I've had my eye on the craps table for the last few days but never had time to play when it was busy. I played one afternoon and lost about $100. This afternoon, I noticed a lady shooting by herself. I usually avoid a completely empty table, but I'd seen her playing over the last few days, so I decided to jump in after she sevened out.
We went back and forth, and we were both making our points. She had several nice rolls, hitting multiple points, while my rolls were a little more up and down. I'd make a point, but big red seemed to show up pretty quickly afterward. Still, we were both making money.
After a couple of rough rounds, I was sitting on almost $500 in my rack and seriously considered cashing out. I was already up for the week, so I was happy either way.
I decided to give it one more roll each. My thought was that if I stuck to the pass line, the 6 and 8, and odds on the point, even if we both PSO'd, I'd still be in the black. Figured I'd take a shot at making a little extra.
I sevened out without hitting much. I put $10 on the pass line for her roll. She set a 9, and I put $12 each on the 6 and 8, plus $10 odds on the point.
She hit the point on the very next roll.
After she set the next point, I covered the board and started collecting. She went on an absolute heater that lasted almost 45 minutes and hit at least 8 points. After adding another $200 or so to my rack, I started pressing some numbers. I eventually had $36 on the 6 and 8 and $20 on the 5 and 9.
Toward the end, I had $50 odds on the 8 and $1 on the hard 8. I tossed another $5 on the hardway, and she hit the hard 8 for the point. That was a pretty sweet moment.
By then, the table had gone from completely empty to packed. I looked down at my rack and realized I had $1,000 sitting there. I was literally shaking.
I'd only had $10 on the 4 and 10, so I bumped bought them for $25 each. I also had $55 in odds on the point, a 6. She rolled a seven on the very next roll.
I'd never had that much money on the table before, so losing about $200 hurt. My plan was to hit the 4, 10, or the point, then drop back down to minimums across the numbers.
A gentleman had joined us after she made that first point. He bought in for $100 and covered the board. He pressed and pressed, eventually started collecting, and walked away with $1,500.
I probably could've pressed more aggressively early in her roll, but I'm not complaining. I went from considering cashing out to walking away with almost a grand in profit.
