The Adventures of MDawg II

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I wonder how selective the enforcement will be? I've gone into Starbucks and used their WiFi occasionally, bathrooms more rarely, when traveling, without buying anything.

My guess is that it will not be strict for those that look the part of customers. They are probably just trying to justify a way to get rid of the undesirables.

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I wonder how selective the enforcement will be? I've gone into Starbucks and used their WiFi occasionally, bathrooms more rarely, when traveling, without buying anything.

My guess is that it will not be strict for those that look the part of customers. They are probably just trying to justify a way to get rid of the undesirables.
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They are trying to increase sales. There are potential customers that don’t want to wade through a homeless encampment and find no seats. Who just won’t enter because of such. How it ever came to be that you even thought you could park your butt at a table, open your laptop, use the WIFI, without making a purchase is beyond me. I gotta stop here unless I want to be suspended!

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I wonder how selective the enforcement will be? I've gone into Starbucks and used their WiFi occasionally, bathrooms more rarely, when traveling, without buying anything.

My guess is that it will not be strict for those that look the part of customers. They are probably just trying to justify a way to get rid of the undesirables.
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They are trying to increase sales. There are potential customers that don’t want to wade through a homeless encampment and find no seats. Who just won’t enter because of such. How it ever came to be that you even thought you could park your butt at a table, open your laptop, use the WIFI, without making a purchase is beyond me. I gotta stop here unless I want to be suspended!
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Not too many homeless are opening their laptops and accessing wifi.

Not too many homeless walking around with laptops.

Most homeless go to the library and use the free to use computer.

In my experience. As someone who was homeless at one time.

Years ago I used the internet at the Clark County Vegas library, the one located at 1401 E. Flamingo Rd., this was when hotels weren't all equipped for WiFi quite yet, still had ethernet cables for hookup if that.

When I was in law school, I've used the internet at the law libraries at law schools.

As far as Starbucks, if we're traveling and in between places, just checked out of one and not yet checked into the other and I have a need, I have popped into a Starbucks to use their free WiFi, but never stayed very long. Have also used Starbucks internet when traveling in a city on business, not staying the night. I have a Starbucks account and money loaded onto it from free Starbucks cards I've received through this or that promo, but don't always buy anything when at Starbucks. For one thing, I like tea and I'm not paying ten bucks for hot water and a tea bag. If I'm in the mood for coffee, I might get some kind of cappuccino or mocha. I get a free drink on my birthday, but forgot to pick it up this past year.

Caesars 7 Stars get a free Starbucks drink (plus 3 other drinks or bottles of Gatorade, Pelligrino, or whatever) daily, and I do avail of that for my wife when in Tahoe and staying in house, but at Caesars Vegas they have a very good coffee machine that makes fresh ground espresso, cappuccino, and about anything else including hot chocolate and chai drinks, in the 7 Stars lounge, so I don't bother with Starbucks at all. (Venetian/Palazzo VIP has two of these high end machines as well.)

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I wonder how selective the enforcement will be? I've gone into Starbucks and used their WiFi occasionally, bathrooms more rarely, when traveling, without buying anything.

My guess is that it will not be strict for those that look the part of customers. They are probably just trying to justify a way to get rid of the undesirables.
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They are trying to increase sales. There are potential customers that don’t want to wade through a homeless encampment and find no seats. Who just won’t enter because of such. How it ever came to be that you even thought you could park your butt at a table, open your laptop, use the WIFI, without making a purchase is beyond me. I gotta stop here unless I want to be suspended!
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Not too many homeless are opening their laptops and accessing wifi.

Not too many homeless walking around with laptops.

Most homeless go to the library and use the free to use computer.

In my experience. As someone who was homeless at one time.
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Maybe I was misunderstood. I don’t want to wade through the homeless encampment. AND I want that seat that is taken by the guy using the Starbucks as his work from home computer office. I didn’t mean to imply the computer guy was homeless. Just bad for Starbucks business. I’ve used a Starbucks as a waiting place. I’d always fork over a few $$ for an espresso. Seems fair to me.

