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The Lady is a PRO! A while back I
mentioned that there are a couple of women who play craps professionally. One is from the Scottsdale/Phoenix area, and the
other is my girlfriend. There may be others,
but they are the only two whom I personally know about. That being said,
please dont call them pros. The
Clarke County/Las Vegas Telephone Yellow Pages contain over 200 pages of professional
ladies, and I can tell you, theyre not talking about craps. I taught my
girlfriend how to shoot craps back in 1996. Her
philosophy at the tables is much different than mine.
Shell only give herself one shooting opportunity, and if that
isnt profitable, shell walk away. Sometimes
it takes me one hand just to get the feel of the table, and to settle into a groove. With her, its either Now or
Later. In fact, even it she has a
good hand, she will still usually color-up and just walk away. Let me list her
progress over the last couple of years:
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I first taught her
on the low-rent tables of Gaughans Plaza in Downtown Vegas when it was still a
25-cent game. She liked the action, and
quickly understood the math of the game.
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Several sessions at
Golden Nugget, Four Queens, Fitzgeralds and the Freemont Hotel over a period of three
weeks honed her skills from a rank beginner to where she was pretty consistent in throwing
about 10 times before sevening out.
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A month later, in
Biloxi, Mississippi, she continued to improve her skills, and started to notice her own
ability to throw all of the Field numbers, but not the 5, 6 & 8. I showed her the simplest of methods to take full
advantage of that.
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She didnt
accompany me on all my excursions, but by the time I took her to Lake Tahoe several months
later, her shooting skills werent as rusty as I thought they would be. Her roll-count average increased to 14 by the end
of that trip, but she was a little intimidated by the higher than usual table limits.
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In 1997, a short
trip to Atlantic City was disastrous for her ego. She
didnt like the East Coast/New York/Philli crowd at all. She felt that the large amount of men leering and
salivating all over her was enough, but the come-ons and endless lewd invitations
were too much for her. That trip turned her
off of craps for the better part of a year.
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When I convinced
her to return to Las Vegas with me in early 1998, she obliged. This particular trip marked a turning point for
her. Once she got back into a
shooting-groove, her confidence returned. Shes
no shrinking-violet by any means. Her
force of personality is more than up to the task of keeping mine in check. She would join me at the tables, and produce some
truly remarkable rolls. Satisfied with the
profit from one great hand, she would cash-out and spend leisurely time in the pool, at
the spa, shopping or spending time with friends. That
first trip of 98 saw her roll-average increase to 15 in very short order. The fact that she could just walk up to the table,
unleash a string of back-to-back-to-back Place numbers in succession was amazing. The fact that she didnt want to stick around
to do it again and again was even MORE amazing.
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Through the rest of
1998 and all of 1999, we spent a lot more time traveling to various casino destinations
around the world. She would play one or
possibly two micro-sessions each day, and was satisfied with the profits. Her roll average increased to 18 by the end of
that year. However, I was unable to convince
her to stay at the tables for any length of time. One
of her sessions at Barbary Coast in LV lasted for over 100 minutes. Roll after roll, she
hit nothing but Place numbers. Two days
later at the Stardust, she did the same thing, only this time the 5, 6 & 8 went on
vacation again, and all of her Field numbers just kept crashing into the middle of the
meadow. A GOOD time was had by
all!
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In 2000, her
roll-average stayed the same, but by this time she had gained the confidence to increase
the base amounts of her bets. They are still
very low by almost any standard, yet they please and satisfy her. Her craps income for the year exceeded $80,000 for
the first time, and that meant a whole lot of shopping going on around here!
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So far this year,
she has generated some astounding rolls. Her
best-to-date since January is 78 tosses without the 7.
A couple of other 70+ hands have happened, yet she still will only pick up
the dice once or sometimes twice each day. Im
almost embarrassed to admit this, but on a roll-by-roll basis, her shooting is much more
profitable than mine are. She still
doesnt land the 6s and 8s like I do, but who cares when the 4, 9, &
10 are paying huge Place and Come premiums. The
Field profit has also been exceptional, although she refuses to bet on any of the
center-of-the-table Propositions. I do it
instead, and enjoy the profits. So if you ever see
her throw, you can admire her shooting, but please, just dont call her a PRO! Good Luck &
Good Skill at the Tables
and in Life. By:
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