{"id":10025,"date":"2019-06-15T01:37:22","date_gmt":"2019-06-15T01:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/2019\/06\/15\/weekend-michigan-trip\/"},"modified":"2019-06-15T01:37:22","modified_gmt":"2019-06-15T01:37:22","slug":"weekend-michigan-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/2019\/06\/15\/weekend-michigan-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Michigan trip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- Original Post Content --><br \/>\nThis was my first road trip since the May Atlantic city seminar. I usually play once a week in my local casino but this was my first opportunity to try my new skills on the road.<br \/>\n\tWe stayed off property because the rooms in the Casino though very nice were very expensive. Looking back I will not stay off property again because I like the convenience of being on property<br \/>\n\tfor quick practice sessions etc.<br \/>\n\tSession 1 : Evening of arrival day. There was 2 tables open but no available spots at SL1. I decided to play black jack and keep my eye on the craps tables until my spot opened up.<br \/>\n\tAfter about 30 minutes SL1 opened up and I was able to get on. It was a $5 table with about 3 or 4 other players. I got off to my usual slow start roll point out 2 or three times but<br \/>\n\tbecause of using come betting losses were minimal.  In between rolls I tried to go over all of the proper techniques , set the dice, little back swing, make sure dice are square, 45 degree<br \/>\n\tangle one bounce of the table one bounce of wall etc. Things got a little better and started having some moderate success . After about an hour table filled up and I left with a small profit.<\/p>\n<p>\tSession 2: Morning of day one. Wore a fairly heavy shirt as casinos are always cold and I usually freeze . But they fooled me and it was hot . I was not comfortable and considered leaving<br \/>\n\tbut continued to play. Short 7 outs several times. I became gun shy and just  bet the minimum on pass line each roll hoping to find my form. There was another player close to me<br \/>\n\tbetting $100 dollars chips. After about my fourth roll I finally figured it out and had a good roll maybe 20 times. I was very uncomfortable and gun shy so just continued to bet the<br \/>\n\tminimum (I know big mistake). The guy betting the black chips probably made at lease a thousand on my roll and at one point bet a green chip for me. This was much appreciated and<br \/>\n\tgave me a little confidence. I left after about an hour with a small profit.<\/p>\n<p>\tSession 3: late afternoon session. I will admit to having a couple of cold beverages. I spotted a emply $10 table . I walked up into SL 1 bought in for $300.00 and proceeded to play.<br \/>\n\tI started off as usual playing horribly. I was betting for the dealers almost every roll so they were all rooting for me as I continued to 7 out each roll. Trying to figure out what was wrong<br \/>\n\ttime after time. Each time I sevened out a groan went up from the crowd (the dealers). Thanx to the come betting I managed not to go broke and decided to go and play blackjack.<br \/>\n\tMy friends (the dealers) were sorry to see me go as their steady stream of tips would dry up. I decided to play blackjack and try to go over all of the techniques in my mind to figure out<br \/>\n\twhat I was doing wrong. I remember Dom telling me to get up on my toes over the table so that the dice would be level. I got lucky at blacjack and made about $150 and decided to <br \/>\n\tgo back to the craps table and try again. All of my friends were still there and the table was still empty. I concentrated on getting up on my toes over the table, making sure the dice were level<br \/>\n\tand using the lines on the table to be sure of a level swing. Things improved my friends were applauding as I continued to win. After about an hour I managed to recoup my previous losses<br \/>\n\tand leave with a small over all profit. Thanx Dom and all of the great instuctors . If there is any interest in this post I will continue to report my progess.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>Replies:<\/h3>\n<div class=\"migrated-reply\" style=\"border: 1px solid #eee;padding: 15px;margin-bottom: 15px;border-radius: 5px\">\n<p><strong>Posted by:<\/strong> Dominator on June 25, 2019, 12:59 pm<\/p>\n<div>This post was very well written and a good read. So many good points &#8211; proper betting to reduce losses. <\/p>\n<p>\tOne thing I did notice is that you are into a mindset that you always start off bad. GET RID OF THOSE THOUGHTS! <\/p>\n<p>\tKeep them coming! You had many views!<\/p>\n<p>\tDom<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This was my first road trip since the May Atlantic city seminar. I usually play once a week in my local casino but this was my first opportunity to try my new skills on the road. 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