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Heavy's Cinco de Mayo
Axis Power Craps Seminar Weekend
May 3rd - 5th, 2025 - Las Vegas
Axis Power Craps Seminar Weekend
May 3rd - 5th, 2025 - Las Vegas
Yeah, I'll admit it. I was tempted to call this weekend Gringo de Mayo, since Cinco de Mayo is NOT Mexican Independence Day. That's actually September 16th, but Americans needed some reason to drink Mexican beer in May, so beer producers came up with the idea of celebrating the victory of General Ignacio Zaragoza and about 1000 Mexican troops made up mostly of peasant soldiers over 5000 - 7000 French soldiers in the battle near the city of Puebla. When the smoke had cleared the the Mexicans had miraculously won. Why this holiday was nor created by a tequila company is beyond me, but believe me, they have picked up a significant market share as a result of the beer brewers' genius.
Moving forward to all things craps. Mark May 3rd – 6th as important dates for YOU and Axis Power Craps! In 2025 we’re cutting back to just TWO Seminar Weekends in Las Vegas and this will be our FIRST seminar weekend for the year.
What better dates could I have picked than Cinco de Mayo weekend again? I’m thinking NONE. Because once June rolls around the temperatures start to rise in Vegas and we dang sure don’t need to be hitting the Sin City Streets in July or August. So, the Stars have aligned on this one. Break out the chips, salsa, and tequila. Or, in my case, the Negro Modelo. Keep me away from the tequila and I promise I won’t do the Chicken Dance. And yes, for my fellow Texans thinking about joining us, I realize there’s a vast shortage of TexMex in Nevada, but we’ll find something close before the weekend is over. We all know it’s not anything run by Guy Fiera.
This exciting weekend will crank up at one of my favorite casinos with a casual Friday night meet and greet where we’ll have a chance to hoist an adult beverage if you wish, or chill on a soft drink if you prefer. We’ll put faces with names, get acquainted, swap tall tales and outright lies on whatever subject crosses our minds – which most likely will include our game of choice – craps. And who knows? If conditions are right and any dare – we might even squeeze in a pre-seminar live session before calling it a night.
On Saturday morning we’ll hook up at my favorite local casino dealer school (a real dealer school – not that place everyone "likes" that rents you a spot on a table by the hour) for a full day of craps training focused primarily on dice influence and toss training. Class begins at 9AM and runs until approximately 5:30PM. First time students – you will receive a copy of the original Axis Power Craps Seminar on video prior to the live seminar and you are expected to watch this video as pre-class homework. There is material on the video that will not be covered in class unless you ask specific questions about it. However, this material IS important and every student should watch and understand it prior to attending the class. Why? Because there’s more to being a winning player than just shooting the dice! (I'll also send you a copy of the 2024 updated Axis Power Craps Seminar Manual with most of our Advanced Betting Strategies Included).
The class begins with about a 45-minute discussion on a few craps basics. Then we get right down to working on our tosses. This will be a full day of Dice Control Training, focusing on the mechanics of the grip and toss, including set, grip, aim, focus, breath control, visualization, landing zone, execution, and follow through. There will be roughly a 60-minute break for lunch around mid-day at any one of several local restaurants across the street from the school. After lunch we will continue to work on our tosses. We’ll teach you how to read the dice and how they interact with the layout – and how to interpret that interaction and make adjustments to your grip and toss to correct any errors. We’ll practice shooting from alternate positions – Stick Left, Stick Right, and Straight Out. And, given time, we will play a mock session using casino chips, and incorporate some Basic DI Betting Strategies into your play. All that and much more on Day One.
Saturday night you’re on your own to hook up with your fellow students and coaches for live play, dinner, entertainment, or just to hang out and chill. Yeah, you can go out and play if you wish. But again, I don’t recommend staying out too late. Typically, Saturday nights are what I call “amateur nights” at the casino; too many drunks and rookies and randies at the tables. It’s always better to get to bed early, then get up early (while it’s still dark) and play a “coffee run” session under better conditions. Up at 4:30AM. Play from 5:00 until 7:00. Grab a comp for breakfast, then be at the dealer school around 8:45 Sunday morning with an extra few Benjamins in the bankroll and ready to start on-time.
Sunday morning’s Advanced Betting Strategy Session will begin at 9AM and will wrap up no later than 1PM. We’ll start out the morning with Right-Side betting strategies. We’ll cover reading a table, presses, power presses, regressions, etc., then move on to Hybrid strategies. From there we’ll transition right into Dark Side Plays and how to implement them into your game and use them as a springboard back to the right side when the heat turns back on. Just about every strategy we discuss will have a specific live-session example associated with it that we can discuss – and examples where the play in question has worked far beyond expectations (or failed miserably). This session will definitely put some tools in your craps tool box.
