keeping track

yes, five minutes of gambling. I/we have been doing this for years. i am comfortable
just walking through a casino and being part of the ACTION.

the older i get the more i protect/respect my gambling bank roll. the casino will always be there.

wayne

ps

except in vegas where i go crazy. it must be the heat, humidity, sun in my eyes, porn slappers........

It's always good to walk away with some money, and Rec is absolutely right, the ruin of many players in Vegas is the notion that money won is "the casino's money" and that there's nothing wrong with squandering it (usually higher denom's of bad games).

Now, what do you do if you're in Vegas for a week and have a big win the first day? Can't really gamble for five minutes and then walk. Well, you could just sightsee, but most of us go to play. And if you're comped, you'd burn a bridge if you stiffed the casino.

Bear in mind that the idea of a winning trip or a winning "session" is all psychological, it's your long-term win/loss that counts. It's a continuous process; mathematically, it's one session per lifetime. Does your "session" end when you leave town? Does it end when you go to bed? Does it end when you stop for lunch? When you go to the bathroom for a few minutes? When you stop and take a 30 second break?

An option for players if they have a big win the first day is to take out what amount that they started with plus one-half of their win for this period and then continue playing with the other half thus guaranteeing themselves some of this money.

RecVPPlayer

poto today. i had a mental health day.

played $5 craps. $300 buy in. 1st shooter do bet and 6 and 8. 7 out. 2nd shooter place with odds and come with odds. 7 out. 3rd shooter just do $5 and single odds. i don't remember my number. 7 out. 4th shooter didn't bet. guy next to established a number and 7 out.

my turn. bet for me and dealers. 8 with double odds. come 4 with double odds. some other number
with double odds because you know i threw the 7 next.

i'm gone. lost $80. I was paid once on the 9 and $5 when someone hit the 7 on my come.

i am the hydrant.

went to $1 bp. down some and hit 4 of a kind to be $5 down for the day. played more and hit to make me even.

went to $5 bj.

lost 10 of 11 hands.

down $50 for the day. played .25 ddb hoping for.....you know. lost.

went for a beer with my buddy jerry. played a tavern game and won $5.

down $120

Question, I am wondering how many point / seven outs would they have to throw before you simply started betting on the "don't pass"?

weggie

i have never bet dont.......teach me. it's all timing

You could "Follow The Trend" and see a Don't and bet a Don't. Remember that you are actually playing against a lower casino advantage when you bet the Don't and that there are more ways to make a 7 than any other number after a point has been established.

As for your previous post that mentioned playing Double Double Bonus Poker, please keep in mind that this game has (at least what I consider to be) a very high volatility rate (of at least 42 whereas 9/6 Jacks has a rate of about 19.5 and 10/7 Double Bonus Poker has a rate of about 28) and so this can make it harder to end up winning facing that kind of Variance.

RecVPPlayer

I assume that you guys know that there's no mathematical rationale for when or if to switch from the pass line to the don't; the dice have no memory, we all remember hot and cold streaks but not the mixed, choppy times.

jstewa22, I have said this before on these boards and I will say it again......mathematically, there is no rational for playing craps in the 1st place! Its a negative expectation game, you have to do "something' to beat the house edge and your "feelings" or 'intuitions" is a tool that I do use.
Waynes, By NOT playing the don't side "ever" you are not using all the tools available to win money, and I hope we all agree that that's the ultimate goal.
The "pass" line bet has a house edge of 1.41%. and the "don't" pass has a house edge is 1.36%, so playing from the don't side has an advantage right from the start so switching from the pass line to the dark side does has mathematical rational (IMHO)
I personally do play trends, so I tend to break even on choppy tables and don't get killed when a table gets hot or cold as I am usually going with the trend.

weggie

After looking at my win-loss statements for last year I decided I needed to keep a log this year.
So far this year, session 1 -$400, session 2 +$800, session three, +$600. So far so good. I have been quitting before losing all of my winnings, which included my first royal for the year. Earliest I have ever got one.