The Adventures of MDawg II
July 10th, 2024 at 1:23:02 PM
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Quote: SOOPOOQuote: tuttigymQuote: SOOPOOQuote: MathNeverLiesI have never seen you post about what you do for a career on here.
You mind to tell what it is you do?
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The big Dawg has posted numerous times about some of his escapades as a lawyer. I think he might also qualify as a stock trader as well. Then add his casino adventures and he can put food on the table.
What about you, MNL?
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I have read most all of MDawgs posts over the past couple of years and cannot remember reading any of "his escapades as a lawyer." He has given some opinions but never "escapades." Maybe you could refresh my memory or maybe MDawg could link us.
tuttigym
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It’s not my fault you can’t remember. And not my job to scour through his over 7500 posts. Of course you miss the point. He is a lawyer and has made that clear numerous times.
Pay me $100 each and I’ll find you the examples you are looking for?
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You did read my post, right? I did not dispute his being a lawyer as I posted "He has posted some opinions." You are the one that stated about some "legal escapades." Surely you can recall just one "legal escapade" to make your point valid. BTW you also might want to define "legal escape."
tuttigym
July 10th, 2024 at 4:18:46 PM
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Got around to strolling (victory stroll wise 😅) through a couple of the other casinos in Stateline.
Mid-week, afternoon, even as the Celebrity Golf tournament commences, pretty empty.
The Golden Nugget (formerly the Hard Rock, formerly Horizon).
Sports Book
Hotel Lobby
Mid-week, afternoon, even as the Celebrity Golf tournament commences, pretty empty.
The Golden Nugget (formerly the Hard Rock, formerly Horizon).
Sports Book
Hotel Lobby
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I tell you it’s wonderful to be here, man. I don’t give a damn who wins or loses. It’s just wonderful to be here with you people.
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July 10th, 2024 at 4:35:38 PM
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Bally's (formerly Montbleu, formerly Caesars' Tahoe), even more empty. All table games closed.
Lobby
on the right used to be a pretty cool bar, Cleo's, when this was Caesars' Tahoe.
New Mexican restaurant
Up this way was the hottest club in Tahoe years ago, Nero's.
High limit table games used to be to the left of this area, at Caesars. There were players who would bet minimum 5000 a hand back then.
No table games open at all, mid week afternoon.
They do still have a club though, Opal, also Blu which took the place of Nero's.
Sports Book
Lobby
on the right used to be a pretty cool bar, Cleo's, when this was Caesars' Tahoe.
New Mexican restaurant
Up this way was the hottest club in Tahoe years ago, Nero's.
High limit table games used to be to the left of this area, at Caesars. There were players who would bet minimum 5000 a hand back then.
No table games open at all, mid week afternoon.
They do still have a club though, Opal, also Blu which took the place of Nero's.
Sports Book
I tell you it’s wonderful to be here, man. I don’t give a damn who wins or loses. It’s just wonderful to be here with you people.
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July 11th, 2024 at 8:28:49 PM
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I’m very confused. I just need a chance to think things over.
You’ve had your whole f’in life to think things over. What good’s a few minutes more going to do you now?
I tell you it’s wonderful to be here, man. I don’t give a damn who wins or loses. It’s just wonderful to be here with you people.
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July 12th, 2024 at 9:09:51 AM
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1 person dead, 2 missing after tour chopper crash off Kauai’s Na Pali Coast
I don't have the details on this helicopter crash yet, but the previous one in Kauai in 2019,
A Hawaii helicopter crash that killed 7 could have been prevented, investigators say
as well as Kobe Bryant's might have been prevented if the helicopters had a terrain awareness and warning system (TAWS). The FDA was trying to mandate them in all six person or more copters but the regulation didn’t get past the discussion stage. They are in place in many copters.
My parents' neighbor actually used to have a helicopter pad on his lawn, and I remember his talking about TAWS, in general. When he sold his house, the new buyers demolished everything, built a new house, and - no helicopter pad.
If you look around downtown L.A. you see a lot of commercial skyscrapers with helicopter pads on them, but as a mode of travel it seems they never really took off the way businessmen in the '70s probably envisioned they would.
