by CJ | Jan 6, 2017 | Casino Sessions, Podcast
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Happy new year everyone. I’ve had a couple of weeks break from casino visits during the holidays. But lots of practice in the mean time.
Casino : Treasury
$400 buy in
Half table
SO left side
This is the first time I had to wait to get on a table. I waited 30 mins of my very small 1.5 hr time slot on Friday afternoon before needing to go back to work.
I was thinking no one was going to leave but a couple of sucker hands cleaned out 2 spots.
I didn’t mind getting straight out. As I’ve been practicing for that. I really wanted to shoot but had 3 in front of me.
I fumbled trying to get my players card out and missed my buy in opportunity. I thought I’d do the right thing and not buy in until the dice were off.
Of course the mad Russian guy was back and he was on fire and I was missing out.
Oh well.
Had a big spender to my right dropping $100s everywhere. He actually new how to play and wasn’t pissing his money away. Saw him regress and also doing $500 DP twice (which he won on both times). He had a nice soft random toss and I did a $22 inside which I wish I could have taken a photo of his chips next to my 1 unit on the inside boxes. The whale and the minnow.
My turn finally and I’m at 1hr 15min mark. I could feel I was under the pump with 15 mins left on my casino window.
Set for hard ways today.
I surprised myself with hitting my landing zone first time. I was aiming for snake eyes on the don’t pass line. Even the stick man commented with “nice toss”.
Didn’t trust myself as the time pressure was getting to me.
Did a $10 PL and $22 inside. Hit 1 point on the 10. And slowly pressing.
Did press the 9 up 1 then up 3 with $1 to get to $25. I’m happy with that progression for now.
Had a 10 roll hand.
Guess what, 7’d out around 15 mins.
Classic lesson there. Self fulfilling prophecy.
Colour in $437 (+$37) in 1hr 30mins
by CJ | Dec 17, 2016 | Casino Sessions, Podcast
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Casino : Treasury
$300 buy in
SL1
Half table
2 players to start and went to 6
3 new players at the table really slowed things down. Bad bets, late bets and hands all over place interrupting the shooting.
Glad I was at SL1
Thinking back I was never like that. I only played dark side no odds, which made it easy for me to not get into trouble.
Had 3 ok rolls today.
2 regulars had good hands.
The newbies were apart from getting in the way, farming the field and were enjoying the wins and not realising they were actually losing more than they were winning.
Did a couple DC action bets on the newbies.
Went in softly with $6 six and eight on the regulars. No SIA (Shoot It All – One Hit Can’t Miss) strategy today. Take and press and expanded out. Worked ok with $12.
Also did a couple of $22 inside on regulars that didn’t work at all. Oh well.
Concentrated on my own shooting. 3 finger over hand. But today I let my fingers go to bottom of the dice and not the top. I’ve been trying that a bit in practice to see the difference.
I was keeping the dice mostly together with not to much back spin, just focussing to get them neatly to the back wall.
Hands were 12 rolls, 10 rolls, 12 rolls respectively.
Did $10 PL with $44 inside and pressed one unit first then 2 units to get to 5 units then take and press.
Felt comfortable with that, so didn’t push it like I’ve been practicing from 2 to 5 units in one go.
Stuck around a bit longer than normal but the table was filling up and I had to return to work. At SL1 I should stay longer as I was getting comfortable with the position and the toss I was using. No dice off the table today.
The mad Russian was back and really got upset when one of the newbies got in his way to place a late $10 field bet. Of course 7 out. Even the dealers were warning the guy that he would get upset and he didn’t disappoint.
Just as I was leaving, the guy who gave me $25 to bet the hard ways couple of weeks ago came up to the table. Would have enjoyed shooting with him again. I said hello and thanked him for it again and told him I would have enjoyed hitting some hard ways for him again.
Colour in $407 (+$107) in 1hr 30mins
by CJ | Dec 3, 2016 | Casino Sessions, Podcast
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Casino : Treasury Brisbane
$200 buyin
SO left side
Half table
Just 2 players. Myself and an older Asian guy with his wife at SL2
Been practicing at SO so wanted to see how I’d do.
It was a fast game with just 2 players especially because we were not doing prop bets.
First 2 hands of mine were ok 8-10 rolls each, started with $10 PL and $22 inside. Made some money before 7 pressing one unit at a time.
Trouble was the dice kept jumping off the table. And I mean repeated no rolls. Even the box man was giving me tips. But not getting upset prob because no one at the table.
