How Do You Play
Your Game?
By The Professor
During my 21
years of casino play, I have found one true fact. All the millions of gamblers
in the world have one commonality. Like randomly floating snowflakes, no two are
alike! Each of these snowflakes comes to rest in the casino, ready to take on
the game with their sure-fired method to win. Yet, there is not one sure-fired
method of winning every time out. However, there are approaches to the game
which are better employed than others. There are definitely smarter ways of
playing, if winning is the ultimate goal. Just as it takes many snowflakes to
form a snowdrift, a better and smarter way of playing provides the player with
numerous advantages piled up for winning.
No two gamblers
play the game in the same way. The joy of gambling is held in a personal
experience. The way that you play the game is an expression of who you are. All
the facets that you take to the casino are the same ones that you get out of bed
with each morning. It has never been my intention to force anyone who has
studied with me to play exactly as I do. My intention is to empower the student
with a systematic approach, based on the knowledge I have successfully acquired
from my years of study and discipline. It is then up to the individual to use
the accumulated knowledge in their own approach to the game.
It has been
about ten years now, since first speaking with Beau Parker, the “Dice Coach”.
Six months after, I then met “Soft Touch”, Deborah Garcia. I suppose several
factors could explain how the three of us came to be drawn together. If I had to
name one, the attraction of our common pursuit of knowledge, creating advantage
play, would be it. Over the years of working and playing together, our
friendship has developed a special trust and respect. We share ideas to enhance
play without fear of judgment. In fact, when we meet before the Dice Busters
program, we always discuss new strategies and plays, along with our ideas for
improving the program. In all the years of producing Dice Busters, no two
programs have ever been the same. It is our intention to improve each and every
Dice Busters program.
Instead of time
spent in the casino, enjoying a game together, we are brain storming at the Dice
Coach’s craps table. We pour over all possibilities of a strategy, investigating
its validity. Instead of discovering ways a play could work favorably, our
focused attention exposes why the play may be weak, the reasons why the play
won’t work. It is easy to concoct plays that only profit with specific
conditions. It is quite another to come up with a play without leaks, that
performs consistently under multiple conditions.
Dice Coach has
a saying, “Any system will work some of the time and, during a hot hand, every
system should produce a profit.” At the Dice Busters, we share a common goal.
The goal is to create advantage players who come to own a systematic menu of
plays that encapsulates numerous proven strategies. When properly applied, the
puzzle pieces snap together, thus enabling the advantage player to win most of
the time, or at the least, restrict losses to a minimum.
“It is not
about how much you win. It is all about how much you don’t lose.” Too often the
player ignores the house edge, pretending that it does not exist. That is, they
approach the game as though it were a fair game. Consistent winning is not a
matter of hitting it lucky. The house advantage is designed with one purpose,
and that is to separate the players from their money. Casinos are humungous
profiting businesses with no intention of supplementing the income of any of the
customers. Complete knowledge is essential for long term success.
Soft Touch
says, “If you don’t like the direction of the game, change your direction.” It
is simple enough to say, “Never forget that you are in charge of you and all of
your actions in a game”. You are either in control and play with discipline, or
you sign up to be another statistic in the counting room. What if you find
yourself playing in a game and you don’t like the direction of the game? What if
you are not sure of how to change the direction of your play? What do you do?
Simple, you walk away and find a better game.
One thing
students observe when the Dice Busters are out for a game of craps are three
different styles of play. One lesson students experience from attending a day
with the Dice Busters is how to develop a strong game using several advantages.
The Dice Busters’ advantage comes from the combination of the three different
perspectives, and years of experienced play. After the classroom lesson, three
of the most knowledgeable craps instructors, teaching the game, go with the
students to the casino for supervised play. Who else does this? With the Dice
Busters, the intention is to empower the student. It is all about helping you to
find your own successful style of play.
No one
approaches the game in the same way. We all have our own personal history and
reasons for how we play the game. However, winning is usually close to the top
of an individual’s list of motives. So, the next time you are out playing craps
and the question crosses your mind, “I wonder if there is a better way to play?”
Who ya gonna call?
Dice Busters!
Well, that’s it for this edition of the Playing 4 Keeps™ Newsletter.
See you at the tables,
Michael Vernon
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Colorado Dice
New gaming
laws in the state of Colorado now allow casinos to offer craps
games. The games are limited to a $100 maximum bet. Michael Vernon has
"amped" up dice lessons for three different skill levels including lessons
in dice setting. If you are in Colorado, you may want to look Michael up
for help with your game. The lessons are located in Pueblo, Colorado and
you can find the schedule at
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