I wanted to share my trip to the Blackhawk Casinos Sunday. My usual day, starts with a 1 1/2 hour drive thru the mountains on the Peak to Peak highway, dodging deer, elk, moose, coyotes foxes and hitchhikers. (only 1 deer death last year, and it did not have insurance). At arrival, a good breakfast, and I am ready to start at the craps table by 8am. Usually, I get my favorite spot, SR1, for the lefty shooter. Sunday is my only day off and the theory is to relax, but after dodging animals and driving fast, I change gears and concentrate with the task at hand. +

My first throw was a 24,and made some dough, but did not stay the course. My next throw as in the low 30’s and looked much better. I felt pretty good, in fact I felt real good, and decided to change up my all/tall/ small bet from $10 each to $25 each, and I also bet the sharpshooter bet for $25. I looked at the guy across to my right and said I am going to concentrate on this roll, and if he could please not yell and scream till after I make a point. He nodded ok. I am not sure if I should have done that, but he is kind of in my field of vision across and to the right. Well, anyway, I threw a 9, and proceeded to throw the 9 on the second throw. Then I preceded to throw 7 more points, (pays 100 to 1, @2500.00) and was down to a 2 and a 12 left for the ATS. My normal set is the hardway set, 3’s up with the 1 and 6 on the left and right. I was feeling pretty good, as far as grip, stance, breathing, back swing, follow thru, and landing spot, with a pretty good semi dead cat bounce, so I decided to set the dice with the 6/6 facing up. I also thru $25 each on the 2 and 12 on the hop. I then looked at the guy across to my right and said, let me see if I can make the 2 or 12, and took an extra 2 or 3 seconds and let them go. The 2 dropped, and the table went wild. +

Now, I needed to hit the 6/6 to make em all, so I set the 6/6 straight up, and then I thought, if I can throw the exact same way, I need to put the 1/1 up, which I set. I Wound up, and threw another 1/1. I was close, but that was as close as I could get, and I ended my throw with a 34. Still cashed in for almost 11 G’s, not bad for a $100.00 max bet. The suits came down at some point and were watching me, but they looked like they did not want to be there. When I was cashing in someone came up and said I was the best shooter he had seen in Blackhawk, and someone else said I was the best shooter he had seen in his life.

Thanks Dom and your crew for the training. P.S. I do practice w th fr sat for 5 to 10 minutes to keep my muscle memory.

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