The Adventures of MDawg

Quote: PokerGrinder

PokerGrinder doesn’t understand how MDawg believes anything that he is saying. PokerGrinder doesn’t believe that Mdawg looks 25

Is there any space still available in your head, or does MDawg own it all?

Asking for an enemy.

Quote: MDawg

Don't ever get behind one of these on the Strip.

Actually, don't ever get on the Strip at all, take Koval, Paradise or the equivalent on the west side, unless you're in a good mood as I was, simply taking in the Friday evening vibe on the way back to Encore.

DarkO, I think the really religious Jews would be inside by now, for the Sabbath, with a servant doing everything for them, even turning the lights on and off.

MDaw

I am pretty certain the really religious Jews would not have servants doing everything for them.

Conservative and Hasidic doctrine does not allow for Rule Bending by having work performed on the Sabbath be done by Goyim

They either have no work performed period or they just arent as religious as they claim

Quote: coachbelly

Is there any space still available in your head, or does MDawg own it all?

Asking for an enemy.

PokerGrinder has lots of room inside his head. PokerGrinder has to do something while he makes money at the casino in proven positive ev methods. PokerGrinder is unfazed by Coachbelly’s weak attempts to hurt his feelings. PokerGrinder is going back to what he was doing now. PokerGrinder out!

Quote: AxelWolf

Not sure if I mentioned this before, I think I did. We haven't heard from Michael since he got doxxed.

Doxing someone is very dangerous. It could also result in a civil lawsuit if the intention was to cause harm, embarrassment, intimidation or harassment to the individual.

Also, if the info was obtained illegally....it is also subject to criminal charges.

If anyone here is doxing someone....my advice would be to cut the shit. It can result in a lawsuit. Who was doxing this member?

Quote: TDVegas

Doxing someone is very dangerous. It could also result in a civil lawsuit if the intention was to cause harm, embarrassment, intimidation or harassment to the individual.

Also, if the info was obtained illegally....it is also subject to criminal charges.

If anyone here is doxing someone....my advice would be to cut the shit. It can result in a lawsuit. Who was doxing this member?

It's been handled with the offender, though Michael has left the forum because of it, which is regrettable.

The Doxxing consisted of mentioning the person appeared to use the same handle here and on twitter and providing a link to that account. That was about all there was to it, but the intent was not acceptable.

However, if people use cross-platform anonymous names, there's no possible way for us to police anyone searching another forum or social media site to see if they are elsewhere. The nickname is public info by definition. So while the intent was there, it's not a factually enforceable offense.

Just to clarify, though, this is the kind of grey area that will factor into subsequent offenses, as it can be a trolling tactic. So it's not like nothing happened, and people should just go searching out members' other accounts. Just that it's a practical impossibility to stop anyone from googling another member.

Quote: beachbumbabs

It's been handled with the offender, though Michael has left the forum because of it, which is regrettable.

The Doxxing consisted of mentioning the person appeared to use the same handle here and on twitter and providing a link to that account. That was about all there was to it, but the intent was not acceptable.

However, if people use cross-platform anonymous names, there's no possible way for us to police anyone searching another forum or social media site to see if they are elsewhere. The nickname is public info by definition. So while the intent was there, it's not a factually enforceable offense.

Got it. That’s a real shame if he left because of it.

Hola amigo!

you do good?

Doing well thank you.

But...got a text from my host at this resort. Basically, suggesting I step it up with play if I want to maintain RFB status. Hit and run is good...for me, but not in terms of hours of play. He also mentioned that I did not play at all NYE. 😎

I initially didn't get a good vibe from this host. He seemed too much by the book, plus he seemed to be more of a slots than table games host, but after he started taking care of us better I figured that he was fine. We shall see.

I stuck it out for over four shoes today, a quarter of the first shoe plus four full shoes after that. At the middle of the fourth shoe, I was ahead about 2500, and wanted to stop but I decided to give them their "four hours" of play today. By the beginning of the fifth shoe, I was ahead only 800 and not liking my decision, actually was even maybe down a couple hundred at one point for that fifth shoe, and now that I think about it, down maybe more than that at one other point.
Buut, the last shoe was this:

and over all, how ya' gonna lose on a shoe like that? BEAUTS!

