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Glad to be Home …

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Taking my refresher class, I believe helped me out. Playing in Vegas, is a lot different than home casino’s for me. It seems they have different rules, but their house, they can do how they please. But I know how they do things here in my home area, so it is more natural for me, like having previous action before one can throw and telling people to keep their hands high, dice are out. I just didn’t notice a lot of that, and maybe it was just at the places I happened to be playing at.

My first night back at a local casino fared out okay for me. 5-8 counted the randies, did come bets (devil number would show after my come bet went up, grrrrr 😈 but at least I did try using it more than I used to). My first couple times with the dice, didn’t yield much, less than 5 on each.

I told myself that I liked what the dice were doing, just remember what I was told ….’believe in your throw’, ‘square the dice’, ‘nice & easy’, and a few other items with my grip …. well, I focused on the landing zone, and did what I (we) all do … Made 6 points. The first 3 were the same number, back to back to back. Steadily increasing my odd’s with every hit.

Long story short, I at least made back all my original buy in. The crew was getting tipped along the way, as I like to keep them, and the suits, on my side. Thinking back, it was probably only around a 20-25 hand, but I wasn’t counting (no time for that). Could I have made more, yes, if I would have bet the hardways, and started off with max odds. But to me, I was glad to get back everything I was down, and it gave me more confidence in my throwing ability.

So, as with alot of others, thank you to the Instructor’s & Mentor’s. You all are fantastic. I need the live play to get better with the betting. And I believe if I keep up the practice at home, I will soon be able to have the consistent 20 Roll, and get to be certified in the 40+ club!!!


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Posted by: Skinny on September 25, 2015, 4:20 am

Yes, you probably would have won more if you were betting max odds this time. But you should only be doing that if your 401G can afford you to be betting max odds and have several losing sessions in succession. If it can not then you are betting the proper amount until you get your 401G up to the level that it can sustain a number of losses at a higher level.

Also, you might have made money betting the hardways on this hand but once again I ask, do you have a documented advantage on the hardways? If you do not have an advantage on the hardways bet then in the long run it will be a losing bet for you even though there will be times that it is a winner. But you can not pick which hands will be the winners in advance. So you have to use what the math tells you about your edge to decide what bets to make and your 401G to tell you how much you can afford to bet.

Over all I think you should be pleased with your performance. You started out on a losing note and ended up getting your losses back. Walking away even is a good thing. Winning is the most fun but breaking even is the next best.