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Don't
Get Ground Into Casino Dust
If a player walks up to the table,
buys $1,000 in chips, plays the Pass Line, and half an hour later he's broke, the
so-called house edge of 1.14% didn't wipe him out. Stupid
playing was what did the damage; house advantage actually had very little to do with it.
If you were to make the same flat
bet, over and over endlessly, the house edge will eventually grind you into dust. However, in short-term play, you can actually
decide when to leave the table. During
most sessions, there will be times when you are ahead.
If you lock-up a portion of that profit and refuse to lose back any money protected
under that win-plateau, then you are assured of at least a small win for that session. Numerous small wins add up over time.
In the real world, that little
house-edge percentage won't even pay for the free booze that is drunk by the players. If
you are a Precision-Shooter who has achieved enough consistency to repeatedly throw 10 or
12 numbers per roll, then you have accomplished something truly remarkable. It is at that point that you should be able to
begin augmenting your income with profits earned through craps. You'll
still need to keep your regular job, and you can't order the Bentley Continental
Green-Label motor-car, but you can enjoy the feeling of walking into a casino knowing that YOU are the one with the
EDGE!
Just as in almost every other pursuit
of excellence, the battle is not between you and the casino; it is between you and
yourself!
Discipline, Attitude and Maturity are not usually mentioned in
casino strategy books. That's very unfortunate.
You can have the Knowledge of
the game, by knowing the odds by rote. You
can have a huge Bankroll and a workable Money Management plan. You can even have Precision-Shooting skills and
know the correct Strategy & Methods to take full advantage of all those opportunities. But
if you don't
have the Discipline, Attitude and Maturity to guide, temper, shape and modify your
decisions, it won't be the house edge that grinds you into Casino Dust, it will be your
own actions that do it.
Those three attributes are things
that you have to absorb into yourself, so that they become an integral part of you. Every fiber of your being has to use them to weave
a bullet-proof, ego-proof fabric, that setbacks can't tear, that nay-sayers can't pierce,
that "experts" can't find holes in, and most importantly, a fabric that a lack
of self-esteem can't shrink.
If you are willing to accept and then
do those things that you must do to win, then you have a chance. Understand that nearly all people can't or won't
give up more than a single moment of casino "fun", to increase their chances of
winning.
Yes, that's quite a mouthful. So if someone of true greatness tells you that
they were in the right place at the right time
there's probably a little more to
their success story than sincere modesty.
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Good Luck & Good Skill at the Tables
and in Life.
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