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I wonder how selective the enforcement will be? I've gone into Starbucks and used their WiFi occasionally, bathrooms more rarely, when traveling, without buying anything.

My guess is that it will not be strict for those that look the part of customers. They are probably just trying to justify a way to get rid of the undesirables.
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They are trying to increase sales. There are potential customers that don’t want to wade through a homeless encampment and find no seats. Who just won’t enter because of such. How it ever came to be that you even thought you could park your butt at a table, open your laptop, use the WIFI, without making a purchase is beyond me. I gotta stop here unless I want to be suspended!
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Not too many homeless are opening their laptops and accessing wifi.

Not too many homeless walking around with laptops.

Most homeless go to the library and use the free to use computer.

In my experience. As someone who was homeless at one time.
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Maybe I was misunderstood. I don’t want to wade through the homeless encampment. AND I want that seat that is taken by the guy using the Starbucks as his work from home computer office. I didn’t mean to imply the computer guy was homeless. Just bad for Starbucks business. I’ve used a Starbucks as a waiting place. I’d always fork over a few $$ for an espresso. Seems fair to me.
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I agree with the sentiment especially with the guys who don't make purchases.

Homeless people have a knack for raising enough for coffee. You may find yourself still sitting next to homeless people.

The easiest way to eliminate homeless from your establishment is to remove all seating. Of course regular customers can't sit either. Everything becomes a to go order

Day 1 play

Got more than a little ahead of myself. Was down -240K at the low won back 180K of it pretty quickly had a heck of a time winning back the rest but eventually did it.

This / These would be my all time greatest recovery session(s).

+5400

Note: Lately, for security reasons, session reports are not necessarily presented in real time corresponding directly to the day played.

And this is the MDawg challenge.

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Day 1 play

Got more than a little ahead of myself. Was down -240K at the low won back 180K of it pretty quickly had a heck of a time winning back the rest but eventually did it.

This / These would be my all time greatest recovery session(s).

+5400

Note: Lately, for security reasons, session reports are not necessarily presented in real time corresponding directly to the day played.

And this is the MDawg challenge.
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I totally believe in inertia when playing, that if things are going one way they will continue going that way until they stop. That's why when I see it not playing my game I quit and only start betting again when it does turn around. For some reason you just play through those times but this could be in your favor in that the casino is going to look at you like somebody who could go on a losing streak and give back a lot of your winnings permanently.

These last two trips there have been several sessions / days when I was down a good amount. One of them I gave up and left the loss intact, the others I came back to end up ahead.

Has MDawg been kind enough to explain in detail his strategy for consistently winning at high limit baccarat or are we still all twiddling our thumbs on when he's going to release a fully transparent accounting of his yearly wins/losses?

That watch Zuck spent almost a million on shows the kind of taste he has in male fashion aesthetics. None.

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Has MDawg been kind enough to explain in detail his strategy for consistently winning at high limit baccarat or are we still all twiddling our thumbs on when he's going to release a fully transparent accounting of his yearly wins/losses?
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It was explained in a long post a few days ago. A good explanation and fairly detailed for those that know how to read it.

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Has MDawg been kind enough to explain in detail his strategy for consistently winning at high limit baccarat or are we still all twiddling our thumbs on when he's going to release a fully transparent accounting of his yearly wins/losses?

That watch Zuck spent almost a million on shows the kind of taste he has in male fashion aesthetics. None.
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Having followed this thread for years…..

No, he won’t describe in detail his strategy on a public gambling forum. Would you?

No, he won’t present an exact accounting of his yearly take, just in case by some chance it might slightly differ from what he reports to the IRS. Would you?

He does give daily ups/downs, so if it matters to you, you can do the math.

As far as Zuck’s watch, I gotta agree. Nothing about it says ‘I want that watch’. I’m not a wearer of watches, but I do appreciate most of the watches MDawg has shown us from his collection.

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Has MDawg been kind enough to explain in detail his strategy for consistently winning at high limit baccarat or are we still all twiddling our thumbs on when he's going to release a fully transparent accounting of his yearly wins/losses?

That watch Zuck spent almost a million on shows the kind of taste he has in male fashion aesthetics. None.
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Having followed this thread for years…..

