The Adventures of MDawg II

I thought your arithmetic was 2nd grade level…?

I have investments that pay one percent a month, or just north of 12% a year. I'd kill to get a 7% daily return. Heck, I'd settle for a 5% daily return.

How about a 300% annual return, compounded every second for one year?

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I have investments that pay one percent a month, or just north of 12% a year. I'd kill to get a 7% daily return. Heck, I'd settle for a 5% daily return.
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Maybe a 35% weekly return.

But not every week.

I am content with my savings account paying 4.75% a year.

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I am content with my savings account paying 4.75% a year.
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I'm fine with getting 4.75 or there abouts on a savings account, but that is anemic for investments. Two percent a month is ideal, but not all that easy to obtain.

I just came from a freeway rest stop. I'm sure they're charging 300% over regular price for those Hostess cup cakes.

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IMO, your "reality" is Kabuki theater. Allow me to be specific with my 4th grade arithmetic.

"Few thousand bankroll" = $5k?
"got slightly ahead and quit" = $200?

That likely scenario is a 4% return on your investment.

Now the following post shows an $1850 win, BUT your buy in or credit limit as you have previously stated is $250k

That return is less than 1%. Going forward and looking at past results posted from Jan. and Feb. of this year those daily returns were in the 2% to 7% range. So while, yes, the $$$ amounts were not insignificant, the actual returns were quite ordinary. What makes your results ("reality") laudatory is your DISCIPLINE of play and patience. Those two factors are why you can consistently, so far, leave the table a winner.

To put your results in my perspective, if I were to play craps with a $5k bank roll and quit after winning $350 or 7% of my investment, which I am pretty confident I can do, It would pretty much mirror your play and results, but nobody would be going ga ga over my "adventures."

tuttigym
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My credit lines are higher than the figure you mention. I have never stated that my credit lines are $250K, that is something you have assumed. Additionally, I don't pull the entire line when I play, at least not right away, if ever (Not saying that I never have, but it's not the way I play to just walk up and ask for that sum right off the bat.). Keep in mind that this is a casino credit line.

CASINO CREDIT - HOW IT WORKS

It is an interest free loan for anywhere from 30 - 180 days, however it may be used only at the casino. It does not represent funds that I could "invest" elsewhere, or anywhere at all. It does not even represent my funds at all, it is funds that the casino lends me interest free with which to play.

In theory, I do have to have at least the same sum on deposit at my bank(s) at all times, but I would be doing that anyway (In other words, whether I had casino credit or not, I'd still have those sums on deposit at my banks.). I say "in theory" because while those sums are needed verifiably to get the credit line open, once the line is open the casino doesn't check every single day to make certain that I maintain those funds on deposit, but they do check occasionally, and if they find that my bank balances no longer support the lines, they may ask me to put more on deposit at my bank(s). Additionally, in Nevada it is a crime to sign a casino marker unless you have on deposit at that moment the funds to pay the signed marker. While no one cares about enforcing this law unless the marker ends up unpaid, still, the law is on the books.

So, just to start with, forget about comparing the full amount of my line(s) (I don't pull all of it or anywhere near all of it for almost all sessions, AND it represents a casino credit line not cash I pull out of my bank and hand to the casino for play) to an outside investment.

Secondly, you are absolutely right that having a sufficient bankroll can eliminate or nearly eliminate at least one major problem that many casino players encounter - the risk of ruin. I see again and again people at $100. minimum tables with something like $800. or $1000. or $2000. which just isn't enough to eliminate the risk of going bust, especially if their goals are unrealistic compared to their bankrolls.

But other than eliminating or nearly eliminating that risk of ruin, a high bankroll helps only if it raises the maximum bet, and the bankroll is actually used to place those higher bets. In a game like Baccarat the higher bankroll makes a very great difference in raising the maximum bet above the public standard limit. In Blackjack, no matter how high the credit line, it is very hard to get the casino to accept a max bet of more than $25,000. per hand (although, they might allow three hands at $25K).

Otherwise, to give say an extreme example, if the maximum bet is $500. it's not going to make much if any difference if the player has a $500K or $5M bankroll.

