I had the pleasure of meeting The Lion and The Princess in Las Vegas, last weekend, to celebrate The Lion’s birthday. He can reply with the number if he wants…

I arrived very late Thursday night, so I went straight to bed. I had breakfast at "The French" place, where I was staying, and met The Lion and The Princess at "The Movie" place for coffee. We then went to "The Center Of It All" and played. No real good sessions to talk about. We went to "The French" place, then "The River" place off the Strip. Again not much happened. Saturday we had the very nice $5.99 breakfast at "The Movie" place, then we went back to "The Center Of It All" for some playing. The first couple of rounds saw rolls in the low teens again nothing really exciting.

A lady came to to the table saying her husband was playing Craps at the next table and wanted to know how to play. The Dealer started to show her. She bought in for $100 and the Dealer told her "… put $10.00 here…" which was the Fire Bet circle.

It was now The Lion’s turn to shoot. He made the first 3 points fairly quickly. Then he set the point at 8 again. It took longer to get the 8 the second time. Then he set the 4 up as the 5th point. He shot a little and BANG, 3-1, he hit the 4 as the 5th Fire Bet. Next, he set the 8 again, and made it in 4 rolls. Only the 10 separated us from the 6 point victory. The next toss was a 10! We were looking at the possibility of a 6 pointer. It took a few minutes when we all saw the dice show a 6-4. The Lion just hit the 6th Fire Bet point! The table went totally nuts. Screaming, yelling, hugging, crying, it was wonderful. After all settled down a bit, The Lion threw 5 more times and hit a 7. The Lion, The Princess and I all had $10 on the Fire Bet, and the Dealers were in for $3.00. Overall it was a 64 roll hand. This is by far and away the biggest win at a Craps table I have ever had.

Remember the lady who was learning while her husband played the next table? Well, after the 4th point was made, her husband came to the table and said they had to go. The Dealer told her she could not leave because she had a $10 Fire Bet. After it hit, she said they were going to use the Fire Bet winnings as a partial down payment on a house.

The Lion also roared with a 6-Point Fire Bet win last June when he was in Las Vegas for his birthday. That is 2 in 2 years. The 3 of us absolutely credited The Lion’s ability to shoot as well, under pressure, to the GTC training and hours and hours of practice. Does "this stuff" really work? You bet your rear end it does!

Congrats to The Lion on another fantastic roll!

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