by CJ | Jun 14, 2017 | Casino Sessions, Podcast
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Casino : Treasury Brisbane
$400 buy in
1/2 table right side
SO and SR2
2 players
3V set and 2V set
Just one other at the table today.
I started slow to warm up but in the end it didn’t help. Shot myself in the foot repeated times with working on the come out going down on the seven.
Big issue of the day was the increase in sevens. Out of 60 rolls I threw 14 sevens with 7 of those on the come out.
That’s a terrible SRR (4.3) and I may as well have been chicken feeding them.
Doing a three finger grip, I let my fingers go further down the dice and I was adding extra spin and trying a lower shot to avoid bouncing off the table. Might try practice the Yuri for future sessions.
Even playing a DP play as I do, I could not save myself.
After analysis I can see where I went wrong.
My repeated $66 inside WOTCO falling to the CO seven.
I need to pull back when I give myself an upper cut and grind it back before trying at that level again.
And I need to stop thinking of the clock and having to make it work in 1 hour or I have failed.
I was already late and had to get back to work so had to stop just as 2 new players joined in.
Threw a final CO seven and shot myself again so just passed the dice and walked. Shameful display of craps play.
Coloured out $157 (-$243) in 1 hour
by CJ | Jun 4, 2017 | Casino Sessions, Podcast
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Casino: Treasury Brisbane
$400 buy in
1/2 table left side
SL1 (my favourite)
1 player (me)
3V set and 2V set
Couldn’t get out last week. Work was to much and couldn’t even spare 1 hour again.
Was very grateful that when I arrived there was no one at the table. Perfect.
I started slow to warm up.
Started with a 3 x DP progression $10 $20 $30 and $44 inside working 2 hits and down to $6 six and eight and press up and out from there.
Took an initial beating down $150, zagged when I should have zigged.
I had 3 PSO out of 11 hands.
The others of note. 22, 14, 12, 16
Then had my biggest roll I’ve ever done. 41 rolls. No one else at the table to enjoy it with me. Worked up from $6 six and eight to getting $50 for $1 on the 5 and 9
10, 6, 6, 5, 8, 5, 10
6, 8, 9, 6
7, 5, 5
8, 4, 9, 10, 5, 6, 5, 10, 9, 9, 5, 3, 5, 3, 5, 4, 4, 3, 9, 6, 2, 9, 9, 11, 3, 10, 7
I actually didn’t know what press to after that so left it at same bet to not distract myself.
Had a pile of chip vomit in front of me after that hand. I asked for a 2 min break to clean up my rack.
Had a good chat to dealers today. Before the most senior box man showed up. He’s so sour I could get more out of a lemon. Conversation stopper.
He turns his nose up at anyone that sets the dice and tries to have a controlled shot. But he tolerates until you don’t hit the back wall.
I couldn’t care less what he thinks.
I’m there to make money, and that’s what I’m going to strive to do.
I asked if the table was going to be removed. And they didn’t think so in the short term.
However since they moved the table it’s own room it’s done even less business than when it was on the main floor.
They really have set it up for failure.
I suggested the golden arm comp again and they said it would never get off the ground because it required work from the marketing dept. for a game that is only open small hours and has low profit turnover.
Oh well I’ll just keep playing for as long as I can.
Had to get back to work so had to stop just as 2 new players joined in.
Coloured out $626 (+$226) in 1 hour
by CJ | May 20, 2017 | Casino Sessions, Podcast
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Casino : Treasury Brisbane
$400 buy in
1/2 table right side
SR6 (my nemesis)
5 players (4 regulars and me)
3V set
Couldn’t get out last week. Work was to much and couldn’t even spare 1 hour again.
I was shocked to arrive and find 6 players half table full. I refuse to squeeze in as I myself like room.
I waited and watched for 1 hour. Mistake #1. Finally got a spot , stuck in the hook near the dealer. My nemesis spot. Mistake #2. But my time was up already and had to get back to work.
I wasn’t going without throwing the dice. Mistake #3.
Had to wait some more for the dice.
By the time I got to shoot I was not in a state to shoot.
$66 inside working on the come out, never got to regress. Mistake #4
First hand.
4, 6, 3, 11, 7
Stuck around for a second hand
10, 7
Got knocked off $75 DP trying to come back fast. Mistake #5.
Decided I was late enough. And had my share of mistakes, so quit for the day. Lessons have been learned.
Time pressure got me on throw and betting.
Coloured out $135 (-$265) in 30 mins
by CJ | May 6, 2017 | Casino Sessions, Podcast
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Casino: Treasury Brisbane
$400 buy in
1/2 table left side
SL2 and SL1
5 players (4 regulars and me)
3V set
Couldn’t get out last week. Work was to much and couldn’t even spare 1 hour.