But, over all, you do make a good analysis that having a sufficient bankroll is important, and that trying to win amounts that are more easily achievable as proportionate to the bankroll and maximum bet, will increase the likelihood of success - trying to win $1000. with a million bankroll and $25K max Blackjack bet is easier than trying to win $1000. with a $100. bankroll and $25. maximum bet, and so on.

Day 6 play.

DD Blackjack.

Was ahead a lot more early on, but gradually went the other way. Still left ahead slightly.

+600

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And this is the MDawg challenge.

This is a "dispensary" on the Strip next to Planet Hollywood. It does not sell marijuana, it sells CBD products with no THC in them, but that look like marijuana.

I am not interested in any of that, but was interested in what appeared to be a dispensary on the Strip, because I didn't think they were allowed. They are not.

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I thought your arithmetic was 2nd grade level…?
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I skipped a grade when I was promoted.

tuttigym

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How about a 300% annual return, compounded every second for one year?
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Another realistic meaningful post from someone living the fantasy dream. It seems that your 300% annual return rests in your weight and blood pressure.

tuttigym

First, thank you for the affirmation of my general analysis. Second, my use of the term credit line should not be construed as your investment portfolio but rather as a bank roll or potential buy in for any given session. For me, the actual bank roll becomes the session "investment." Therefore, the session results (+ or -) becomes the "investment" results. That is why I made those comparisons.

Based on some of the follow-up comments, my 7% return from craps play, done as often as your bac play, would result in alot of happy gamblers. My personal attitude is that return provides for a successful overall gambling outing.

tuttigym

Day 7 play.

DD Blackjack.

I didn't take any big chances but did not win the majority of hands by any means.

+1200

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.

Day 8 play.

DD Blackjack.

Pretty light action, some back and forth.

+1550

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.

Tropicana to be demolished to make way for Oakland A's stadium?

First it lost its "Country Club" to the MGM Grand now it's going down entirely.

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Tropicana to be demolished to make way for Oakland A's stadium?

First it lost its "Country Club" to the MGM Grand now it's going down entirely.
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Do you suppose that there are some pin ball machines for the kids, and if so, maybe darkoz can pick up a couple for his collection. If not, maybe a couple of wayward slots?

tuttigym

I haven't stayed at the Tropicana in maybe thirty years, and that was with my parents, and have not been inside the Tropicana in many years, so I don't know what they have in there.

Well, if Harvey's Lake Tahoe ever goes under I know they have an arcade at the underground level so DarkOz could fly out there and buy them all up!



The Trop hasn't looked like this


in many years, but even in the 2000s I recall at least one long vertical stripe of that cool blue green going up its Strip facing edge. When that disappeared and the whole thing went basic white even at night, it just didn't look that nice or stand out very much.



I am aware that at least until right before Covid the Trop had as far as I know the only swimming pool on the Strip that was open after dark.

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I haven't stayed at the Tropicana in maybe thirty years, and that was with my parents, and have not been inside the Tropicana in many years, so I don't know what they have in there.

Well, if Harvey's Lake Tahoe ever goes under I know they have an arcade at the underground level so DarkOz could fly out there and buy them all up!



The Trop hasn't looked like this


in many years, but even in the 2000s I recall at least one long vertical stripe of that cool blue green going up its Strip facing edge. When that disappeared and the whole thing went basic white even at night, it just didn't look that nice or stand out very much.



I am aware that at least until right before Covid the Trop had as far as I know the only swimming pool on the Strip that was open after dark.


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That arcade doesn't look like pinballs. More like Chucky cheese style ticket rewards games

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THE GAMBLER WHO BEAT ROULETTE

This is an in depth article dated from just today at Bloomberg about the Eastern Euro team who reportedly used lasers and computers to calculate the drop quadrant of a roulette wheel at the now closed Ritz in London in 2004.

RITZ CASINO HIT BY pounds 1.3M LASER SCAM; Three arrested over roulette 'sting'.

Roulette arrest trio keep £1.3m winnings


But, did this group and more especially their leader, an elusive Croatian who calls himself "Tosa," really use lasers let alone computers, or did they find a way to take advantage of that perhaps - nearly all roulette wheels are biased.

Read, and judge for yourself, because it turns out that neither the authorities nor the casinos ever unearthed the slightest evidence of any laser or computer use, which is why this group was released from any criminal liability, and got to keep all of their winnings.