I ended up about three thousand five hunny ahead, having tipped out to the dealer about five hunny additionally, so a four grand win. I did bet one hand three thousand and won, and this was a bit of a catch up hand, but then I eased on the gas which was a mistake...this three thousand win was on the second hand of the six player run.

I kept laughing and saying, Ya'know, you win a big hand and you think you were lucky, and then a bunch of winners come right after it and you realize you weren't lucky at all, you were just in the midst of a great run.

I also did a tie only hunsky bet, and hit it, and started crowing about how, "SEE! I must know SOMETHING! Tie ONLY and I hit it!"

It was a very good time, over all. Lot of fun.

When I went up to the room the maids were working on it so I went back down to VIP, relaxed, and tipped out a tenner. Gotta keep the money flowing, five bucks to the cashier minimum with each cashout too.

Marker paid off, of course.

Exchanged some more texts with my host. He's still unappeased says I need to put in more hours to qualify for the full RFB ride. Oh well, I just remembered I still have that hundred bucks Celebratory Dinner for Caesar's on my diamond card there, maybe we'll eat there tonight because otherwise it will expire unused by the end of the month.

Palms emailed me and turns out they didn't cover the spa over there, but I didn't expect that anyway. Looks like they didn't even cover all of the food. MDawg's "full comp" number is coming up. They don't like winning with minimal hours. If I LOST in seconds, or won with the requisite four per day they wouldn't mind though.

With about fifteen grand in the winner's envelope though I gotta focus on the big picture. I'm here to win, not just for comps. I'll pay my own way with THEIR money if I must.

That will show that naive host to NEVER question a player who can read shoes.

Or it shows a player so concerned with losing his comps he plays when he doesn’t want to, to keep a host happy.

Or a guy so loaded and frugal he forgot about a $100 CZR benefit but will take the walk to redeem it instead of spending money he wins with ease.

I’ll let others decide.

Quote: Boz

Or a guy so loaded and frugal he forgot about a $100 CZR benefit but will take the walk to redeem it instead of spending money he wins with ease.

You should double check which location(s) accept the $100 celebration dinner. There are some that don't accept it and the Caesars rewards desk can give you a list that will qualify. In addition, just in case you don't know this, you have to use all of the $100 at once. You can't take back credit if your bill was only $80.

Quote: SiegfriedRoy

You should double check which location(s) accept the $100 celebration dinner. There are some that don't accept it and the Caesars rewards desk can give you a list that will qualify. In addition, just in case you don't know this, you have to use all of the $100 at once. You can't take back credit if your bill was only $80.

I have to use mine and my wifes before the end of the month. We usually use it at Voodoo because we avoid the strip as much as possible.

Quote: DRich

I have to use mine and my wifes before the end of the month. We usually use it at Voodoo because we avoid the strip as much as possible.

I like to use mine at Sterling Brunch. I must admit that they jacked up the price to $125 and it has gone down hill for years. I don't enjoy it as much.

I LIKE walking down the Strip after a casino win. Feels like...Victory.

I also like taking the stroll to take some time to talk to different friends of mine on the AirPods. It was a bit chilly out but I was wearing a light sweater, the Prada trench and fur lined black leather gloves so I wasn't cold whatsoever. And my walking shoes made the trek effortless.
Turns out I didn't need to walk at all though. I just couldn't get hold of anyone at Caesar's TR inside the Caesar's casino by phone, and the lady I got hold of on the phone at the TR toll free # before I walked over said that I didn't even have the offer on my card. I didn't want to deal with any of that upon arrival. Once at the TR booth inside Caesar's the agent there said that the $100. is all there all set, and she made the dinner reservation for us too.

So, had a walk,

and put my AW5 titanium to use.

But we're not walking to Caesar's. Already arranged the car Wynn is driving us there and back. Thanks SiegfriedRoy for the tip. We're going to Nobu I am sure the bill will be well over $100.

She's dancing around the suite again, and about to ask why I'm on the laptop. We have some time until the car arrives.

Quote: MDawg

I LIKE walking down the Strip after a casino win. Feels like...Victory.

