Tunica trip

I'm getting ready to head out now to try my luck at Tunica. My trip is getting cut somewhat short so I won't be able to spend as much time as I was planning to. Hopefully I'll find a decent BJ shoe and get ahead. We shall see!!

Good luck.

Good luck. We are heading over to Tunica in the morning. Hope the casinos are in a giving mood (and/or mode).

Sounds good carolinajacket. Maybe they will be. What do you mostly play?

We play mostly the slots, but I am thinking about going back to VP. From what I've been reading, they seem to offer the best bet for getting tier points. I did win a small Texas Hold'em tourney on a cruise a while back, but that takes too much thinking on my old brain to play it now. How about you?

I'll mostly stick to blackjack but I plan on including some craps this time as well. If I play any machines it will likely be VP but I really don't enjoy that as much as table games.

I played a couple of shoes of blackjack and left down -$55. Then I wandered to the craps table and had a decent first roll ever. Won my loss back and got up $80. If I had the BR to weather the ups and down I would have come out a lot farther ahead than I did on craps. Overall I enjoyed craps a lot. Time to grab something to eat and then hit the craps table one more time before calling it a night.

The VP paytables at the Roadhouse has been drastically reduced. They were the best place to play video poker in my opinion but have since reduced most. I hope the locals stay away in protest.

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The VP paytables at the Roadhouse has been drastically reduced. They were the best place to play video poker in my opinion but have since reduced most. I hope the locals stay away in protest.

Yeah I am hoping they stay away too. VPFree2 says the penny progressive with 9/6 JoB (0.25% meter rise) still exists as does the left unit of the 25c, 50c, $1 9/6 DDB w/STP (3-play only).

Fitz still has 8/5 Super Aces Bonus (99.94%) as a coindropper for dollars. Should be the best game left in Tunica now.

Personally if I was the slot/vp manager, I would have ditched some of the units for slots (there are too many game kings), but I wouldn't have touched the paytables. Of course, obviously I am biased...lol

I'm calling it a night. Lost another session at BJ but had another decent one at craps. I've played for 10 hours had a roller coaster ride and as of now I'm up $40. Not a lot by any means but at least I'm not in the hole!!

I did something tonight at the craps table the boxman said he had never seen before. I throwed the dice to hard and they bounced when they hit then separated and one landed on the right side of the rail and the other on the left side. Neither dice fell to the floor but both came to rest on the padding on top of the rail on either side. I also watched a DI roll 12 8's out of 18 rolls. Funny thing was he wasn't trying to roll an 8 and refused to bet the 8. He sevened out and didn't make his point.

The best I did was roll four points before sevening out. I have no idea how many throws it consisted of.

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The best I did was roll four points before sevening out. I have no idea how many throws it consisted of.

Possibly not that many rolls but probably a bunch [usually you'd have a sense of lot of time passing]. I haven't made as many as four points for a hand in a while, and the last time out I don't think I saw anyone do it [in two sessions]

Most everyone sevened out fairly quickly. There where a couple of guys tracking rolls and writing everything down that came up. Another one was just tracking their personal rolls. I could have made some money if I would have made some come bets but I only bet the passline and odds.

The BJ table have had my number and every session so far has ended in a loss. The craps table however has made up for it. I'm up $250 for the trip this far. My wife went on a great roll and made everyone at the table some money. I had every number covered with multiple come out bets when she finally sevened out.

Also it seems that discretion comps are pretty easy to get. We just got comped two seafood buffets at 21.99 each. I had been playing $5 pass line and $10 odds placing 5 on the come out and odds on the come out for about a hour. I asked if I could get two buffets comped and they gladly provided.

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The BJ table have had my number and every session so far has ended in a loss. The craps table however has made up for it. I'm up $250 for the trip this far. My wife went on a great roll and made everyone at the table some money. I had every number covered with multiple come out bets when she finally sevened out.

Also it seems that discretion comps are pretty easy to get. We just got comped two seafood buffets at 21.99 each. I had been playing $5 pass line and $10 odds placing 5 on the come out and odds on the come out for about a hour. I asked if I could get two buffets comped and they gladly provided.

Where were you playing where the seafood buffet was only $22? How was it? And definitely sounds like a pretty good comp for the amount of play (assuming you were just playing there today...if you didn't take a comp yesterday, that sounds more expected).