From the tail end of the article:


In person, he was even taller and more birdlike than I’d expected. He spotted me in the street outside and pulled me into an awkward embrace under his umbrella, saying, “Oh oh oh oh.” Inside, he introduced me to a friend and a younger relative who both spoke good English and would translate when needed. Niko Tosa, they explained, wasn’t his real name. [Just like MDawg isn't mine.] I agreed not to publish the actual one, because they said he had enemies who were less forgiving than John Wootten.

Tosa was by turns enigmatic, jovial, prickly, paranoid, frank. Also generous—he insisted on buying a round of single malt whiskies. He readily admitted to playing roulette using fake identity documents and to disguising himself with a wig and fake beard. “What’s wrong with that?” he asked. He had no problem referring to some of his former playing partners as criminals. One of them had been gunned down in Belgrade in 2018, killed in an apparent Balkan-mafia feud. Tosa had fallen out with others over money.

But he was adamant that he’d never used a roulette computer. The idea was like something from James Bond, he said with a laugh, adding, “We are peasants.” As I pressed him about computers, he threw up his hands in exasperation and started to argue with his friend. Is he angry, I asked. “No, that’s just how he talks,” the friend replied. “He’s asking how he can make you understand.”

I began to suspect that Tosa had agreed to talk to me specifically to make this point. Between glasses of white wine and plates of locally caught squid, he burst out, “You can call me Nikola Tesla if I have such a device!”

So how did Tosa do it, then? Practice, he said. They showed me a video clip of a glistening roulette wheel Tosa kept in his house to train his brain. How had he learned? A friend taught him—Ratomir Jovanovic, the Croatian who’d given the disastrous demonstration at the Colony Club. London police had been right that the two were working together.

The condition of the wheel is vital, Tosa said. That was why he’d sought out a particular table at the Ritz—he’d played the wheel enough to confirm that he could beat it. He’d been able to identify it on sight even after the casino moved it into the Carmen Room.

I think I believed him when he said he didn’t use a computer. Later on, for a sanity check, I contacted Doyne Farmer, the physicist whose roulette prediction exploits are chronicled in The Eudaemonic Pie. “I do think it’s conceivable that someone could do what we do without a computer, providing the wheel is tilted and the rotor is not moving too fast,” said Farmer, who’s now a professor at the University of Oxford. He compared cerebral clocking to musical talent, suggesting it might activate similar parts of the brain, those dedicated to sound and rhythm.

Then again, if Tosa had concealed a tiny contraption, I don’t think he’d have told me. It seemed to me an uncomfortable life, traveling the world in search of casinos where he wouldn’t be recognized, waiting for security teams monitoring closed-circuit cameras to realize he was too good. Tosa said he’d been beaten up by casino thugs more than once. Sitting at the table in Dubrovnik, I asked him if he ever felt hunted. He looked baffled by the question. “Why would I?” The casinos were the prey; he was the hunter.

His young relative said he could remember the day, years back, when Tosa first pulled up in a Ferrari. Their hometown in the foothills of the Dinaric Alps isn’t rich by Croatian standards, though Tosa is from a prominent family. He seemed to share traits I’ve seen in other professional gamblers: an aversion to the grind of nine-to-five and a need to live on his own terms, whatever the risks. Ultimately, what set him apart from other roulette predictors was his willingness to go big. [Hallelujah!] Most players only dare win a few thousand dollars at a time, for fear of being discovered. [Sounds like an alleged blackjack player some of us know.] “Like squirrels,” Tosa said with contempt. If he hadn’t been arrested at the Ritz, he claimed, he would have gone back the next night and made £10 million. He felt the casino had gotten off lightly.

Toward the end of our encounter, Tosa asked exactly when my story would be published. Why did he want to know? He was planning his next international trip, he said, smiling. He didn’t want me to blow his cover.
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Maybe EvenBob is able to beat roulette merely by studying the wheel for a period of time, because that is what Tosa claims to do.

The way 3 to 10 works in Nevada is...be good, stay out of trouble, you're out in the minimum (like O.J.). Screw up, cause problems, you'll be in there for up to 10.