I also like taking the stroll to take some time to talk to different friends of mine on the AirPods. It was a bit chilly out but I was wearing a light sweater, the Prada trench and fur lined black leather gloves so I wasn't cold whatsoever. And my walking shoes made the trek effortless.
Turns out I didn't need to walk at all though. I just couldn't get hold of anyone at Caesar's TR inside the Caesar's casino by phone, and the lady I got hold of on the phone at the TR toll free # before I walked over said that I didn't even have the offer on my card. I didn't want to deal with any of that upon arrival. Once at the TR booth inside Caesar's the agent there said that the $100. is all there all set, and she made the dinner reservation for us too.

So, had a walk,

and put my AW5 titanium to use.

But we're not walking to Caesar's. Already arranged the car Wynn is driving us there and back. Thanks SiegfriedRoy for the tip. We're going to Nobu I am sure the bill will be well over $100.

She's dancing around the suite again, and about to ask why I'm on the laptop. We have some time until the car arrives.

Well, I can finally make a decent important contribution here. Consider this a public service announcement.

MDawg, if that's your watch, and unless you're carrying a rhino on your back or just snorted some blow, I hope that you're taking some kind of medication. That pulse rate after strolling for two miles is not good. The watch says it was at a 24-minute per mile pace, which is real slow walking, I assume with pauses and stops. So a heart rate of 100 is pretty raggedy if that's what you did.

As I said, if you were doing blow or had sex in an elevator or something, my apologies. But otherwise, I'd get a physical ASAP when you get home.

Would have been great if 'Dawg posted a pic on this highly entertaining thread of lines of coke next to the watches and stacks of chips on a table. Probably not permissable to post said pic on this forum but would have been great nonetheless.

My resting heartbeat is more like 50bpm. Here it is even after being awake and walking around the room for a tad, then sitting down.

I am an athlete. I bike and lift weights every other day, and my usual BP tends on the low side and is under a hundred systolic / under sixty diastolic.

I actually was dancing around the room with her upon return to the room but that's not why the AW5 reads over a hundred heartbeat. (Nor did I run into the hot Jewish girl in the elevator again, which anyway my wife is much hotter so if I got an instant rise out of a female presence, it was that of my wife, no one else.)

Actually, it has to do with a quirk of the Apple Watch. I took the watch off when I got to the room, without Ending the "outdoor walk" exercise cycle. So, the watch was frozen in whatever heartbeat I had achieved during the walk when I put it back on to take the picture I posted above. Also, the AW tends to record the heartbeat from some point in the past, especially during exercise. For example at the gym on leg days one of the exercises I do involves throwing two or three forty-five pound plates on the prowler sled and pushing it back and forth across the outdoor turf without stopping at each end. By the end of the first lap, my heartbeat gets over 130 at least, definitely, however often when I look at it, it is still recording something like 91, which would be the average heartbeat in between sets before I have had a chance to rest, versus the actual heartbeat right after pushing the sled back and forth.

Interesting point about the distance I walked and average speed. I was walking faster than most when I could. I was passing up people whenever the sidewalk wasn't crowded. I walk very fast. However, I did spend ten or fifteen minutes at least at the Total Rewards desk just standing there, and also checked in at Nobu to make sure they gave us a booth, which they did, and each time I had to cross the street there was what seemed like an interminable wait for the crosswalk. The AW doesn't start and stop its exercise monitoring when you stand still for such periods unless you pause it.

I also drank a lot of tea that afternoon, and drained another cup that I picked up from VIP on the way out the door, so maybe that caffeine and theophylline had something to do wit' it.

They took us to Nobu in their Rolls. I am actually familiar with this model, the Phantom, because my brother has one, but the Wynn Phantoms are special stretch versions with extra legroom in the room. Actually, every one of us including me (but I have an older, "cheap" 😁Rolls) has at least one or two Rolls each in my family, and being driven in one in Vegas is always a great experience. "A Rolls in the desert is above rubies."

It is a coddling experience, but not quite the same as the pump I get from walking the Strip.

By the way, we didn't really care for Nobu. It seems more for people who want heavily salted, sauced up food.

