Musical Dice -- My Craps Blog

     Played tonight at the Sahara Casino. At first, it was a major struggle at the craps table. I eventually went to a Round 6 Buy-In. Along the way, there was a shooter who was setting the dice, and he kept on "Come on, snake!" when he shot the dice. Apparently, he had a bet on snake-eyes every time, and it even hit six times! It didn't help me out too much. At one point, I had $50 on the Pass Line, and one of the dealers told me, after I put 10 units on each of the Place bets, that I could bet up to 5 times my Pass Line bet for odds. I decided at that point to give it a shot, because I was so far behind, I figured I was going to lose anyhow, so why the hell not? To make matters worse, the point was 4, one of the worst points to try to make. You can imagine my surprise when four came the hardway! I made $550 off that one roll, which was the most I ever made off of one roll of the dice. The Pass Line paid $50 or even money, and I got paid 2-1 on my odds bet, making an additional $500. Apparently, that roll was the turning point, for my Place bets were hitting, and by the time the shooter crapped out, I got all my money back plus an additional $150. WHEW!!

     My biggest gambling win came not even 12 hours after my close call at the Sahara. And I'd even suffered my worst craps loss in between! When I arrived at the New York New Tork casino at about 9:30 in the morning, I was on a mission to try to get that money back. I first played blackjack at the New York New York, and won $225. I then took $200 of it to play at the craps table. After quite a while of basically getting nowhere, I decided to just go all-out, and place $50 on each of the Place bets (I must have been slightly ahead at that point). Fortunately, there was a shooter who had a very long roll. I can't say that it was as long as the roll I had back in December at the Monte Carlo, but I can say that I was pressing my bets up more aggressively than I did back in December. I had 30 units ($150 on the 5 and 9, $180 on the 6 and 8) on the inside numbers at one point, getting $210 for each payout. When the shooter crapped out, I left the table with $1731. My total profit for that casino session was $1756, which to this day, is still my best!! All that, and that, by only $6 was half of the money I'd lost about 8 hours earlier (I did get the rest of it back, plus an additional $276, but it took all day).