I don't have the details on this helicopter crash yet, but the previous one in Kauai in 2019,
A Hawaii helicopter crash that killed 7 could have been prevented, investigators say
as well as Kobe Bryant's might have been prevented if the helicopters had a terrain awareness and warning system (TAWS). The FDA was trying to mandate them in all six person or more copters but the regulation didn’t get past the discussion stage. They are in place in many copters.
My parents' neighbor actually used to have a helicopter pad on his lawn, and I remember his talking about TAWS, in general. When he sold his house, the new buyers demolished everything, built a new house, and - no helicopter pad.
If you look around downtown L.A. you see a lot of commercial skyscrapers with helicopter pads on them, but as a mode of travel it seems they never really took off the way businessmen in the '70s probably envisioned they would.
I tell you it’s wonderful to be here, man. I don’t give a damn who wins or loses. It’s just wonderful to be here with you people.
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July 12th, 2024 at 5:58:22 PM
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Quote: MDawgGot around to strolling (victory stroll wise 😅) through a couple of the other casinos in Stateline.
Mid-week, afternoon, even as the Celebrity Golf tournament commences, pretty empty.
The Golden Nugget (formerly the Hard Rock, formerly Horizon).
Sports Book
Hotel Lobby
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I spent quite a bit of time at the Horizon back in the day. It went downhill quick and was a dump when it closed.
At my age, a "Life In Prison" sentence is not much of a deterrent.
July 12th, 2024 at 8:34:36 PM
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That property’s proximity to the lake gives it the best views of any casino in Stateline.
I’ve stayed in the Horizon “Elvis suite” (so named because he supposedly stayed there). It was the largest suite in Tahoe (the Sammy Davis Jr. two story suite at Harrah’s that was converted into the now closed Summit restaurant might have been bigger but in any case pre-dated me).
The Horizon Elvis suite had a full sized pool table and a large sauna. It was however rather the worse for wear by the time I stayed there in the early 2000s.
From what I understood the Horizon bowed down and worshiped anyone who bet even green chips during a period when Tahoe catered to many pretty big players and you needed at that time more or less triple the average bet in Tahoe versus Vegas to get the same level of comps. This was of course before the Indian tribal casinos took over the market down the mountain, and Tahoe started suffering greatly from lack of decent casino traffic.
You must recall that female impersonators show Carnival Cabaret at the Horizon with Gypsy and Hunter - it rivaled Frank Moreno’s show at the Riviera in Vegas was actually a pretty good show. But other than the view, the Elvis suite, Carnival Cabaret and maybe their top restaurant (every casino resort, even a dump like Circus Circus or the Four Queens has at least one good restaurant), I agree the Horizon had little to offer.
I’ve stayed in the Horizon “Elvis suite” (so named because he supposedly stayed there). It was the largest suite in Tahoe (the Sammy Davis Jr. two story suite at Harrah’s that was converted into the now closed Summit restaurant might have been bigger but in any case pre-dated me).
The Horizon Elvis suite had a full sized pool table and a large sauna. It was however rather the worse for wear by the time I stayed there in the early 2000s.
From what I understood the Horizon bowed down and worshiped anyone who bet even green chips during a period when Tahoe catered to many pretty big players and you needed at that time more or less triple the average bet in Tahoe versus Vegas to get the same level of comps. This was of course before the Indian tribal casinos took over the market down the mountain, and Tahoe started suffering greatly from lack of decent casino traffic.
You must recall that female impersonators show Carnival Cabaret at the Horizon with Gypsy and Hunter - it rivaled Frank Moreno’s show at the Riviera in Vegas was actually a pretty good show. But other than the view, the Elvis suite, Carnival Cabaret and maybe their top restaurant (every casino resort, even a dump like Circus Circus or the Four Queens has at least one good restaurant), I agree the Horizon had little to offer.
I tell you it’s wonderful to be here, man. I don’t give a damn who wins or loses. It’s just wonderful to be here with you people.
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July 13th, 2024 at 7:36:37 AM
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Family of bears steal show from celebrities at Tahoe golf tournament
Edgewood Tahoe Resort hosted icons from sports, news, pop culture, music and screen, including Jason and Travis Kelce, Colin Jost from “SNL,” sportscaster Kathryn Tappen and celebrity chef Bobby Flay. Despite that star power, in one video of the bears on X, a woman can be heard saying, “This is the biggest crowd we’ve seen all day.”