Ex-Las Vegas Raiders player Henry Ruggs pleaded guilty Wednesday to driving his sports car drunk at speeds up to 156 mph on a city street before causing a fiery crash that killed a woman and her dog and is expected to be sentenced to 3 to 10 years in state prison.

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The way 3 to 10 works in Nevada is...be good, stay out of trouble, you're out in the minimum (like O.J.). Screw up, cause problems, you'll be in there for up to 10.

Ex-Las Vegas Raiders player Henry Ruggs pleaded guilty Wednesday to driving his sports car drunk at speeds up to 156 mph on a city street before causing a fiery crash that killed a woman and her dog and is expected to be sentenced to 3 to 10 years in state prison.
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I don't know if anyone here read that the prosecutor was thrilled that he accepted the plea deal because there was a potential hole in the case.

I read there was some issue as to which specific court was supposed to handle the question of whether there was enough evidence to bind Ruggs over on the charges of reckless driving and driving under the influence causing death.

This is why the preliminary hearing was being delayed.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/35799328/ex-raider-henry-ruggs-felony-dui-case-delayed-judge-issue
Mar 6, 2023
A Nevada judge will again be asked to decide which justice of the peace should handle a preliminary hearing in the case against former Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III, who is accused of killing a woman in a drunken car crash in 2021.

Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Harmony Letizia told Ruggs and his attorneys Monday that she lacks the authority to decide whether she or another judge should preside over the hearing to decide if there is enough evidence to warrant that Ruggs stand trial on charges of reckless driving and driving under the influence causing death.

Ruggs' attorneys, David Chesnoff and Richard Schonfeld, said they will again take the issue to Clark County District Court, where a judge in January said the case should be assigned to the Las Vegas DUI specialty court docket.

But the judge handling those cases recused himself because he said he talked about the Ruggs case during his 2022 reelection campaign.

But I don't know if that is part of the "legal obstacles to obtaining a conviction at trial" the D.A. mentioned after the plea was taken. The D.A. did say "that Ruggs might have escaped conviction at trial because Ruggs was not administered a field sobriety test following the crash and his defense attorneys argued that that Ruggs' blood-alcohol test was improperly obtained at the hospital" but as far as I know all of the motions to suppress the results of that BAC test failed.
Ruggs apparently waived his right to appeal which is sometimes but not always a part of a plea bargain.


So, what happens when a young athlete gets out of prison? Vick resumed pro football play after his dog fighting 19 month bid.

I just love this new cruise control feature. I'll be following some slow poke at 55 mph, then they switch lanes and suddenly my car picks up speed to 70 mph with nobody in front of me. I hardly have to swerve on the road anymore because there's lane keeping and the car steers itself within the lines of the lane of the road. I can set a safe distance for the car in front of me so the car slows down or speeds up to match the car ahead of me. I can turn on the fog lights and when there's no traffic ahead, the high beams come on automatically and a couple seconds later the fog lights turn off automatically. When a car comes around the corner, the high beams go off and the fog lights come back on without pressing any buttons. Plus I'm getting 38 mpg on the highway instead of 31 mpg as listed on the sticker.

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I just love this new cruise control feature. I'll be following some slow poke at 55 mph, then they switch lanes and suddenly my car picks up speed to 70 mph with nobody in front of me. I hardly have to swerve on the road anymore because there's lane keeping and the car steers itself within the lines of the lane of the road. I can set a safe distance for the car in front of me so the car slows down or speeds up to match the car ahead of me. I can turn on the fog lights and when there's no traffic ahead, the high beams come on automatically and a couple seconds later the fog lights turn off automatically. When a car comes around the corner, the high beams go off and the fog lights come back on without pressing any buttons. Plus I'm getting 38 mpg on the highway instead of 31 mpg as listed on the sticker.
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I agree. The smart cruise control is probably the best automotive invention of the last 10 years or so. I couldn't imagine not having it now when driving on highways.

I'm not a big fan of cruise control and rarely use mine during the normal course of events, but it is helpful on long rides. I used it a good deal this week.

The combination of adaptive cruise control and a GOOD auto pilot make long distance driving a breeze. I also own classic cars and really I have to be extra vigilant when driving those old timers because the difference in technology is astounding. A person gets used to having the car keep track of or even handle everything and then has to switch over to complete manual override.