It was at the Gold Strike. I know I didn't play enough to deserve but I asked and they gave. I also asked last night if we could get a breakfast buffet this morning and they gave it. I thought the seafood buffet was very good. It included crab legs, shrimp fixed several ways, prime rib, and tbone steak. Also the cheese cakes was wonderful.

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I had been playing $5 pass line and $10 odds placing 5 on the come out and odds on the come out for about a hour.

Next time buy the 5 for $20. Pays $29 on a win.

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I had been playing $5 pass line and $10 odds placing 5 on the come out and odds on the come out for about a hour.

Next time buy the 5 for $20. Pays $29 on a win.

I realize that I am butting in when I don't really know, but I suspect that Mikey75 did not mean that he was place betting the number 5 on come-out rolls. I think he meant that he was playing both the pass line bet and some come bets, with odds on both, and he just jumbled the terms a little. Otherwise, I don't know what he intended by the phrase "odds on the come out". I don't think it's too unusual for someone to confuse the terms for a come bet and a come out roll.

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I realize that I am butting in when I don't really know, but I suspect that Mikey75 did not mean that he was place betting the number 5 on come-out rolls. I think he meant that he was playing both the pass line bet and some come bets, with odds on both, and he just jumbled the terms a little. Otherwise, I don't know what he intended by the phrase "odds on the come out". I don't think it's too unusual for someone to confuse the terms for a come bet and a come out roll.

Ah, yeah, Doc. That makes sense. Nobody on this board would ever place the 5 anyway... :)

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I realize that I am butting in when I don't really know, but I suspect that Mikey75 did not mean that he was place betting the number 5 on come-out rolls. I think he meant that he was playing both the pass line bet and some come bets, with odds on both, and he just jumbled the terms a little. Otherwise, I don't know what he intended by the phrase "odds on the come out". I don't think it's too unusual for someone to confuse the terms for a come bet and a come out roll.

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Ah, yeah, Doc. That makes sense. Nobody on this board would ever place the 5 anyway... :)

I place the 5 and 9 all the time... but I would never hop the 6-2.

Sorry for the misunderstanding. What I meant was I placed a come bet after the point was established and then took odds on the come out bet after it was placed.

The dice went around the table a couple of times last night without much at all happening. I hit a point and then sevened on the very next throw two times in a row. Then it happened. I was down to my last $25 for the session when the dice came to me again. I tossed and hit a seven three times and then I made a point. And I rolled and rolled and rolled. I really don't know how many rolls or how long it was but it must have been ten minutes or so before I made the point. I immediately rolled another point and several throws later hit the point. Then I throwed another seven for a pass line win. I tossed the dice and they hit the table and flew straight up with one die missing the rail and hitting a lady standing at the end of the table before falling to the floor. I apologized to her and promptly rolled another point. I don't know how long it lasted for sure but it had to be close to 20 to 30 minutes that I held the dice. Seemed like a lifetime. A man at the opposite corner of the table from me had been betting hard and losing hard. He was down a little over $3000 when I started my roll. He was back even when I finally sevened out. I turned my 25 into $200 betting very conservative.

I finally had a wining session at BJ late last night early this morning. Wasn't a big win but the only one I got at the BJ table all weekend. After my good roll I hung around the craps table untill I lost most of it back. All in all I got comped to a seafood buffet for me and my wife Fri night and also Sat morning brunch buffet for a total of $80 worth of meals and I left $155 up. Not to bad for a low roller weekend. I'm looking forward to my next trip out.

Nice shooting!!

thanks for the update.Hows the counting going?Ever get in decent count?

At first I was unable to keep the count at all. I was really nervous and trying to interact with other players and casino personnel really throwed me off. After a few sessions it became much easier. I never did get a high count but I wonged in a game at +3 true count and won a few hands. That's the highest count I seen. A new shoe started after that and I played through a dead even count and left when the running count hit negitive 12. I was surprised though that there was decent penetration. They cut one deck off of a6 deck shoe. My time got cut really short so I didn't get to play at roadhouse but I did wander through there checking out the games and they had a double deck game for $10 min. I thought I had found a great single deck game there with a $5 min then I noticed it was 6:5 for BJ. That was the only 6:5 I seen during the trip.