Edgewood Tahoe Resort hosted icons from sports, news, pop culture, music and screen, including Jason and Travis Kelce, Colin Jost from “SNL,” sportscaster Kathryn Tappen and celebrity chef Bobby Flay. Despite that star power, in one video of the bears on X, a woman can be heard saying, “This is the biggest crowd we’ve seen all day.”
I tell you it’s wonderful to be here, man. I don’t give a damn who wins or loses. It’s just wonderful to be here with you people.
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July 13th, 2024 at 7:59:54 AM
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With Mob directed Teamster loans no longer available, junk bonds became the thing to finance Vegas casinos. Steve Weinberg was among the first.
How Steve Wynn financed Vegas’ first mega resort
Wynn’s ability to secure more than $600 million in financing for the Mirage project when “Las Vegas mostly had $200 million casinos at that time,” is nothing short of “extraordinary.”
The Mirage was not the first gaming property to be funded with high-yield bonds, or, as they are more derisively called, junk bonds. Nor was it even Wynn’s first go around at securing speculative, high-risk bonds to finance a casino project.
But Wynn’s ability to convince Wall Street that his ambitious casino ideas would bear fruit is nearly as consequential to the gaming world as the properties that resulted from his salesmanship. And, the success of his junk bond-funded casinos gave way to a new financing model that has been copied across the gaming landscape for decades.
Analysts at the time predicted The Mirage would need to exceed $1 million a day to satisfy its debt obligations. It did so with ease.
In a 1996 interview with CNN Money, Wynn rebuffed the early doubters of The Mirage by saying,”How could anyone understand Disneyland if all they’d ever seen was the Santa Monica pier?”
How Steve Wynn financed Vegas’ first mega resort
Wynn’s ability to secure more than $600 million in financing for the Mirage project when “Las Vegas mostly had $200 million casinos at that time,” is nothing short of “extraordinary.”
The Mirage was not the first gaming property to be funded with high-yield bonds, or, as they are more derisively called, junk bonds. Nor was it even Wynn’s first go around at securing speculative, high-risk bonds to finance a casino project.
But Wynn’s ability to convince Wall Street that his ambitious casino ideas would bear fruit is nearly as consequential to the gaming world as the properties that resulted from his salesmanship. And, the success of his junk bond-funded casinos gave way to a new financing model that has been copied across the gaming landscape for decades.
Analysts at the time predicted The Mirage would need to exceed $1 million a day to satisfy its debt obligations. It did so with ease.
In a 1996 interview with CNN Money, Wynn rebuffed the early doubters of The Mirage by saying,”How could anyone understand Disneyland if all they’d ever seen was the Santa Monica pier?”
I tell you it’s wonderful to be here, man. I don’t give a damn who wins or loses. It’s just wonderful to be here with you people.
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July 13th, 2024 at 1:14:52 PM
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Quote: MDawg
Wynn’s ability to secure more than $600 million in financing for the Mirage project when “Las Vegas mostly had $200 million casinos at that time,” is nothing short of “extraordinary.”
In the 1990's I went to New York to try to raise $8 million and failed miserably. I guess Mr. Wynn may have had a little more charisma than I did.
At my age, a "Life In Prison" sentence is not much of a deterrent.
July 14th, 2024 at 6:29:22 AM
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Going from the balminess of Tahoe to the oven of Vegas soon.
I tell you it’s wonderful to be here, man. I don’t give a damn who wins or loses. It’s just wonderful to be here with you people.
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July 18th, 2024 at 6:05:25 PM
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Wynn/Encore VIP (Tower Suites) now require swiping your starred RFB card for entry. Wynn/Encore still allow entry with a Chairman's level card at all times too, current hotel guest or not.
Venetian/Palazzo has had a similar system in place for a while, although the key is swiped just to confirm that you belong in there, not to unlock the entry door. At Venetian/Palazzo only current VIP guests may enter the lounge - no level of Player's Club allows entry unless staying in house.
Between the two Wynn/Encore has the better VIP, with actual cold food laid out at all hours, mornings fruit, pastries, muffins, afternoons, salads, sandwiches, nighttime other cold food plus desserts. Venetian/Palazzo just some pastries, and a high end coffee drink maker (espressos, cappuccinos, etc.).
Venetian/Palazzo has had a similar system in place for a while, although the key is swiped just to confirm that you belong in there, not to unlock the entry door. At Venetian/Palazzo only current VIP guests may enter the lounge - no level of Player's Club allows entry unless staying in house.
