In article <
7695fbee-d803-44f4-ae5c-2276b4022f5d@googlegroups.com>,
Dave from WA State <
daveviens@gmail.com> wrote:
P.S. There was a nice fellow, Fred Walker, here in 2013 when I post a reminiscence-type post too.
Awww, gee, thanks Dave! I've since changed my name for other reasons,
mostly just to avoid feeling moniker stagnant.
I still play from time to time, although I lost my head the last time
I played and was out $600. But it really wasn't so bad, because I'd
had a long winning streak of either tying or winning $20 to $40 for
months. In my experience, sticking to the pass or don't pass lines
with odds never leads one too far astray in the long haul, and
whatever is lost to the house edge winds up being worth the
entertainment value (never mind some occasional food comps).
My style (no point becoming delusional about it by calling it a
"strategy") is to start out small on the don't and slowly try to get
a feel for the table before adding odds and don't comes with odds -
but remaining poised to switch to the other side and hopefully clean
up with pass lines and comes with odds.. and then revert back to the
dark side hopefully not too long after it turns. It's somewhere in
that mix that I've experienced the most success.
Of course, losing one's head can wreck the best of styles. :-)
By the way, I don't really believe in "get[ting] a feel for the
table", because one good definition of randomness is "no patterns",
and there's no way to get a feel for no patterns. The "feel" is
merely a guide to one's hopes at any given moment. The dice continue
to have a mind of their own, i.e. no mind at all. LOL!
I prefer the dark side both because it's slightly mathematically
lower house edge, and because I like the fact that I can't lose all
my bets at once. Of course, that's balanced by the pain of sevens and
yo's on the come out. Actually, getting burned by yo's on the come
out was a big factor in the aforementioned $600 loss. It was just one
of those nights. And no matter when or why I switched sides, it was
always precisely the wrong decisions. Classic "can't do anything
right" session. On top of it, the dealers somewhat sucked, and
someone else at the table clearly thought I was the bad luck at the
table, and a couple times even said as much to me, albeit playfully.
Still, it was such a "deer in the headlights" sensation. Ugh.
But I'll be back! :-)
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