I got so sick of it I lobbed a bit harder one throw landed on the angled edge bottom of diamond and one dice jumped back into the dice bowl with the other dice.
I joking said same dice. Everyone had a little chuckle.
Since I was up a bit I thought I’d try something I’ve learned over at Heavy’s Axis Power Craps forum that I’ve been practicing at home.
$10 PL and $44 inside
Then on first hit press up 3 units by dropping $1 or $4 depending what number hit to get up to 5 units.
Alas it wasn’t to be and I 7’d out at 4 rolls.
But I can see the merit in it for when you need to back yourself.
Tried to recover a bit before my time was up.
But couldn’t make it happen – needed more time and evidently way more practice.
I should have moved to SL1 and asked the other guy to move over a bit.
I find SO is very hard. 12ft table. I really need some advice so I’ll take a video and maybe someone can see where I can improve.
Colour out at $159 (-$41) in 45 mins
by CJ | Nov 27, 2016 | Casino Sessions, Podcast
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Casino : Treasury
$150 buyin
Low buyin kids ransacked my wallet in the morning without telling me. I have my meger bank roll stashed away in cash at home which I draw from for my sessions. Mrs CJ has a strict no bank withdrawals allowed from our normal everyday bank accounts for my craps hobby. Fair enough.
Had to be ultra careful
Got SL2 with 4 players on half table
Started out slow with $10DP and $6 six and eight. One hit can’t miss play. Did ok
Treaded water quite well on the other rollers.
One shooter (regular) didn’t like me doing $10 DC on his rolls. He was a big man with a thick Russian accent and I couldn’t really understand what he was going on about. But got the message. He had a good rhythm roll style, so I backed him next time (which ended up being worth it).
My turns.
Set for 3V and kept bets low trying to stay as close to 10% of buyin as I could and still back myself.
$10 PL and $22 inside (depending on the point didn’t place that)
Got 3 hands in today.
My toss was not to good, dice splitting in flight a lot, spent most of the time trying to get them to stay together. My practice through the week was exclusively from SO, so should have moved to SO when I had the chance.
10, 8 and 6 rolls respectively.
On one hand, I got my six up to $30 from 6, 12, 18, to 30, and same bet that once.
The others rolls from everyone else were mostly short and they were getting frustrated. Since I was treading water with them I was ok.
Nothing special about today to report.
Really wanted to stick around for SL1 but had to get back to work.
Coloured out $183 (+$33) in 50 mins
by CJ | Nov 18, 2016 | Casino Sessions, Podcast
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Casino : Treasury Brisbane
$200 buy in
SO left side
Half table
5 shooters
There was space but an older Asian lady (grandma) would not let me in.
I patiently waited for the hand to end and then asked to make some room. She wasn’t happy but I moved in anyway.
Thought I’d try different bets today.
Tried the one hit can’t miss play with $10 DP and $12 six and eight.
Tried a couple of $15 DC.
Dice weren’t flowing in my direction today.
Nice shooter at SL1 had a 16 roll. Missed it. He had great control. Lovely to watch. Told him I liked his style and was looking forward to his next roll.
My turn. Set 3v. $10 PL. Point set to 9, and tried $66 inside including the point.
Hit the 6, 5 and 9 and upped them 2 units to $30, $25s. Hit a few more non paying numbers for me. But good for others.
Getting ready to take and press…
7 out in 8 rolls. Oh well.
Didn’t mind as it was a positive thought day for me, and really learning to stretch myself.
Couple of guys playing both a $10 DP and PL and then laying odds on DP in the hook started to piss off the older guys at SL1 and SL2 and grandma, citing they weren’t playing properly and should be on the chocolate wheel instead. I didn’t get involved.
2nd half table opened up and grandma quickly moved to other end giving me some room.
Virgin lady shooter to finish off. She had a good roll. The old men at SL1 and SL2 (picture the old men critics from The Muppets – Statler and Waldorf) were loving it. Landing a couple of horns with $750 payout and giving her some chips, promising to give her $100 each if she rolled another.
Did a $15 DC and the dealer didn’t move it to the nine. I told her but by then the next number rolled. A ten and told her to move it to ten. Lucky the very next roll was nine.
I thought her luck was up and then lay $30 odds on $15 no ten.
Wouldn’t you know next roll 10. Oh well.
Told my muppet chums I bet she has a monster but had to run back to work so couldn’t try anything for a recovery or see out the rest of the game.
I’m finding myself starting to recognise player level and skill. It’s very interesting and could make for a good study in human behaviour.
Colour up $94 (-$106) in one hour