Question for people: does anyone still tip maitre d's for taking you to a good table? We were taken to a great center booth and the girl took off before I could give her anything, and the way she walked off quickly told me that she wasn't expecting or used to getting tipped. When she came back by immediately afterwards to set something on the table, I slipped her a bill, and again, her smile and genuine thank you told me that she doesn't get tipped often, if at all. My usual is ten dollars for a party of two, twenty for a party of four, to the maitre d'. I watched my Dad always do that growing up, so I follow suit. But does anyone still do that anymore? I didn't see anyone else give the maitre d' anything.

Which actually, nowadays many restaurants don't really don't have a maitre d' - more like a bevy of slinky black cocktail dress clad girls at the front, one of which at random takes you to the table. Even old school Delmonico at Venetian doesn't seem to have a full time maitre d' any longer, as the one who takes you to your table isn't always the same person whom you see standing at the front. When Stefano's still existed at the Nugget I knew the maitre d' well and always tipped him, same as I always did at one of the top restaurants in Tahoe that we still frequent. But still, even if the restaurant doesn't have a designated maitre d', I like to tip whoever takes us to our table or booth, if it is a good location and seating.

And how many people still object if the seating is not a good one - say, near an aisle, near the kitchen door, or near the bathroom? I always do, and insist on being moved. The other night when we dined we started off at a table, but I had them move us to a booth even though there were only two of us.

Quote: MDawg

Question for people: does anyone still tip maitre d's for taking you to a good table?

No.

Today is the most dangerous day. Looks like we might just leave tomorrow since I don't want to extend here given how bitchy the host is being, and unless we switch over to another resort, which is too much of a hassle for less than four nights and not sure we want to stay another four nights, today will be the last day of gaming. It is dangerous in that the final tally of win or lose will in effect be determined with today's action.

MDawg approaches each session with a healthy respect for the possibility of a loss.

Going to the gym first.

Thanks for clearing that up, MDawg. I'm 62, but my heart rate is low 50's, also. So when I saw 100 on your watch, I was trying to be light-hearted, but it was a heads-up number. I thought you had mentioned you were an athlete, so the 100 didn't seem right for a two-mile stroll. At first I thought the two miles had been in 25 minutes total, which would explain the 100 BPM. But when I saw it was 25 minutes each mile, I had to mention it.

I never use those watches. I figure if you're in shape, you have a good sense of your heart rate and pressure and if something is wrong. For people who are just starting with workouts, those watches are probably helpful.

The main features I like about the Apple Watch are that it alerts you to texts and phone calls that you might miss otherwise, as it pairs with your iPhone. It is the main watch I wear at home. Vegas and special events are for my expensive watches.

For a while I was considering wearing the AW on my right wrist and the expensive watch on the left at the tables, but I figured I would run into the same issue that compelled me to stop wearing bracelets in Vegas - that I pound winning Bacc. cards down on the table so hard on huge hands that I was bending the clasps on my bracelets. As I result, I wear nothing on my right wrist while gambling.

Quote: MDawg

Today is the most dangerous day. Looks like we might just leave tomorrow since I don't want to extend here given how bitchy the host is being, and unless we switch over to another resort, which is too much of a hassle for less than four nights and not sure we want to stay another four nights, today will be the last day of gaming.

You must have some sh*tty hosts. I fire hosts who ever quip with me about my play especially during the middle of the trip. I've felt the hosts in Venetian/Palazzo are always the stingiest. I stopped staying there after they promised me to comp my dinner at Cut, and then did not honor it during check out because at the time when I asked, I was down 5 figures, and then by check-out, I was up 5 figures.

Now I only stay with hosts who comp me full RFB/suite whether I play or not. I usually put in enough play to cover full RFB, but there are trips where I play very little or don't play at all. And without a word, all expenses are covered and get thanked for coming in. Not having that "guilt" to put up play for the host goes a LONG way of making your trip much more enjoyable. Of course it took years to build the relationship with the hosts I have, but if you have bad host, just fire him/her.

Just back from the gym.

Remember: I just got back into playing two years ago. Other than the one host at one property who has known me since the beginning of time, all of my hosts are known to me only two years or less.

My hosts at this resort and the one we stayed at just before this one are especially new ones I don't know well.

