Musical Dice -- My Craps Blog

     I had a hard time deciding what to call this trip until I remembered that one of the poker dealers said to me that she hadn't seen me in quite a while. It's been three months since the last visit. I sometimes forget that people notice these things. Anyway, Mrs. MusicalDice and I traveled to Biloxi, once again via the special charter deal that the Beau Rivage casino offered. It is my sincere hope that this trip, as far as gambling goes, will be far better than the last two. How will it turn out? Let's find out together!

     After we checked into our room at Beau Rivage, I took some time to solve a trather complex algebra problem that I'd been thinking about since this problem. For those who want to know what the problem, please let me know, and I'll be glad to tell you. Anyway, I worked on the problem for some time, and I solved the problem. I felt real good about solving that problem, and I think that confidence translated into my game-playing (I'd like to think that was the case).

     When I started playing, I first played blackjack, and for once in a long time, I won at it, winning $80. I then played craps, standing at the end. For other shooters, I played a three-bet strategy, where I'd bet only on 6 and 8, plus a Pass Line bet, branching out to other numbers, only if the 6 and 8 were hitting. The dice, generally speaking, weren't terribly nice. My shoots were okay, using the Yo-Yo dice set, shooting 6 times the first time, then 10 times, then 14 times on my last shoot. It was my last shoot that got my money back plus $25. A $105 profit for the first session. Not bad.

     This day started with an at-best mediocre breakfast at a cafe we usually eat at in Beau Rivage. Immediately afterwards, I played blackjack. To my surise, I won virtually every round of the one shoe I played. I ended up $525 ahead. The dealer had this look like "Are you serious" when I colored up. This win was necessary for my psyche, given casino results from recent trips. This was my first 500 Club in 5 months -- preceding my treatments. Great start to this day.

     From there, we went to the Hard Rock casino. I first played craps. I didn't shoot here, but got my money back after two shooters. $14 profit. I guess I wasn't in the mood for potentially long battle.

     I had a relatively easy blackjack session afterwards. I won $237.50 at that table for a total profit of $251.50

     From there, my wife and I went to Harrah's. There I wanted to play craps first, but much to my surprise, the only craps table open was a crapless table, and there wouldn't be one open until the weekend. My reaction was "Are you seruiys?" I did play blackjack there, and after a bit of a battle, I ended up $112.50 ahead. One of the other players as well as the dealer had reactions of "Are you serious" when I decided to color up. At this point, I was just under a grand ahead for this trip.

     After a somewhat sub-par lunch at Shaggy's, we went to Golden Nugget. Again, I had intended to play craps first, but when I found a craps table, only the dealers were there. Nobody was playing, and it looked like a trap to play there, so I avoided that craps table. I played blackjack, and won $100 at the end of one shoe. Nobody gave me crap about leaving ahead this time. My profit margin finally reached quadruple digots. Hopefully, this will hold for the rest of the trip.

     From there, we returned to our room at Beau Rivage, where we rested up for the next several hours. My brain needed a rest. We went downstairs to have dinner at a deli, where we had dinner the first night.

     I then played craps, still at Beau Rivage. I got into trouble early on, with shooters crapping out early. I mad a little money on my roll, shooting 7 times, but it was the shooter after me that got my money back (and he was more or less a random shooter!). I ended up $45 ahead at the craps table. I added $50 to that at the blackjack table, for a session win of $95, and a profit margin of $1084 for the day, and $1189 for the trip so far. Will this last?

     My wife and I decided to have breakfast at the Palace casino. Afterwards, I decided to play blackjack first, only because the craps table had no players. Up to this point, I had a win streak of 10 casino wins in a row. That all came to an end with a $475 loss on a horrible table.

     I did play craps afterwards only because another player was there by this time. He did well enough to get me $11 ahead. I opted to color up rather than continue. I wanted to at least guarantee a win at the craps table. I took the $464 loss. I kind of wished I'd stayed a little longer, only because there was a cute girl that came to the table after I cashed in my remaining chips (what can I say? I like eye candy at the craps table).

     When we returned to Beau Rivage, I decided to play craps first this time. I had fallen behind at first, but got it back on my roll. Again, I was standing at the end, using my Yo-Yo dice set. I shot 14 times, enough to get my money back plus $104. One of the other players congratulated me on my shoot.

     I played blackjack. To my surprise, the same guy that congratulated me on my roll, was also the only other player at the blackjack table. He even told me that he wished I'd stayed a little bit longer at the craps table because the table went south after I left. I just told him that sometimes getting in and getting out quickly is the right thing to do. I illustrated my point, winning a relatively quick $130 at the blackjack table, for a total session win of $234. I gained back roughly half of my loss at the Palace casino.

     Later, my wife went shopping, while I decided to play poker. But poker would have to wait for a while, since there was a waiting list. I decided to play craps first. at this craps table, there was some eye candy--one of whom was the shooter. She shot long enough to get my money back plus $50. The dealers and the girl both wanted me to stay longer, but I was focused on playing poker.

     On the surface, this would seem like a foolhardy decision, given my recent results at the poker table. The only reason why I even considered playing poker was because I was still so far ahead on this trip. But this time, I seemed to have my mind right. After I busted one player with a set of deuces, cracking his Pocket Kinds, and I was up about $180, I decided to stick around to see if I could possibly get a 500 Club. I needed a $450 win at the poker table to accomplish this. Gradually, I came closer to my goal. When I busted another player making a straight over his top two-pair, I found myself over $500 ahead. It hadn't quite been two hours since I had come to the table. I decided to stay until I reached the two-hour mark. I ended up winning $649 at the poker table, for a total session win of $699. A very nice 500 Club!

     My wife and I had dinner at Outback Steakhouse. Despite the extra energy I got from the dinner, I was still feeling sluggish. I was determined to have one more craps session at the Palace casino. This turned out to be a mistake, especially since the craps table was empty (a mistake I avoided at the Golden Nugget). My shooting had gone to hell, and it was clear that I wasn't going to win here. I left the table $172 down.

     I declared myself all gambled out at this point. I ended up $297 ahead for the day, and $1486 ahead for the whole trip. Still, not bad!

     Since I didn't gamble on this day (we left Biloxi early as always on our charter deal), I'll just give you a breakdown of my profits on this trip: I ended up $760 ahead playing blackjack--including the loss, $649 ahead playing poker, and $77 ahead playing craps--including the loss..

     Looking ahead, I'm thinking about developing a strategy for playing with small profits, for obviously, I want to get those craps profits up. Hopefully by the next trip, which will be in a few weeks, you'll see what I came up with. In the meantime, enjoy the read! ☺