As far as that auto pilot it is definitely more functional to the point of being able to take your hands off the wheel (although, do that for too long and the system will warn you to get your hands back at 10 and 2) in higher end autos, and more like just a little nudge to try to keep you on course in lower end cars.

The question comes though when buying something like a brand new or late model Porsche - do you really want auto pilot on a fast sports car? Some of the highest end Porsches are stripped to the bone with even no air conditioning let alone something as race driver abhorrent as lane keep and lane change assist options.

While on the subject of German cars, they have had good air conditioning only in the last twenty years or so. That's right, buy a $85,000. Porsche in the 1990s and its AC might not even keep the car cool. This is because Germany doesn't even get that warm even in the summers so until recent years German auto makers didn't bother to make their ACs very good or test them beyond the needs of a low to mid 70s fahrenheit environment.

In the 60s and 70s there were top end Mercedes where the only AC available was installed by the US dealer, aftermarket.

This late Spring 2023 Vegas trip has been concluded. I didn't play that much compared to some other trips, but I won.

I was in a few tournaments and made it to the semi-finals in all three but not further. In each tournament just one more step and I would have won something. All three tournaments were Baccarat.

In one, I was tied with the other chip leader but the final bet was secret. If it had not been secret I would have bet after that player and could have just closely mirrored the bets but in a way to ensure a win. We both won our last hands but I put more on tie than the other player, so I lost did not advance (at that tournament only 1 player advanced from the semi final table).

At another tournament I was trailing chips and went all in, nothing on tie, won, but it just wasn't quite enough to advance. At that tournament 2 players advanced.

At another tournament I just didn't have much chips at the final round and there was no way to advance to the finals.

I got quite a lot of single play free bet chips. In some cases I won close to 75% of my bets, but in one case I won about half the bets but only the low denomination chip bets won. Wins from these free bet chips were in addition to the reported session wins.

Also picked up about ten grand in gift cards. My wife got all those.

Full RFB all the way which goes to show that it's more than possible to play very little or even not at all and still get a full ride, as long as the solid history is there.

I'm in a $2M poker tournament this month. $1M first prize, about 450 participants. No entry fee of course.

I actually might cancel though - don't have time to attend. 🥹

This article
What Johnny Depp Has Become
is along the lines of what I pointed out previously, that Johnny Depp has not only aged, he has decayed.

As far as time being unkind to no one, I would disagree. Then again, I don't stay holed up constantly at home drinking $30K of wine a month. The resulting decay from such a lifestyle would be obvious.

Couldn't turn down the tournaments and promos and turned out I had something to do in Vegas anyway!

Day 1 play.

DD Blackjack.

Started off with a (small) roar!

+7250

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.

Finally we have a decent looking girl versus the strictly from hunger types you see in the Vegas papers.

Woman accused of drugging date in Miami, stealing $600,000 in jewelry




If you watch the video however it's clear that she is acting sketchy while in the elevator with the mark. I can't call him a john because he paid far too much for whatever transpired that night.

Compare for example to the poor guy who was murdered at Caesars Palace last week, by these two elfish looking miscreants.

2 women charged in killing, robbery at Caesars Palace
That poor guy by the way was staying on the 5th floor. No one of any substance would stand for staying on the 5th floor of a hotel with over twenty floors, which even the original Julius tower at Caesars is 14 stories, and given his 5th floor stay and young age, I doubt he had much that he gave up his life for, assuming he even had a choice and the murderers didn't just shoot him for no reason.

Day 2 play.

DD Blackjack.

Was down a modest sum. Ended ahead.

+1700

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.

Day 3 play.

DD Blackjack.

Down a decent sum at two points in the session.

+1800

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.

The odds would have to be calculated of course based on how much the prizes are, how many winners, and how many participants, but in general - I never pay to rebuy / add on at any tournament. I give it a go based on free entry and have still won a few tournaments over the past few years.

At this recent $2M poker tournament, I assume there were about five hundred participants (I am just guessing but that's about right for that kind of big prize). The first prize was $1M, second, $250K, third $100K - all paid in promo (pay until you lose) chips. There are also a few five figure prizes along the way for advancing beyond a certain level.

