Musical Dice -- My Craps Blog

     It's hard to believe that Mrs. MusicalDice and I have taken 50 trips out to Lake Charles Louisiana in the past 5 years. That's an average of nearly one a month. That said, it's been nearly three months since we were last there. How will we do? Stay tuned and find out!

     Some changes had taken place at Greatland Tours, the charter bus company that gets me and my wife to and from Lake Charles. First of all, the prices went up. Second of all, the buses are smaller with less capacity. Thirdly, the bus we rode on was a rickety old bus, and it seemed that just before the bus was supposed to get on the freeway, leaving the station in Houston, it had to stop. This may be due to a one-car-per-green light at the freeway entrance, which would be another change. Anyway, when we got to L'Auberge, we were able to check in right away.

     Unfortunately, things got off to a horrible start. I first played blackjack, where the table was abysmal. I ended up losing $950 there, before going to the craps table. Not much better there, as the shooters kept crapping out early before I could make it to my regression strategy. I made sure I didn't lose as much at the craps table, as I did at the blackjack table. I "only" lost $508 there, for a total casino and day loss of $1458.

     My mind was telling me "Stop! Stop! Stop!" for the day, and I listened. My wife and I did have a great meal at Ember Steakhouse. Afterwards, we just relaxed in the room for the rest of the night. It is what it is.

     The gambling didn't start until mid-day on this day. I first played at Bolden Nugget, where I played blackjack. Things started on a positive note, as I won $225 at the table. Maybe I could try to get my money back for this trip...

     I did try to get onto a craps table at Golden Nugget, but the table was full. That explains what happened next.

     Then, I walked back to L'Auberge, while my wife went shopping. I first played craps, and I played more conservative than I did yesterday. On someone else's shoot, I managed to get my money back plus $68. I was happy for that.

     Then, I played blackjack. Fortunately, the table was quite different this time. I ended up winning $500 there, in fact, for my first 500 Club in nearly 3 months, for a total session win of $568. Maybe I'm on the right track again.

     But that all got blown to pieces when I went to the Horseshoe. The only thing worth playing over there was craps, so that's what I played. Unfortunately, the table was horrible. Nothing I did was working out, whether it was Come bets or regression bets. I lost $843 at the Horseshoe. So much for trying to catch up on this trip!

     There was another bright spot on this trip, for when we got back to L'Auberge, from the Horseshoe, I played blackjack, and due to a cute light-skinned black woman wearing a tight green sweat outfit, who let me play two hands, while she sat out, I got to play, and very quickly won another $500. Two 500 Clubs in the same day! This hasn't happened in 2½ years! (you'd have to go back to October, 2023 to see the last time that happened to me) In fact, for the day, at that point, I was up $450.

     Before dinner, still at L'Auberge, some time later, I'd won $125 at the blackjack table, and I figured I'd try my luck at the craps table. Wrong move! I got off to a rocky shoot, then had a decemy shoot of 15 times to get most of my money back. Unfortunately, the dice turned south, and I couldn't get any more decent rolls in. After 3 times in a row of a simple one-hit regression strategy failing, I left the table, and declared myself all gambled out for the trip. I list $823 at this craps table, for a net loss for the session of $698, and a net day loss of $248. My total loss for the trip was $1706. ARGH!!!!

     I admit, I wasn't very well-focused on this trip. A big reason for that was because for the past few weeks, I'd been working most intently on a personal software developing project that has been taking A LOT of my time that I would have otherwise used for preparation for this trip. So today, instead of gambling, I worked some more on the project, and I made some significant progress. As for my next gambling trip, it will either be later on this month with another Lake Charles trip, or next month in Vegas. I'm also thinking about doing a DC strategy with the bet just big enough to cover 2 Place Bets. Hopefully, I'll have better results. That's all for now!