After having a great day at our favorite CT casino, I finally proved the point to myself and Little Debbie about taking max odds to turn what would have been a good day into a great day. We couldn't get on Mr. Finesse's favorite 12 foot table and settled in on the 14 footer next to it. I took SL1 and Little Debbie SL2. I did ok, but Little Debbie was on fire. As we started off I could here Bob's voice reminding me on proper come betting and waited until I had received the correct number of payouts before increasing the number of come bets I had. While Little Debbie kept her focus and kept throwing number after number, it wasn't long before I had everything covered with max odds and another come bet to be "off and on" . Her arm kept moving and my chip rail started to fill up with green chips. She does have a tendency to throw come out 7's which cause the come bets to come down, but I "insured" those losses with an Any 7 bet. It didn't take long before I had the "Big Skinny" going again. I wish had had a count on her throws but we were too focused on what we were doing. Prior to this I would make a $5 pass line bet and only 2 times odds on my come bets and would wonder why am I only coming away breaking even after a long session. Well the answer I believe is in taking max odds. My buy in was only $200 and when I cashed out I had over $1250.

MasterBlaster

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Posted by: Skinny on February 16, 2018, 1:25 am

MasterBlaster,

I am happy to hear you overcame your fear of taking max odds and recognized it was preventing you from making enough money.

I once wrote an article on this very subject, I think you may find interesting. Click on the following link to read the article:

Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

Posted by: Dominator on February 18, 2018, 9:57 am

Tell Debbie great shooting. Bob was watching and I know he would say the same!

Only thing, I wouldn't do the any 7 bet on the come out. If a 7 is thrown so be it. Making comebets are right because of the low edge, but then you are making a high edge bet on the any 7.

Not a big deal, but something you would never see Bob, skinny, or any of our instructors make

Again, great report!

Dom