So life has been busy and kind of stressful lately and I just needed a day off to myself. So I made up some bogus meeting I had and drove to my favorite casino. Go up to a 12 footer with 7 spots on each side. Take out my standard marker and they know me so well there, I don’t have to wait more then 90 seconds before i am bankrolled. I am typically a stick right shooter but there was a very large man there so I jumped into stick left one. I Have been on a streak lately so I was eager to get the dice. I 6 counted everyone and after the big man to the left 7 out, I get the dice. He actually walked away, but I held the spot at stick left. And just a quick background, I do not count my rolls, however, I do put a $5 chip in my pocket for every winning number I hit. Doesn’t matter if it is a $300 six or a $15 pass line win. I find this is a great trick for money management. Especially when at a casino for a long extended time.

Onto the roll. Although I was missing Finesse, Sandman and the rest of the North East crew, I was focused and determined. I got the dice and right away started hitting inside numbers. Finally made my point. Come back out with a point of 4. Set up for a 2V and start hitting the outside numbers with many, many 10’s. I am come betting but I had bought the 10 for $50. After 5 hits, I have it to $650 plus my come of $15 and $75 odds. Now comes my problem. 10 kids who couldn’t have been a day over 21 come up to the far side of the table. They all buy in for $100 or $200. Keep in mind that there are only 7 spots. They now completely fill the felt and landing spot with chips. I can’t see green felt. I am ticked off at the crew because they have a decent money on the table as well. The dealer on my side tells me to focus and find a spot. Wishing Matt was here with me because he usually can calm me down when crap like this happens. So I take a deep breath, change my set to the hard way set to get a little more protection and look for a new landing zone. The only one I can seem to find is in the outside mixing bowl next to the first base dealer. So I actually loft my dice over the dealer’s chip stacks and land the dice so softly that they hit the back wall and die. I came back on that throw with a hard 10. The dealer turned to me and said "see Michael, I told you you just need to stay focused". That made me feel great. And focused I stayed. For another 30 minutes I lofted the dice over the white chip stack and landed them perfectly. So when I finally seven-ed out, I had close to 10K in my rack. I’m scared to guess how much was on the table. When I later went to the cashier, I had 47 red chips in my pocket. So my best guess would be low to mid 50’s since I did hit a couple of garbage numbers in there. Was a great day away for me and may even go back again this week.

Midnight

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