A few months ago I ordered a 12′ table from GTC and although we had a few issues getting it delivered by the carrier it finally arrived. While I was in Vegas, at the open house, I got a call from my wife telling me the truck was in the driveway waiting for me to unload it. Well, in my current physical state it wouldn’t be possible for me to unload a 1200lb. crate from Vegas, so she got my son, brother and brother in-law to come over to break down the crate. With a lot of help from the driver they got the table pieces into the sun-room it was destined for. A few days after I returned from Vegas my brother, his neighbor, my son and I assembled the table and what a beautiful piece it is. It fits in the sun-room great! Last week my brother came over and we put the finishing touches on. We lowered the table about 4" to make it more comfortable to play on, stapled the layout over-hang to the bottom of the table, set up a chip bank, put out the on-off pucks and the new 42" stick.
This past Wednesday my wife mentioned that we should have friends over. We invited 5 couples to come over for drinks and a look at our new table. Several of the couples responded that they couldn’t make it but we assured them that we would be doing this again soon. My brother and his wife showed up along with my son. My son’s long time friend, her husband and their two kids, 1 yr. and 13 yr. also came over. Everyone’s reaction to the table was "WOW!". Around 8pm we started craps class since no one but myself and my brother knew how to play.
I started out by assuming the role of shooter from SL1 and my brother took up position as the third base dealer. My son played stick. I began by describing the number cycle and going through a few cycles. In the process I was able to make a pass or two, threw a few come-out winners/losers and after a few minutes of this we started giving everyone a chance to be the shooter. During these hands I instructed the group on the Come bet, odds on the pass-line and eventually the place bet. Everyone picked all this up rather quickly. Next I broke out some 3×5 cards with True odds and House odds for each box number and placed them by each box number. When the dice got to the 13 yr. old my brother, the middle school science teacher, went into his teacher mode. After a short instruction by me on how to throw the dice, one hand, hit the back wall, etc. she began throwing and quickly made her first pass. She had a $10 pass-line bet with 5x odds, her point was the six and my brother tells her " the pay-out on your odds is 6 to 5 but I won’t pay you until you can tell me how much I owe you". Her father and I both groaned but she was up to the task and quickly tells my brother, you owe me $70 bucks". My brother says" hold on there". " How do you get that"? " She comes back with "you owe me $10 for the pass-line bet and $60 for the odds." Now pay up!" We were laughing so hard the women in the kitchen which is right off the sun-room had to poke their heads in to see what all the laughing was about. When we were done playing and as everyone was getting ready to leave the 13yr. old’s father told me that was the most outgoing he had seen his daughter ever. My brother is really great with kids that age since he deals with them every day.
Even the 1 yr. old had fun sitting on the chip rail with support from dad and watching the dice fly by. We all had a great time. My wife and I agree that I not only have a great piece of equipment to hone my skills but we also have a wonderful gaming table for when we entertain. The only negative for the night was that the women drank all my scotch, well they had some help.

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