{"id":6397,"date":"2013-10-25T00:11:50","date_gmt":"2013-10-25T00:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/2013\/10\/25\/there\/"},"modified":"2013-10-25T00:11:50","modified_gmt":"2013-10-25T00:11:50","slug":"there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/2013\/10\/25\/there\/","title":{"rendered":"There"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- Original Post Content --><br \/>\nI really miss the limo they always send for my wife.  No limo, schlepping my bags back &amp; forth, standing in long lines for check-in, no fruit bowl, or wine in the room.<br \/>\n\tI REALLY miss my wife.  I did pay for round trip ticket for the shuttle in case I run out of money<\/p>\n<p>\tFor any Casino trip, I write down a plan, an agenda.  My memory on the run isn&#8217;t what it used to be, and discipline for our game is really tough.  Goals to achieve, $$ management, etc.  All done prior to trip.  <\/p>\n<p>\tLately I have done very well, and exceeded my goals when I played.  This trip was really going to be a challenge.  Main goal, in my mind, get my shot ready for FRI @ 3:30.  Crisp, smooth, and soft.  Wife had other ideas.  She had just started on-line classes for grad school (medical) and had &quot;needs.&quot;  She handed me a list, with the costs, before I left home.  Tuition is HOW MUCH?!?!  Block it out.   Block it out.<\/p>\n<p>\tFirst day for me is to walk, look, and walk some more.  Breathe it, hear it, see it, taste it.  An early check in lets me work off  the &quot;getting there&quot;, nerves &amp; excitement.  My hips give up on me, and I come in a little earlier than I planned.<\/p>\n<p>\tPre-play ritual is the same as always, and part of who I am.  1.) Hot soaking bath, reading something unrelated to craps.  2.) Dress correctly.  3.)  Read the &quot;plan &quot; for the day.  4,) Practice with my travel board, until comfortable.  5.)  Put session $$ in pocket. *For me $$ set up before trip. **Hard lesson learned, I have weak $$ discipline. Getting better.<\/p>\n<p>\tGET THE HELL OUT THE DOOR!<\/p>\n<p>\tFor all of you with great Vegas memories..add a layer for me.  This was absolutely the BEST trip ever.  My wife said, &quot;you sucked the marrow right out of the bone!&quot;  I did, and enjoyed every single minute.  Hours, and hours of walking, standing, and playing with absolutely NO, that&#8217;s right, NO HEAT.  Talked with every dealer on every table about&#8230;..&quot;how do you play?&quot;  Then listened.  My explanation about &quot;qualifying&quot; a shooter, and looking for a &quot;trend&quot; was totally accepted.  After listening to some interesting stories &amp; ideas of play, my question of , &quot;you winning anything?&quot; was answered most every time with&#8230;..&quot;oh I don&#8217;t play anymore&#8230;&#8230;&quot;  The only semi-heat I caught was once during a very long roll, at a Casino I had played several times,  &amp; tipped dealers well.  &quot;David would you hit the back wall a little harder please?&quot;  His words, but I think the 2 suits standing with him were his bosses.<\/p>\n<p>\tWith out proper notes, that much play is a blur.  Hours and hours of different tables, people, sounds, and I loved every minute.  Couple of things, other than the normal crazy stuff, stood out to me.  First, at a premium property, I think they have the absolute best tables anywhere, the dice were passed to me twice in a row.  It was after a decent hand with no trash.  $15 table is a little stronger than I am comfortable with, normally.  Two nice hands and I said &quot;I have to leave guys, color me up.&quot;  I think 3rd time was coming and I had just 6\/1 out. They were players, and I was getting uncomfortable.  Then another day after just finishing a really long 5pts to the &quot;fire&quot; hand.  Tips.  I have had many tips before, thrown &quot;for the shooter&quot;.  These were carried from the players by hand. Reds, some whites, and finally 2 greens.  Green chip guy said, &quot;if you had hit that 6th number, I would have give you another green one. hahahahahah&quot;  He had just won $1,250 on the fire.  It all added up over $100.  Box\/Pit lady walked up and said, &quot;never seen that before.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>\tBreak time.  Father just called out across the road&#8230;.&quot;TIME TO EAT&quot;    This is Skettie night at his house<\/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> Timmer on October 25, 2013, 1:20 am<\/p>\n<div>\ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n<p>\t \ud83d\ude0e  \ud83d\ude0e  \ud83d\ude0e<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"migrated-reply\" style=\"border: 1px solid #eee;padding: 15px;margin-bottom: 15px;border-radius: 5px\">\n<p><strong>Posted by:<\/strong> Cmcierra on October 25, 2013, 7:47 pm<\/p>\n<div>Great post.  Surely post of the month.<\/p>\n<p>\tCmcierra<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I really miss the limo they always send for my wife. No limo, schlepping my bags back &amp; forth, standing in long lines for check-in, no fruit bowl, or wine in the room. I REALLY miss my wife. I did&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-craps"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6397","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\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6397\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}