So this tournament I actually won something. But I never did any add ons.

For example, at the initial table I got only 5000 chips. Everyone else at the table maxed out paying $6000. each for an additional 15000 x 4 = 60000 chips. Now, they don't get the chips all at once - they get them after being busted via an all in. But still, each of my opponents had four additional cat's lives while I had only one. There were other add on possibilities at other levels too. I assume that so many people did add ons that this paid for a nice portion of the prize pool.

With blackjack / baccarat tournaments the rebuy works to allow a person another chance to play again at that same level at which he failed to advance. The cost for these varies from as little as $750. to a few thousand dollars, depending on the prize pool.

Obviously, having more chips gives an advantage - obviously, being given another chance to compete is advantageous, but how much of an advantage, and is it worth it to rebuy / add on?

My policy had been to never rebuy / never add on.

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I never pay to rebuy / add on at any tournament...
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Without getting the details of your tournament, in general I avoid tournaments with re-buys and up-charging for more chips. I recall I charity tournament I did where, for the sake of example, you got x chips for $y. However, if you paid an extra 50%, as a tip to the dealers, they gave you 3x chips. The tournament was advertised as costing only $y, but if that was all you paid, you had an unfairly little chance. Total shake down.

The only way I respect re-buys is if the money to pay for them goes entirely into the prize pool.

These are all free entry tournaments, and I like to keep them free - but, true, at least as far as the poker tournaments and the add-ons a player playing with no add-on chips is at a disadvantage to those who choose to shell out cash for extra chips. The disadvantage to the player who chooses not to re-buy at the blackjack and baccarat tournaments is less tangible though I think? because all it does is throw more live participants into the pool doesn't change the odds of advancing at a given table other than that each table is kept full.

There are also tournaments where re-buys are earned not with cash but through casino play during the tournament weekend. As long as you win, there is no cost to these.

Day 4 play.

DD Blackjack.

This ended up being a very long session where I was down low five figures at one point. When I got back to just above even I quit mostly because I was tired of playing at that point.

+1200

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.

I spent a little of the money from the gift cards on some consumer goods, before turning over the main balance to the wife. This time, she didn't get everything. 😁



Those are cashmere Purple Labels, which for these two sweaters means Made in Italia - NOT in some Eastern Euro or Asian country.

"When I get some - money honey - I'll be knee high, in consumer durables."

Got some of this toothpaste - it has charcoal in it. Turns out to be a For Hotel Rooms Only product - turns even glass bowl sinks black, as well as towels.

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Got some of this toothpaste - it has charcoal in it. Turns out to be a For Hotel Rooms Only product - turns even glass bowl sinks black, as well as towels.

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Ugh. Ashly and the girls get this sort of stuff.
I don't think it's better. (I could be wrong.)

It doesn't seem to stain the porcelain, but it's a pain in the neck to fully rinse away.

It does come off porcelain or glass, but towels need to be washed. Stopped using it at home so I don't know how easily the hotel towels wash clean.

Also your whole mouth, teeth and brush look black as you are brushing, but of course this washes away quickly.

It is fluoride toothpaste and all natural so it must be "good for you" but how good or how much better, I don't know either. At home we went for different "non charcoal" fluoride all natural toothpastes. By all natural I mean no SLS, propylene glycols or artificial anythings.

Our dentists recommend fluoride toothpaste for any age.

Another Vegas trip concluded, successfully. Actually didn't play that often, definitely not every day.

What it is at times in Vegas these days, is windy



and desert moth infested.



These particular moths apparently don't eat wool thankfully, but they are annoying and will fly into the house or room day or night and gather in great droves if given the chance.

Another desert creature is the cicada.



The thing was so noisy that I thought it was feedback from a speaker, but I found it...trapped in a spider web behind a speaker, and released it. Found another one the next night in the cracks of the walls by the jacuzzi, and had to throw some water into the wall to shut it up.

Vegas lately - Friday night, not so busy. Monday night, swarms of convention visitors, to the point where the line for Not-So-Secret Pizza extends into the hall.

More often than not lately the T.I. / Mirage tram has been down.

No way I’d wait in that line. Their pizza isn’t that great anyway. The only time to hit that place is very late and drunk.

Where is the patio with small jacuzzi?