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Posts of Distinction of the Month - June

For the month of June, there was a unanimous vote for the Barbarian King's post for POM. It elicited a lot of interest and discussion. There is no POD for June. Goddess

Barbarian King - 08:46pm Jun 14, 2010 PT

Well my first trip to the casinos after practicing the GTC methods has yielded many good and bad results. This is a little delayed in posting, but right after I came back from my trip I had surgery on my left elbow and just haven’t felt like typing.

Session 1.
I hooked up with a couple of the GTCers in Tunica. There were no $5 tables with open spots so we ventured onto a $10 table. We all bought in and I took up SL2 while the other’s took SR1 and SL1. After a few throws, we all looked at each other in a realization that we had just bought in on a crapless table, very lame. The session was short and unproductive. I threw a few times but for some reason I was very nervous and my hands were shaking.

Lesson 1. Pay attention to the table you buy in on.
Lesson 2. Don’t be to eager.

Session 2
I then spent a bunch of time walking from casino to casino with the Navigator, trying to find a $5 table that had a good spot open. We finally gave up and the Navigator had to head home. So there was no real session but we were much more patient this time.

Lesson learned – be patient

Session 3.
I had driven to a new casino in hopes of finding a good table. I found exactly what I was looking for, a 12 ft table with SL1 open and just a hand full of other shooter. There were three to the right side and only one other to my left. I Took the dice for my first hand, I threw point–seven. ARRRGGhh. The dice came back around and I threw point–seven. Double Arrrghhh! The dice came back around again and I threw …. Point-Seven! Three consecutive point-seven outs!! Could it be any worse? I just lost ¾ of my buy in. I decided to just place minimal bets and get use to throwing in a casino on a real table.

Lesson 3. warm up with small bets before making an ass out of yourself.

The dice came back around to me for a forth time. My nerves had settled and I was just into the practice mode. I threw several hands in a row but I didn’t count them I am sure it was in the low teens. I started to relax. The Cfers were also throwing decent so I didn’t stand out yet. When the dice came around again things really changed. I don’t know how long I held the dice nor did I count the hands. I do know that I got a lot of “way to go” and “that was a great run” and even the dealers said “nice job” but there was a flaw to my roll. I never remade my point nor did I bet on anything other than my passline bet.

Lesson 4. A point-seven is still a point-seven whether you have 1 roll or 30 rolls. If you don’t make the point you still seven out. Having a good SRR is one thing but getting to were you can hit points is the real goal.
Lesson 5. A blown ego and a blow to your bank can create cold feet, which can cost you even if you have a good set of hands.

At this point I was getting hungry and the pit boss offered me dinner, and I accepted. (My first comp.)
He offered to get me a players card while I continued to play. So I gave him my ID and waited for my next turn. Finally the dice came back around to me. I was relaxed and feeling good so I set for sevens. I threw 2 sevens in a row on the come out. Then I threw a 6 for my point. I threw a couple of more hands when a woman started tapping me on the shoulder and calling me by name! I was shocked that someone knew me. It was a hostess with my ID and fancy new players card! Arrrghh! My rhythm was broken and I threw a Seven-out.

Session 4
After dinner I went back to the tables and my spot was taken so I took SL2 thinking it would be good practice and I would bet small. The woman at SR2 was throwing and made the 5count. Her next point was 5 so I place just a couple of units for odds. The guy sitting at SL1 looked at me and said “you better put full odds on that” so I did. The woman threw another 5 and I got paid. Then when Mr SL1 got the dice I watched his throw very closely. Guess what? He was using a very familiar technique. I began talking to him and learned many fascinating things. He told me Dom, Frank, and some guy named Sharpshooter taught him how to throw many many many moons ago.
After he got done throwing both he and the woman at SR1 left the table, and he left me a piece of advice.

Lesson 6. the advice- throw three sets of hands, then take a break.

Session 5
After enjoying an afternoon of golf, PaulM joined me at the tables. This session went fairly well. I had some good sets of hands and so did PaulM. He is a pretty good shooter. The highlight of this session happened right around dinnertime. The relief dealer had shown up to the table and was rotating out with the regular crew so they could go on break. (I am assuming that’s what was going on) the dice had just come around to me and I was standing at SR1. I had not practiced much at this spot but I seemed to be doing pretty good so far. My set of hands lasted a good while but again I was so wrapped up in just getting the dice thrown right I didn’t count or time myself. Then I finally sevened out and passed the dice to PaulM. Paul was standing at SL1 and he had a great run too. When the stickman finally came back from break he looked at the other dealers and they said “there has been just two shooters the whole time you were gone” and he pointed at me and Paul. Then we made a very bad mistake. We didn’t leave the table . We kept pushing for a repeat of controlling the table and finally about midnight we looked at each other as said “gee we should have stopped”

Lesson 7. don’t try to wear your cape too long. Stop while your awake, aware, and ahead.



There was another session but I think I have made this long enough....