Musical Dice -- My Craps Blog

     For this trip to Lake Charles, I was determined to have at least ONE day, where I'm not working. So this time, my wife and I decided to go to Lake Charles Sunday to Tuesday.

     Gambling didn't begin right away, for my wife and I spent a lot of time at the swimming pool at L'Auberge (where we're staying). We met a group of cool people, including Tammy, Carrie, and their husbands. Big shout to the four of you!

     After winning $125 at the blackjack table at L'Auberge, we walked over to Golden Nugget, where I got into a craps game. It was at a $15 table, but I did NOT use the Two-Hit Blackout strategy, because it was only my first shoot of the day, and I didn't feel like putting $440 on the inside Place bets, like I normally would at first, if I was using that strategy. Also, I used the Hardway dice set, not the Yo-Yo dice set, as I was standing at Stick Left 1, instead of the end. I opted for three units on the inside, instead of doing a regression betting strategy. If I only knew I'd shoot a big roll! I ended up shooting 26 times! Had I done my Two-Hit Regression strategy, I would have made much more than just $200, but I am not complaining. $200 is still a good win. I made 4 points (4, 5, 6, and 8). And I was using a pendulum swing when I was shooting the dice. Lately, I've been using the pendulum swing, whereas when I started dice setting, I wasn't using a pendulum swing. Am I on to something? Stay tuned for more!

     Around 4:30 in the morning of August 9th, I played blackjack, and won $525. Then about five hours later, after breakfast, and the first of my three Skype meetings, I played blackjack again at L'Auberge, this time with my wife by my side, and won another $550. Yes I know, this is a craps blog, but I play blackjack too on these gambling trips.

     After the last of my three Skype meetings, I played blackjack, and won another $25. From there, I played craps (still at L'Auberge), and virtually nothing went right with the dice. To be fair, I may not have been at my best because I was hungry. I ended up losing $382 at the table, due to early crap-outs before I could regress. I couldn't win 'em all.

     After an early dinner, my wife and I walked to Golden Nugget, where I got into a craps game at a $15 table. I tried my Yo-Yo dice set from Stick Right 1, with very mediocre success (of course, I wasn't using my Two-Hit Blackout strategy, for I was rolling too many sevens on the comeout). I got into some trouble, betting on other shooters, who were crapping out too early. I invested a total of $1000, and at length, I decided to get back to basics, meaning standing at Stick Left 1, my initial favorite position, when I started taking dice setting seriously, and doing the Hardway (4/2-4/2) dice set. Again, I was rolling too many 7-winners, so I didn't do the Two-Hit Blackout strategy, for that reason (fear of rolling another 7 too quickly). I put 4 units on the Pass line, and did a 10-dollar Whirl bet to hedge it on the comeout, like I usually do. Once a point was established, I covered the inside numbers for 4 units, and did 1X odds. In this manner, I slowly made money on the roll, which was surprisingly long. Eventually, I got 4 and 10 in the act, plus I was able to press 5 and 8 up from 4 units to 8, then 15, and then 30. I made points of 4, 6 (twice), and 8. I was even yelling "Bull-llackout!" for rolls of 5 and 8, which each made me $105. And when I pressed them to 30 units, those two numbers each hit once more, allowing me to say "DOUBLE BULL-LLACKOUT!!!" on each of those two rolls. In fact, on the 8, it came hard, and I had a 5-dollar bet on the Hard 8, so I made $255 on that one roll! Including the comeback I had to make, I ended up winning $595, and I ended up rolling 45 times, which obliterated my old best of 35 rolls. WOW!!!!

     The last day, 8/10 started with a before-breakfast blackjack win of $75 at L'Auberge. I hit the craps table after breakfast and checkout. There, it was a $15 table, and I finally got the nerve to do the Two-Hit Blackout strategy. After establishing a point of 9, and after two hits on the inside numbers for $140 each, I regressed to 110 across (including the buys on the 4 and 10), as per my strategy. I was $100 up at that point. I was able to make it $254 ahead before I crapped out on the tenth roll.

     If only I'd stuck to craps! From there, I played blackjack, still at L'Auberge, where I lost $500. I only gamvled twice more, playing blackjack for two drama-filled small blackjack wins; one at Golden Nugget for $50, and finally back at L'Auberge for $25. Altogether, I ended up $1542 for the whole trip. Overall, a nice profitable trip.