The other one is okay though, even though she didn't comp everything from this last stay. I think she'll be fine I don't get a bad feeling from her.

This one, mostly because he is a slots hosts, although he says he has table games players too, probably isn't used to how table games player don't play on the clock, or at least I don't. Maybe slots players do. As mentioned, I had some doubts about this one, but then he came around, started showing up at the tables when I played (BIG) and started throwing huge suites and comps our way, so I left it alone. I get where he is coming from - he saw me make a $16,000. bet last Fall, and lots of five to ten thousand dollar bets towards the end of last year, and this trip my average is so far only about four hunny, so he is probably wondering if I am going to start betting huge again. But in any case, that's his problem. My goal is to win, which I do consistently, and if he has a problem with my doing that in less than four hours a day, we'll just stay more often at the other resorts where they haven't voiced any concerns.

Also, our stays are anywhere from four days to two full weeks at a single resort, per stay - not just your typical three day or weekend visits. We check in, and stay - indefinitely!

I'm very good with people, so for me, it presents more of a challenge than anything else, the challenge presented in my mind being: that this guy is going to take care of us. But sometimes the cookie cutter corporate mentality has nothing to do with whether a host likes you or not.

RIP MDawg :(

Quote: HugoSlavia

RIP MDawg :(

why? Too honest?

Quote: DeMango

why? Too honest?

I saw he went red, but I don't know what happened.

Quote: HugoSlavia

I saw he went red, but I don't know what happened.

perhaps he too doesn't like people talking about Advantage play and self suspended.😂

There's no addition posted to the Suspension List yet

Quote: ten2win

There's no addition posted to the Suspension List yet

It was for publicly disclosing his AP methods on a live play.

Quote: MDawg

Michael99000 is this you and your posts?
[link deleted by MDawg]
If so, that might explain the negativity of your posts here.

This matter was taken under reconsideration my the moderators.

Posting personal information of the identities of other members is considered the most serious of rule violations.

Quote: Rule 4

Respect privacy. Do not post any personal information about someone else that is intended to be private or quote from private communication. This rule applies to protecting the privacy of everybody, but especially forum members.

Per the Martingale policy, Mdawg is suspended for two months.

Quote: AxelWolf

perhaps he too doesn't like people talking about Advantage play and self suspended.😂

What do you mean! He talked about his AP hit and run, lock in a win, find good shoe, table bounce strategy all the time...

Quote: MDawg

DarkO, I think the really religious Jews would be inside by now, for the Sabbath, with a servant doing everything for them, even turning the lights on and off.

Ok, just so things are clear to me, off color language and personal insults get you suspended, but anti-semitism is perfectly ok. Yeah, we're all so rich that we all have servants just to flip the light switch. Thanks for the stereotype and thanks a lot to the moderators for letting this slide (and I'll probably be the one who gets suspended for bringing this up)!

Ignorance of Jewish customs is not Anti Semitism.

Quote: Lovecomps

Ok, just so things are clear to me, off color language and personal insults get you suspended, but anti-semitism is perfectly ok. Yeah, we're all so rich that we all have servants just to flip the light switch. Thanks for the stereotype and thanks a lot to the moderators for letting this slide (and I'll probably be the one who gets suspended for bringing this up)!

You've said nothing near suspension worthy.

I was under the impression his post was close to truth? Perhaps not "servant" as in your own personal man, but do they not have folks in employ to do stuff such as push elevator buttons as even that is considered "work"?

In any case, "Off color" perhaps, but bangin' every culturally insensitive post would be a full time job. It's not me supporting anti-semitism, it's me not believing it rising to the level of "hate" in addition to not wanting to set the precedence to then have to act on everything from "getting gyped", to the myriad disparaging comments about tribal casinos and courts, to the never ending japery of "who did something gay today".

In for a penny, in for a pound, and acting on commentary that charges someone with having a servant... I just don't see it. If someone asked me if I could summon a wendigo, I'd either be laughing too hard or too impressed with knowledge of my culture to be angry. I guess I just can't empathize here =/

Quote: Lovecomps

Ok, just so things are clear to me, off color language and personal insults get you suspended, but anti-semitism is perfectly ok. Yeah, we're all so rich that we all have servants just to flip the light switch. Thanks for the stereotype and thanks a lot to the moderators for letting this slide (and I'll probably be the one who gets suspended for bringing this up)!