We will wrap up the session at 1PM with plans to reconvene at one of the local casinos later in the afternoon for live play with your Axis Power Craps coaches. Location and exact time to be announced at the seminar itself. Play is planned to last roughly three hours, depending on table conditions. At the end of the live sessions the seminar weekend will “officially” be over. However, don’t forget – Axis Power Craps is the only outfit that offers a free Hookup Day called Hangover Monday.
Hangover Monday is that Monday after the seminar weekend when the coaches and many of the students like to “hang over” for another day to get in some additional play before heading home. So, we book our rooms for Monday with a Tuesday departure so we can have the casino to ourselves for the day. Typically, there are fewer players, more open spots at the tables, often lower limits, and the pressure to perform is off so frequently the hands are longer and the money won is bigger. Best of all, it doesn’t cost you a dime more to hang over and hook up with us (unless you’re having to pay extra for the room or you drop a few bucks at the tables) so why not? I will definitely be there. I will probably be out there Monday night as well.
Our First Time Student tuition is $1250 for BOTH the Saturday Dice Control Class and the Sunday Advanced Betting Strategy Class. Register via the Zelle app and we offer a $50 discount to $1200. Register via Zelle by sending your payment to axispowercraps@gmail.com. If you prefer, you can send a $500 deposit via Zelle and pay the $700 balance in cash at the Friday night Meet and Greet or at the seminar itself before class starts on Saturday morning. If you do not have Zelle, you can learn more about it at www.zellepay.com. Download the Zelle app from your Play store on your phone. Link the app to your checking account and send payment to axispowercraps@gmail.com. Once you receive confirmation from Zelle that your payment was sent, follow up with an email to axispowercraps@gmail.com providing me with your contact information – name, mailing address for class pre-work, casino handle if you have one, email address and cell number. I will send a confirmation email back to you with additional information on the class itself.
First Time Students paying via PayPal – your tuition is $1250. You can pay via the following link:
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?c ... W9FFAL9F5S
Once you make payment I will reach out to you via email to the address linked to your PayPal account with additional information. If you use a different email address with your PayPal account than you usually use for day-to-day email, please email me at axispowercraps@gmail.com and advise me of that OR include that email address in comments when making your payment. I will be mailing pre-class material to you so it is important that I have your correct snail mail address and cell number.
DD214 Veterans and First Responders. As a “Thank You for your Service,” we’re offering an additional $100 discount off your tuition. If you pay via the Zell app your tuition is just $1100. If you prefer, you can send a $500 deposit and pay the $600 balance in cash at the class itself. Or send the entire $1100 now via Zelle to axispowercraps@gmail.com. Don’t forget to follow up with an email to axispowercraps@gmail.com with your full name, address, and cell number so we can contact you with additional details.
If you prefer to pay via PayPay your tuition will be $1150.
Veterans and First Responders can register via PayPal at the following link for $1150
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?c ... V5GTYT7E96
Again, be sure to include your cell number for future contact.
Alumni – Refresher Student Tuition is $950 – That also includes both Saturday Dice Control and Sunday Advanced Betting Strategy Class. We reduce that tuition to $900 if you pay via the Zelle app. Pay via the Zelle app now by sending payment to axispowercraps@gmail.com. If you with you can pay as little as $400 now and pay the $500 balance at the class itself.
Alumni Students paying via PayPal – your tuition is $950. You can pay your tuition via PayPal at the following link:
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?c ... YTNEQJL6W6
If you prefer, you can pay a deposit of $450 via PayPal and pay the $500 balance in cash at the class. Pay a deposit of $450 via PayPal at the following
link:
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?c ... N7R4W3QGCA
DD-214 Veteran Alumni Students – you also get a $100 discount as a salute to your service. Your total tuition if $800 if you pay via the Zelle app. Make your payment to axispowercraps@gmail.com and follow up with an email to axispowercraps@gmail.com with your contact information, including your cell number. If you wish, you can pay a $300 deposit and pay the $500 balance in cash at the class in Las Vegas.
If you prefer to pay via PayPal, DD-214 Alumni Students can enroll for $850 via PayPal at the following link:
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?c ... 8X4QRKWVL8
If you wish you can pay a deposit of $350 via PayPal and pay the $500 balance in cash at the class in Las Vegas. Pay a deposit of $350 at the following link:
https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/VCRGZ9RCGXHTW
Be sure when paying via PayPal to include your cell phone number in the comments. If there is no space to include that, email axispowercraps@gmail.com after making payment with your full name, casino handle if you use one, cell phone number, and which property you’ll be staying at while in Biloxi if you know it yet. This info is for the class roster.
Enrollment fees cover the cost of training and handout material only. Students are on their own for transportation, meals and lodging.
May will be here before you know it! Get your vacation time off request filed early and make your plans to be in the world’s gambling Mecca for Cinco de Mayo Weekend and the next Axis Power Craps Vegas Weekend.