No, he won’t describe in detail his strategy on a public gambling forum. Would you?
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But he did describe it and it was posted here about a week ago and Axel was given a suspension for posting it because it was from another forum. He goes into pretty good detail about what he does, I understood all of it because it's basically what I do. I absolutely 100% believe he does what he says he does because I know it works. Go back and look for it, I'm not going to link to it because I don't want to get suspended.

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Has MDawg been kind enough to explain in detail his strategy for consistently winning at high limit baccarat or are we still all twiddling our thumbs on when he's going to release a fully transparent accounting of his yearly wins/losses?

That watch Zuck spent almost a million on shows the kind of taste he has in male fashion aesthetics. None.
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Here is my theory on his advantage.

https://wizardofvegas.com/forum/gambling/tables/37479-hypothetical-ap-move/

Day 2 play

One long great session. Was down maybe -10K near beginning, then fairly steady climb up. Max bet was 50K, just once (won), advantage hand with expected outcome! (Love it when a plan comes together.)

Yes there were some bumpy spots, some back and forth, but all navigated on the upside.

+115000

Note: Lately, for security reasons, session reports are not necessarily presented in real time corresponding directly to the day played.

And this is the MDawg challenge.

Some of the dealers have been joking, Sell ____ stock now, because MDawg's bringing the quarter down.


But let's face it, whatever I have won lately is an insignificant blip in the over all scheme of things.

Day 3 play

I was moving ahead swimmingly when a downturn happened lot of losing hands bottomed at -160K then rallied a little at a time to end ahead.

More than a few 50K hands along the way with mixed results.

+35000

Note: Lately, for security reasons, session reports are not necessarily presented in real time corresponding directly to the day played.

And this is the MDawg challenge.

$150k last two days. Not bad!
SOOPOO up $330 his last two casino trips.

There’s a reason there’s an MDawg thread and not a SOOPOO thread.

Are you ‘nervous’ when you plop down a $50k bet? Or is it ‘just part of the process’ to you?

I’ve had to make some $250 sports bets recently, and I must admit I get nervous even at that level!

I don’t put down 50K unless I know something about what’s to come but as nothing is guaranteed of course a $50k bet involves a lot more emotion than a $500 or $1000 bet.

After winning one large bet or especially two in a row though there’s really not much emotion or thinking to the third it’s automatic if on an expected run.

If my reserved table is not in the back sometimes spectators stop by to watch and I actually don’t like that. I should ignore but it somehow makes me feel like I have to win every hand which is of course not possible. I prefer anonymity in any case.

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$150k last two days. Not bad!
SOOPOO up $330 his last two casino trips.

I just returned from four days in Vegas and didn't gamble a single cent.

I was like that during my decade or so hiatus from gaming - went to Vegas somewhat frequently never played a dime. Or even a nickel or penny.

Did seem to find a lot of change lying around - still do. In fact on the last trip I found over $5 in change in various places no one else seemed to notice. This, finding over five dollars in change bit by bit, is more remarkable to my wife than all the money I’ve won at the tables lately (although - granted - I don’t tell her exactly what I’ve won I round down heavily).

How often do you run into lost change? Or lost things? I seem to run into cash or lost items fairly regularly. Cliche as it might sound have even run into the C note stuck to my heel. Just reached down and there it was. My wife says that money just somehow comes to me.

Words of wisdom given to me in my youth by my Father - when walking you will never find anything looking up in the air. He would take me by the hand (I was about 5) and we would walk the curbs in downtown NiaFalls just after the snow melted finding coins that had been dropped into the snow near the parking meters. He told me this is what he did when he was a kid and that sometimes fights broke out as to who would get the best streets.
To this day I am still drawn to a variation of this. In parking lots there is usually an area where the snowplow has pushed the snow into and piled it. When it melts there is usually a perimeter of "gunk" where the snow pile had been. I almost always find coins. Works best in lots where there is a fast food or coffee joint as the snowplows move the dropped (or tossed out the car window) coins into the snow pile area. Last decade or so I have been finding fewer coins as I think many no longer pay with cash. I still do it as it makes me remember the best Father in the world a kid could have.