench press? How often do you work out? How long were you in the Marine Corps (referencing my Marine Corps tattoo)? Etc.

I usually take the time to chat it up with them to sort of ease the monotony, but this time, I did not care to talk about anything. I simply stated, “Maybe some other time” and politely asked the Stick Man to slide me the dice. I examined each dice adhering to my ritual of only grabbing the dice with the sharpest edges to ensure maximum stick and minimum bounce. I set the dice, went through the appropriate steps, and delivered the dice to the back wall. I rolled five crap numbers in a row on the come out (a 2, 3, 12, 12, and another 3) before I established a point. I lost $125.00 out of the $500.00 I bought in with leaving me with a total of $375.00. During the second come out roll when I rolled the three, the stickman shouted out, “Will somebody please make a horn bet.” Low and behold, a lovely lady strolls over and drops $100.00 on the straight Box Cars. I rolled that number back to back. She won $3,000.00 the first time I hit it and ended up pressing the bet up to $500.00 after the initial hit. I hit it again and she won $15,000.00. It was an amazing sight to see. As to be expected, a hoard of people came over to the table to see what all the excitement was about as she colored up and collected her $18,000.00 profit. When she walked past me on her way to the cage, she slipped an orange $1,000.00 chip into my chip rack and stated, “Thank you young man. You just paid for me and my husband’s honey moon with that roll. Here is a token of my appreciation.” I thanked her and commenced to roll another crap number (a 3).

Even though I rolled a 3 on the next come out roll, it got my spirits up knowing that I was able to positively impact another person’s life in a good way given the amount of negativity that I have been experiencing. Thus, one of the best rolls I have ever had ensued. I threw the orange chip onto the table and asked the dealer to give me all green chips ($25.00 chips). I placed a Pass Line bet and rolled a 9. It was a 10 x odds game, so I maxed the odds out immediately. I go straight for the gusto without wasting anytime. As Dom says, “Have faith in your shot.” That is exactly what I did. Bang. I buckshot the 9 and collected $375.00 for my odds and $25.00 for my Pass Line Bet. I ended up hitting 8 points total before the Devil showed his face (a 9, 5, 5, 6, 4, 10, 10, and an 8) maxing out odds on each point hit. I rolled the dice 21 times. I only made a Pass Line Bet maxing out the odds. No place bets, or come bets, or any other bets for this go round. That is my usual strategy. I find it to be the safest and most profitable for me each and every time. Make a Pass Line bet and max out the odds. I only make come bets if I am really feeling it.

I decided to step it up a notch and the next time the dice came to me, I placed come bets. My next come out roll was an 8. I placed max odds of $250.00 behind it and made my first come bet. I ended up getting come bets on each remaining number (4, 5, 6, 9, and 10) maxing out odds ($250.00) on each bet for a total of $1,650.00 on the table (including my point number). I placed another come bet in order to prevent my initial come bets from coming down if I hit the number. I got 42 rolls in before the Devil showed his face with four of the rolls being crap numbers, twelve of the rolls being 4, seven of them being 10, fourteen of them being 6, two 9s, and two 5s. The 8 never showed. I have never seen so many tens and fours show up during one of my rolls. I usually get my fair share, but never this much. It was the absolute greatest roll I ever had and I firmly believe that my deceased Aunt was right there beside me the whole time adding an extra level of influence to the dice. Total profit for the day was:

Twelve – 4s ($250.00 Max odds paid out at 2/1 = $500.00 + $25.00 Come Bet multiplied by 11 hits) equates to $5,775.00. The first hit of the 4 established the come bet, so it did not count towards a pay day.
Seven – 10s ($250.00 Max odds paid out at 2/1 = $500.00 + $25.00 Come Bet multiplied by 6 hits) equates to $3,150.00. The first hit of the 10 established the come bet, so it did not count towards a pay day.
Fourteen – 6s ($250.00 Max odds paid out at 6/5 = $300.00 + $25.00 Come Bet multiplied by 13 hits) equates to $4,225.00. The first hit of the 6 established the come bet, so it did not count towards a pay day.
Two -9s ($250.00 Max odds paid out at 3/2 = $375.00 + $25.00 Come Bet multiplied by 1 hit) equates to $400.00. The first hit of the 9 established the come bet, so it did not count towards a pay day.
Two – 5s ($250.00 Max odds paid out at 3/2 = $375.00 + $25.00 Come Bet multiplied by 1 hit) equates to $400.00. The first hit of the 5 established the come bet, so it did not count towards a pay day.

I rolled 5 crap numbers and lost $125.00 of my initial $500.00 buy-in leaving me with $375.00. The lovely lady as I call her blessed me with the $1,000.00 chip giving me a total of $1,375.00. I hit 8 points on my first long roll for a profit of $3,425 and then I had a 42 roll with 32 profitable rolls when come bets were up on all the numbers with a take of $13,950.00 from come bet paydays. The total take for the night was $18,375.00. A lot of my shots were not perfect. I had multiple double pitches. The dice hit the felt, split, and bounced all over the place. A crap ton of luck was involved. But a lot of my success had to do with the betting. As Dom states, Come Bets are the way to go and that is what allowed me to capitalize on my luck. About halfway through the 42 roll, I started to get frustrated with the erratic nature of my dice in the air. I took a deep breath and remembered Mr. Finesse constantly shouting out, “ANTHONY, SLOW DOWN.” He even wrote it out in big letters on a sheet of paper and held it up so that everyone could see it. Lol. That really stuck with me and it paid dividends for the remainder of my roll. My dice started looking very good in the air and as you can see, it worked out for me. Sorry for such a long post, but I really wanted to share this trip report after a very rough past couple of months. I look forward to seeing the instructors, current students, and new prospective students at the next seminar in Atlantic City in October.

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