\nThe last hard table in Louisiana is gone. I could drive to Mississippi to one casino there with nothing between the layout cover and the wood, an 8 hour drive from east Texas. Oklahoma is 4 hours away, to the land of Indian reservation casinos. Every Indian casino I have visited has 14\u2019 tables. Sure, there\u2019s Vegas and Atlantic City, but that means flying. These days, I find flying a disagreeable experience. So, I\u2019m only willing to make the effort 2 or 3 times a year.<\/p>\n
\tNow, even after carpal tunnel surgery, my fingers are too stiff and half numb in order for for me to be able to grip the dice with 3 fingers opposing my thumb. I have had to stat gripping the dice with just my index finger and thumb.<\/p>\n
\tNo hard tables within driving distance. No more 3 finger grip. Like pet detective Ace Ventura said while trying to run after being hit with the 6th paralyzing blow dart, \u201cIt\u2019s too-oo-oo mu-u-uch!\u201d<\/p>\n
\tTo give me a fighting chance, I had my son cut me an insert for my practice Receiving Station. It\u2019s cut from a 4\u2019x8\u2019 3\/4\u201d birch sheet, wide enough to fit snuggly between the side walls and long enough to fit under the back wall and extend the full length of the table. I\u2019ll go to my local Home Depot or Lowe\u2019s to decide how best to clamp it down firmly to the table, and still be removable. I will wrap the insert with a layer of felt, cut to fit. I will then wrap the insert with a microfiber layout, cut to fit.<\/p>\n
\tI\u2019m expecting the end result, microfiber over felt, to be a practice table with characteristics the same, or close to, many casino tables I have encountered. Yes, casinos with material between the microfiber layout and the wood, use a variety of different underlayment, such as newspaper, cell filled foam, felt, vinyl, or old layouts. Still, I expect microfiber over felt to be the best cross experience. We\u2019ll see.<\/p>\n
\tAs to a 2 finger grip, it\u2019s a real challenge to get the dice to fly well grouped and landing flat. It\u2019s a whole new ballgame. Even so, I\u2019m determined to make it work.<\/p>\n
\tI\u2019m also teaching RollTide4Ever, my Alabama girl, how to play craps, the Golden Touch way. 3 finger grip for her, of course. She\u2019s coming along nicely with a 31 roll in Biloxi last month and only one short roll. I\u2019ll have her at a Golden Touch class before long.<\/p>\n
Posted by:<\/strong> Finisher on January 20, 2020, 3:54 pm<\/p>\n The last hard table in Louisiana is gone. I could drive to Mississippi to one casino there with nothing between the layout cover and the wood, an 8 hour drive from east Texas. Oklahoma is 4 hours away, to the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":179,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-craps"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/179"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10104\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\tGood Rolling. \ud83d\ude00 \ud83d\ude42<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"