I went on my 2nd trip since the seminar in August I attended. I’ve been practicing on a fairly consistent basis working on my toss technique and documenting them. I’m almost done with my 5000 tosses. I wanted to try things out, at a different casino, see if I could correct some of the betting errors I made in my 1st trip. The 1st time with the dice, I didn’t roll more than 10 times, I believe I was done in 8 tosses. The 2nd time I got the dice, I had my 1st 30+ roll hand. It was an amazing experience. My 1st point was a 9, I swear it took an hour for me to throw a 9, I must have tossed 30 times, hitting every number 4s,5s, 6s, 8s, 10s! I know Dom isn’t going to like this, but I placed $2 on each of the hardways, I hit every one of them, no less than 2 times. I hit the hardways so many times, that the entire craps table went from not betting on them, to there being a stack of chips on each of the hardways! I remember Dom saying that at some point in time when you’re having a solid hand, it becomes all about the roll and less about the money. I can say I experienced that. I did my best to have 2 comebets along with my point, but I was more focused on being relaxed, making sure my palms weren’t sweaty and envisioning the point. I swear it took forever to hit that 9, but I did it. I moved on to a 6 as my point, I hit a hard 6 within a few tosses along and moved on to an 8. I got the 8 after about 6 rolls, I had a comebet of a 5 that and a 10 with odds that I made in between that 8. I tossed another 6 as my point and after about 5 rolls, I finally 7’d out. When I came up for air, I looked around and the people at the table are far more excited than I was. I was upset, cause I felt that the toss that was the 7 felt good! I was 1 point short of a fire bet and this table didn’t have the bet that pays you for hitting all the low numbers or all the high numbers or all the numbers. Only number I didn’t roll was 2!

The 3rd time I had another 20+ roll hand! I made another 3 points, it took me a long time to make them, but I did. I like the table I was at, it was a bit shorter than the previous casino that I had to stand on my toes to get my arm out there. I’m left hand, so I shot from SL2 this time as oppose to SL1. At the previous casino the stickman was complaining about my arm coming past him. I was fortunate to have a shooter in SL1, who had read Frank’s book and had some knowledge of what I was doing, and he told me he’d step back from the table when I was shooting, it was in his benefit as that guy went from $12 on 6 and 8 and kept pressing until there was $120 on both the 6 & 8. When I 7’d out on my 3rd time with the dice, I colored up, made a few hundred bucks and walked away. This trip I really learned a few things that I want to make sure I keep as a habit. I closed my eyes prior to tossing the dice and envisioned the number I wanted to make, I made sure my palms weren’t sweaty and I made sure I took my time to have the dice in my fingers like I wanted them, closed my eyes, took a deep breath, opened my eyes turned my head to and made contact with the place on the table where I wanted the dice to land. Only regret I had is that I wasn’t more aggressive on the amount of odds, I was a bit conservative on them and I believe I gave away alot of money from just being a bit too conservative, but I suppose that was because I was focused more on the roll than the bet. So in the future I may have to learn how to balance the betting aspect and focusing on the roll better. Overall I was pleased with me not placing a bet on numbers, when I didn’t have the dice, I used the 5 count and it saved me money. I believe I found a table I love along with a pre-toss method that works for me. Now I’m going to practice that, so when I’m at any casino it will be 2nd nature!

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