Jew here..... I am NO MDawg supporter, but his overall shtick of only knowing rich people fits in with this mis-characterization of Jews in general. Apparently Temples (not Orthodox) did employ a "Shabbos Goy" to do tasks that would be wrong for a Jew to do on the Sabbath. I knew of no individual families that did the same, but that could be because we were poor. I think it is fine for you to bring this up, but I would not suspend him for it. Perhaps a warning.

My favorite Shobbos anecdote..... Best friend is pretty religious. Followed all the rules. No igniting.... No carrying.... No leather... No work.... on the Sabbath. One Saturday I'm playing basketball, and he sees my mother lugging her suitcases back to our upstairs apartment..... He carries the bags upstairs for her..... I asked him about it.... He said.... "God would have been more upset with me had I watched your mother schlep those bags up the stairs than he will be with me for breaking that rule..."

Quote: Wizard

Per the Martingale policy, Mdawg is suspended for two months.

Well I'll be Dawggone!

Sorry.

Couldn't resist.

Well, this thread was a wild run. Exactly as expected from the very first post. Noice.

Quote: SOOPOO

Jew here..... I am NO MDawg supporter, but his overall shtick of only knowing rich people fits in with this mis-characterization of Jews in general. Apparently Temples (not Orthodox) did employ a "Shabbos Goy" to do tasks that would be wrong for a Jew to do on the Sabbath. I knew of no individual families that did the same, but that could be because we were poor. I think it is fine for you to bring this up, but I would not suspend him for it. Perhaps a warning.

My favorite Shobbos anecdote..... Best friend is pretty religious. Followed all the rules. No igniting.... No carrying.... No leather... No work.... on the Sabbath. One Saturday I'm playing basketball, and he sees my mother lugging her suitcases back to our upstairs apartment..... He carries the bags upstairs for her..... I asked him about it.... He said.... "God would have been more upset with me had I watched your mother schlep those bags up the stairs than he will be with me for breaking that rule..."

Hehe... wait a minute SOOPOO, where was her schmendrik son when she needed help with her bags?

Quote: Ayecarumba

Hehe... wait a minute SOOPOO, where was her schmendrik son when she needed help with her bags?

Playing basketball.... as I tended to do every Saturday that there wasn't snow on the ground......

Quote: SOOPOO

Playing basketball.... as I tended to do every Saturday that there wasn't snow on the ground......

crazy weather. We have not had a measureable amount of snow in Pittsburgh yet this season. I know there was some snow a little north of us but nothing in the city.

Quote: GWAE

crazy weather. We have not had a measureable amount of snow in Pittsburgh yet this season. I know there was some snow a little north of us but nothing in the city.

Where I live in Oklahoma, I don't think we've had more than an inch or so of snow in like ten years. We used to get ice storms and blizzards that would dump a foot of snow in one night. Now we just get some flurries every once in a while with little to no accumulation.

In the absence of MDawg, this thread is now finding itself re-purposed and hijacked ( again ).

I know threads do tend to drift off topic, but at this point, MDawg is not in a position to post about his adventures. Nor is he in a position to respond to any challenges to his trip report or playing prowess.

Hijacking treads, as we all know is unacceptable under the rules.
Let's either get back on topic, or maybe even let the thread gather dust until it can get the even handed contributions that are appropriate to it.

TIA

Mdawg what is the final please to tell what happen

Mdawg no va a escribir aqui por casi dos meses.

De verdad?

En serio. Porque dijo información personal sobre otro hombre. No protege su Twitter.

Quote: Mendoza

Mdawg what is the final please to tell what happen

el suspendo

chinga

I like the mdawg

Pienso que la mayoria de la Gente aqui no le importa su dinero o especialmente su actitud. El nunca terminal hablar sobre su exito, y nos molestò a veces. Hay personas que quieren escuchar sus palabras pero hay veces es demasiado o posible mentiras.

What are the torn up "checks" that MDawg is always posting? I know it has something to do with markers, but what exactly is the process?