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Energy can be observed in the toss of
the dice. Sometimes it is obvious that the shooter is a wimp. You can
tell, just by the way the dice stumble down the layout, that they will
not be holding the dice very long. Consistency in every throw,
particularly when dice setting, is critical to holding on to the cubes.
I have witnessed long hands with the shooter consistently placing the
dice in the same area with the same force. It is called “in the groove”
and it looks and feels like there is no stopping the shooter. Then
something happens and the shooter changes his toss. It is obvious in the
energy and can be seen even before the dice stop that the “evil one” is
about to show. “Seven out, line down, he’s out”. You can actually
perceive the energy as a feeling.
I have experienced being in the groove.
I have had the experience of knowing that my point was going to roll
while the dice were still in the air. I just knew it. I could feel it. I
could see it in my mind’s eye. I have also experienced that “oh, no”,
feeling, knowing as soon as the dice left my hand that it was no good
and the seven was coming.
Be conscious of the feeling in your
fingers as the dice leave your hand. Watch the dice as they fly through
the air. You can actually see them on their way to the end of the table.
Watch as they separate, collide, spin or roll off the axis. Watch how
the dice react upon impact. Observe whether you were able to influence
the impact with backspin, how hard the dice land and bang into the wall.
Learn to recognize what a good toss feels like and lock that into your
brain and muscle memory. Learn to recognize the feeling of being in the
grove. Using creative visualization can be an effect-training tool too.
Eventually, you disengage from making it a conscious effort to an
automatic exercise. It is important to note that getting into the grove
involves detachment. It certainly does not involve thinking or emotions.
It is an energy thing becoming a clear vessel.
Watching how a person tosses the dice
gets into finessing a game. I do not recommend finessing a crap game.
Finessing rhymes with guessing. However, when it is so apparent by the
way the dice are coming down the table that the shooter’s energy is
failure, I will lay off the bum. If the dice roll ugly and land craps on
the come out roll, I will not play with this loser. Typically, his next
roll is a seven or eleven. A losing hand followed by a winning hand. It
is tit for tat. Next, he rolls a point and after a few more lame rolls,
he will seven-out. You can see failure expressing in the energy of the
player and the dice. Again, I do not recommend finessing, guessing
outcomes. You catch more fish with your line in the water. It is just
that sometimes the short hand is so obvious, that you are better off
watching.
Sloppy dice tossing is usually an
indication of a short hand. I look for the shooter who commands control
and rolls with consistency. He looks like a winner and shoots like a
winner. The next time that your are out, take notice of all the
different ways for tossing dice. See if you can observe the differences
in energy from player to player. Notice if the sloppy, weak toss does
not result in a short hand.
I am not saying that a consistent
shooter guarantees a long hand. What I am saying is the dice express
energy. In simple terms, it is an energy of winning or losing. You can
see it. If I am playing the numbers, an aggressive play, I am on my toes
looking for the energy. I need to see the support when making aggressive
bets.
Recapping the point here, controlling
the dice is a matter for consistency. There is something, perhaps,
superstitious about it, yet consistency in tossing the dice goes a long
way for holding onto the cubes. The longer a shooter holds the dice the
longer the game plays and pays. It is true.
Copyright © 2002
Michael Vernon |
