Hmmm I remember when I first started playing craps I started with a lot of money like 50 .00 bye in or maybe 25.00 . It is hard to remember but I still bye in now for 200.00 and play all day . I can not understand how young players bye in for so much and know little about the game .Also I think the new lay outs that are on the tables have made the casinos lots of money .
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I saw people on one night in Biloxi, and I mean collectively 6 people that apparently did not know each other lose over 250k in 3 hours. I know because I saw the markers and the buy ins. A lot of 7’s and one of the worst table I ever saw. I only bought in for 600. However I walked away only losing $54. The thing that blew me away is that these CC’s acted like it was nothing at all. All dressed up and losing (buy the way, not bitching about it or complaining and many times smiling and interested in everything going on). They were not obnoxious or drunk( but near the end two were getting that way). All of them blew out and left except one old man at the end who started about 30 minutes after I got to the table. 😯

We once saw Phil Ivey, the very smart, savvy and calculating pro poker player go through $300K in 20 minutes. He was a prop bet and center of the table junkie.

Before becoming an AP, I had the same attitude, I would say I’m only taking $$ to Las Vegas and that’s all I’m going to loose. Now when I hear people say that, it dives me crazy. Here’s an envelope, just ship the money to the Salvation Army instead.

Pit Boss,

Funny you should mention Phil Ivey. He once showed up at a table where the Five Horsemen were playing. We had the table to ourselves until Phil and a friend showed up at the far end of SR. Stickman was just ending his turn and Frank who was blocking at the end of SL passed the dice. Phil bought in and shot the dice. He was come betting with a $5K base bet and max 3-4-5X in odds. So with 3 numbers he had approximately $75K out and with 6 numbers it was $150K on the table. He lost somewhere around $75K to $100K on his roll. Then his friend shot and had a reasonable hand. Phil made back what he lost on his hand and had a profit of around $100K or so. He colored up and left after only 2 hands, his own and his friends. He did not stick around for the horsemen to shoot.

That turned out to be his HUGE loss. All four of us had great hands. Dominator started us off with a terrific hand. Nick at Night followed suit with a good set of rolls of his own. I shot next and had a big number. Then Stickman ended our session with a block buster of his own. I don’t remember the specific numbers. But as I recall the rolls were all in the high 20 to 60 range. It might have been something like 67, 28, 42, 53. Don’t hold me to the specific numbers, I just remember they were all very good numbers.

It is memorable because of what we did after Stickman shot. We collectively decided to call it quits for a while to go and have a drink together. We all did well and wanted to relax, enjoy each others company and reminisce about our session. One of the topics of discussion was, "How many millions do you think Phil would have won if he stayed for our rolls?" I ran some numbers through my head and Stick got out his calculator to check my math. It has been too many years and too many sessions to remember what we came up with but it was a significant number. It is funny that he thinks he won because he walked with a profit after 2 hands. Little does he know the opportunity he lost by walking. Even if he only stayed and didn’t bet for a few rolls he would have gotten on us at some point when he realized what was happening.

Tht last part is were if you are there you need to just do it which takes guts at times when you know nothing about the rollers there . I do not know all GTC ROLLERS AND MAY HAVE BEEN AT TABLES WITH SOME AND DID NOT KNOW IT . But they do play a little different then most . I never ask questions about GTC at tables .
Glad you all had a great time .Was he a tipper?
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