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Long
Tables = Po$$ibilitie$ The
ambassador of a small African nation visited Russia, and was entertained by the Russian
ambassador. For two days, the African ambassador was wined, dined, and generally treated
to the best hospitality that Russia had to offer. On the final day of his visit, the
Russian ambassador said, "As your stay is coming to an end, it is time for you to
play our traditional game, Russian roulette. One of the six chambers of this gun is loaded
- you spin the cylinder, point the gun at your head, and pull the trigger." This
scared the African slightly, but he was a proud of his brave warrior heritage, and to show
fear would be unthinkable. Both men took their guns, spun, and pulled the triggers. Both
chambers were empty, and both ambassadors breathed a sigh of relief. The African
ambassador was very impressed with the courageous game, and thought hard about the subject
before the Russian Ambassador was due to visit his country the following month. When the
visit came, the African ambassador treated the Russian with all hospitality. Leading him
to an ornate room in the palace, the African ambassador said, "Now it is time for you
to sample our game, African It
always pays to watch out for things that can bite you, whether literally or figuratively. Long
craps tables have always given me problems because it took the precision out
of my Precision-Shooting. The new grip
that I am using for those long tables has helped my performance quite a bit. Ive
nicknamed
this
grip,
the Mad Professors Long-Ranger. It
is set up as follows:
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Set
the dice side-by-side on the table as you normally would, and put your two middle fingers
on the "forward-edge of the dice.
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Then
let your two outer fingers gently grip the side-axis of the dice, and use your thumb to
VERY gently support the outer-side of the first (lowest) joint of your index finger.
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Now
turn your hand over, so the palm is facing up, and in a soft under-handed motion, GENTLY
toss the dice to a spot as close to the back-wall as possible. The objective is to
have the dice gently roll into the wall and have a MINIMAL one to three on-axis rolls on
the roll-back. Flamingo-I
started out here because of their six long and difficult tables. With hotel occupancy at an all-time low, they
pre-comped my suite. The tables were as
sparsely-populated as Ive ever seen. I
played fifteen sessions here over a five-day period.
My average Sevens-to-Roll-Ratio was 14, with the shortest being 2 rolls, and
the longest being 24 rolls. OSheas-They
used to have two pretty good tables here, when the Craps Pit was located to the right rear
of the casino. When they moved it near the
front entrance, they changed to their current single long table. Although Ive experienced quite a bit of
previous success on it, I wanted to re-confirm it while using my new grip. I played a total of 12 sessions here, each
containing at least three separate hands. My
average Sevens-to-Roll-Ratio was 12, with the shortest being 2 rolls, and the longest
being 21 rolls. This didnt equal my
normal shooting abilities using my usual grip, but it was still profitable, and more
importantly, it was contributing important roll information that would prove valuable
later in my trip. Casino
Royale-This
was the busiest casino that I experienced in the post-WTC/Pentagon tragedy. Their two low-limit long tables were rockin
as usual. Success eluded me at this place. It took the dice quite a while to circulate the
table even though no was stringing together anything resembling a good hand. I played a
total of 3 sessions here. My average
Sevens-to-Roll-Ratio was 4, with the shortest hand being 2 rolls, and the longest being 7
rolls. Imperial
Palace-This
casino was interesting for two reasons. They
had the fullest hotel occupancy, but the casino activity was subdued even though it was
more than two weeks after the New York/Washington/Pennsylvania events. The other item of note, was that a fellow craps
player who shot the dice from his wheelchair was putting together a stupendous string of
hands. He set the dice, while his wife/girlfriend cheered him on. Each of his hands lasted more than 30 rolls. We had the table pretty much to ourselves for over
ninety minutes. I played a total of 9
sessions here. My average
Sevens-to-Roll-Ratio was 15, with the shortest being 2 rolls, and the longest being 31
rolls. San
Remo-Most
people avoid this house, because its a little bit off the Strip, even though it is
right beside the Tropicana. Ive been
hassled here by one particular box-man who hates having ANY players win. Even when a random-roller starts to profit from
the game, he gruffly starts to brow-beat them, and rant and rave over anything he can
think of. On the other hand, I like the
European ambiance of this small, un-crowded casino. Fortunately
my favorite box-man wasnt working during the 3 sessions that I played
here. My average SRR was 15, with the
shortest being 2 rolls, and the longest being 31 rolls. I
also played at New York New York, Excalibur, Luxor, and Mandalay Bay during that initial five-day experiment. These four casinos have medium-long
tables, that Ive had previous success at using my normal pincer-grip. Out of curiosity, and for the sake of comparison,
I tried the Long Ranger grip on these tables as well. I wanted to compare roll success against my
previous achievements. For this set of
experiments, I rolled from my normal shooting position, and then switched to a further
spot on the table. Ill
spare you all the details but heres a summary and comparison of the two styles:
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Using
my normal Pincer-Grip from my normal shooting position I have worked my roll-ratio up to
28-to-1 over the past two years.
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Using
the new Long-Ranger grip from my normal position, my roll-ratio at these four
casinos was 19-to-1 over twelve hands.
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When
I switched to a farther position on the tables, my SRR dropped to 17-to-1.
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When
I switched to the farthest position on each table, using the Long-Ranger, my SRR dropped
to 12-to-1. Armed
with that information, I was satisfied that the new grip was good enough to use on long
tables, but on the medium-long ones, it didnt generate enough rolls per hand to
justify switching from the Axis-Pincer to the new grip. Youll
notice that so far I have specifically avoided the mention of profit or betting methods. In Part Three, well take a look at that and
at some other Las Vegas and Laughlin casinos where we improved upon what we learned during
our first in-casino experiments on the Strip. Good Luck & Good Skill at the Tables
and in
Life. By: The Mad Professor
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