Was really looking forward to today. I was over my nerves mostly from last week.
Started at the table with just one regular today. He’d had a bad run and basically passed the dice straight to me.
Got to shoot 7 times today. Which was nice.
13 and 14 were my longest throws. But I made money on each of them except for one PSO.
Followed a $66 inside working on the come out with my DP negative and positive progression on my own roles. Regress to $22 inside after 2 hits, then press up from there.
With the DP 3 play and $12 inside for other shooters.
This play seems to paying off for me.
Regression is a beautiful thing.
I have no problems making the dealers work for me.
No one else regresses. So I do get some strange looks.
I mentioned to the dealers about the golden arm comp that is in the USA.
They had no idea what I was talking about.
I emailed casino management this week with the idea to hold the golden arm comp in Australia. It would be great for craps exposure and getting more people to the game. No response yet.
Coloured out $605 (+$205) in 1 hour
by CJ | Apr 22, 2017 | Casino Sessions
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Casino : Treasury Brisbane
$400 buy in
1/2 table right side
SR1
5 players (4 regulars and me)
3V set
It’s been ages (4 weeks) since I’ve last slung the dice at casino.
I was pleasantly surprised my casino still had their craps table. They are still threatening to close it.
Between tropical cyclones and then floods and then public holidays and then family commitments. I felt like a newbie again sidling up to the table. To the point were my nerves had come back. Hands shaking level of nerves.
I decided to keep it simple today to break the nerves.
Followed a $44 inside working on the come out with my DP negative and positive progression on my own roles. Regress to $22 inside after 2 hits, then press up from there.
With the DP 3 play and $22 inside working on comeout for other shooters.
Everything went to plan today which was nice.
Being at SR1 agrees with me. Used a 3V, 3 finger parr style toss, aimed for around 4cm from the back wall.
Made one point and had a 14 roll hand.
8, 4, 6, 9, 10, 8
6, 2, 3, 10, 8, 8, 8, 9, 7
Only time for one throw. On my next throw I was going to try a low and slow toss to roll to the wall.
The other shooters were good to me. So no time or need to have another shot.
My throw was uuuggghhhhlllly so I was really hoping to get another shot in to see if I could steady my nerves. Oh well next week. And some much needed practice required.
Coloured out $556 (+$156) in 1 hour
by CJ | Mar 29, 2017 | Casino Sessions
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Casino: Treasury
$300 buy in
1/2 table left side
SO
4 players (3 regulars and me)
3V set
Stuck with my $66 inside working on the come out with my DP negative and positive progression on my own roles.
With the DP 3 play and $22 inside working on comeout for other shooters.
Shot myself in the foot with CO 7 twice on two separate hands.
I did have a 32 hand (my best to date is 34) which was good. But had sevens in the middle with the WOTCO knocked off my accumulated bets each time. Oops.
I think I’ll revise my WOTCO to only beginning of the hand and not in between points.
One regular player hit 4 horns in row and 2 players had big money on it. The $500 chips were flowing out to those guys and the box wasn’t happy.
He told the shooter after the hand that those lucky dice have been marked for removal and new dice will be used next shift.
I thought this was strange to pull dice because a couple of people made some big bets on the horn and won. But I guess they can do whatever they like.
Those 2 guys were smart and walked straight after that hand. I’m sure they have lost thousands so the small recovery actually reinforces to them to keep coming back each week to lose more again.
I don’t know why the casino personnel can’t see that overall these guys are the casinos best customers. They have their player cards in the system and know what they spend and take off the table. I know just from watching them in the short time that I’m there, that they spend big each week and since I’ve been playing they usually don’t win. I also know from listening to them banter with the dealers that they go back and play over the weekend.
What was interesting was that my DP 3 play and the WOTCO was affecting the betting of the others. They would sit out my rolls and couldn’t work out what I was doing and even after my 32 roll hand which was the biggest of the hour. They didn’t recognise it because their standard betting patterns were not followed.
Bad news, I got lost in my progression after my 32 hand, as I had chips everywhere since I wasn’t stacking them and it looked like chip vomit in front of me. I really need to rack my chips better. I would have made another $100 if I had of followed my progression properly. Lesson learned.
Good news, that after one and a half years (26.5 hours) of casino play after becoming a student of Craps I’m finally in the black by $53 overall.
While that’s a very bad return on the $7,100 I’ve put through the table over that time. I’ve learned so much about the game and the people that run it, and play it that I feel I’m in a good place now with my game.
I just hope next week there is still a table in the casino to play on.
Coloured out $359 (+$59) in 1 hour
