Monday, January 5, 2009

"One of these nights..."

Saw a group playing old Eagles songs at the 'Coast. I've had this double folded C bill in my wallet for a few years. It was to be a reserve in case I engaged in a craps game.  Typical start would be $120 at a $2 min table, a stack of $5 and a stack of $1 chips.

As we were leaving the Eagles concert we walked by some craps tables and I said to Billie, "I'm going to play that hunnert". I put it down in front of the dealer, said "60 on 6 and 40 come". The stick man said "bet",indicating that my money was alive on the next roll.

On the 6, every 6 rolled pays me $70 each time. I lose my $60 when a 7 is thrown.

On the come, a 2 (snake eyes) a 3 or a 12 (box cars), rolled on the 1st throw loses my $40 bet.  
A 7 or 11 wins, pays me my $40 and keeps my original bet alive.
A 4-5-6-8-9-10 throw goes from the come to the number thrown and has to repeat before a 7 is thrown to win.

I can't see the shooter-he's at the other end- but within a second the two dice go flying by. BOXCARS my $40 is picked up by the dealer. The stickman, sitting at the middle of the table gathers the dice and scoots them down to the shooter. He shoots. SEVEN my $60 is gone and I'm broke on two throws. A  12-7 combo happens once in 216 times.

But "One of these nights..."

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