More adventures in dice setting.

Last night I continued my empirical research on dice setting, with mixed results. Let me tell you about it.

So I was back at the Bonanza Casino, on North Virginia Street about 3 miles north of downtown, where the craps table has either a $2 or $3 minimum until 6 pm on most weekdays. I bought in for my usual hundred, and placed $5 on the pass line. My plan was the same as it usually is when I play craps: $5 pass line with max odds, and then place the 6 and 8 for $12 each, once a point is established.

I'm continuing with the same way of setting that I said I've done before, which is to have the five and one touching each other on the inside. I also noticed that the threes face me as I set the dice, in kind of a V formation. I then used my three finger/one thumb grip and through the dice to the far end of the table as before, as low and slow as I possibly can. (I've taken to calling this a "low energy" dice toss.)

So what were the results? I threw a lot of sevens on my come out roll. And I mean a lot.  I started counting after I threw my fourth seven. I ended up making 11 throws before I finally set a point. And while I was parlaying some of my winnings on the pass line, there were three crap rolls mixed in there, so even after all that I still was only up a few red chips.

And of course, once I established point I immediately sevened out. The two other people at the table split the scene, so I got to throw again.

Again, I struggled to make a point, rolling two sevens and two craps before rolling a ten. And then I promptly sevened out, again. This was getting painful, as I was now down about $45. I really didn't want to roll again at that point, so I opted for a strategic retreat, and I'll hit the tables again later this week.

I'm curious to see if this dice setting and throwing technique will continue to net me a lot of sevens, or if this was just a one-time deviation from the norm. I'll let you know.

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