Between the two Wynn/Encore has the better VIP, with actual cold food laid out at all hours, mornings fruit, pastries, muffins, afternoons, salads, sandwiches, nighttime other cold food plus desserts. Venetian/Palazzo just some pastries, and a high end coffee drink maker (espressos, cappuccinos, etc.).
I tell you it’s wonderful to be here, man. I don’t give a damn who wins or loses. It’s just wonderful to be here with you people.
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July 19th, 2024 at 8:29:45 AM
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Day 1 play. A senior management ran into me, someone I have known for decades or so, gave me the old "How do we stay open" joke and handshake with beaming smile.
This day's play was actually representative of multiple sessions, including one where I lost.
+18200
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.
This day's play was actually representative of multiple sessions, including one where I lost.
+18200
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 tell you it’s wonderful to be here, man. I don’t give a damn who wins or loses. It’s just wonderful to be here with you people.
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July 20th, 2024 at 12:25:11 AM
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Day 2 play. Was up quite a bit more but ended up just a little. Was also down as much as -16000 at one point recovered all that off just a couple thousand.
Wasn’t playing that hard or with that much money.
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Wasn’t playing that hard or with that much money.
+1000
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 tell you it’s wonderful to be here, man. I don’t give a damn who wins or loses. It’s just wonderful to be here with you people.
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July 20th, 2024 at 12:26:40 AM
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Vegas is actually pretty busy. A number of tournaments this weekend I am playing in every one. Have never tried to pull off so many simultaneous tournaments but I believe I can do.
I tell you it’s wonderful to be here, man. I don’t give a damn who wins or loses. It’s just wonderful to be here with you people.
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July 20th, 2024 at 11:20:42 AM
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Quote: MDawg
Between the two Wynn/Encore has the better VIP, with actual cold food laid out at all hours, mornings fruit, pastries, muffins, afternoons, salads, sandwiches, nighttime other cold food plus desserts. Venetian/Palazzo just some pastries, and a high end coffee drink maker (espressos, cappuccinos, etc.).
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Laid out cold food is just asking for food poisoning. Especially things like salads and sandwiches. Years ago I knew a guy whose job was to go around to restaurants and check the food prep for safety issues. He absolutely refused to eat anything that was cold in a restaurant because the chances of getting food poisoning is so high. He would only eat things that were kept hot or were cooked right before he got them. People get sick all the time from eating out and they don't even know it.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
July 20th, 2024 at 2:05:57 PM
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A friend stayed at Wynn/Encore for months and months straight. Play warranted the free suites and rooms but for whatever reason, mostly because is a degenerate gambler who didn’t want to take the time to sit down and wait for food rarely ate in the restaurants survived almost exclusively on the VIP food to the point where the lead VIP attendant was telling me that some of the other attendants were starting to grumble about how “This isn’t a buffet” but they still fed nonstop.
Didn’t get sick as far as I know and still alive.
Didn’t get sick as far as I know and still alive.
I tell you it’s wonderful to be here, man. I don’t give a damn who wins or loses. It’s just wonderful to be here with you people.
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July 21st, 2024 at 12:22:28 AM
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Day 3 play. Couple or so sessions. Was stuck at around -6000 for a lot of the time and down even more than that too but after a big bet I powered ahead consistently and stayed there.
+6400
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.
+6400
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 tell you it’s wonderful to be here, man. I don’t give a damn who wins or loses. It’s just wonderful to be here with you people.
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July 21st, 2024 at 5:39:35 AM
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Worldwide IT outage briefly impacted Las Vegas casinos
Some of the casinos were not affected at all. Others, two days ago, players had to go directly to the cage to get their markers, and at those casinos, even yesterday systems were slowed and it took a long time to issue markers at the tables.
Some of the casinos were not affected at all. Others, two days ago, players had to go directly to the cage to get their markers, and at those casinos, even yesterday systems were slowed and it took a long time to issue markers at the tables.
I tell you it’s wonderful to be here, man. I don’t give a damn who wins or loses. It’s just wonderful to be here with you people.
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July 21st, 2024 at 5:42:34 AM
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I observed a true martingale player at the tables. Public baccarat table. This player would start with the minimum bet, and then double religiously. I observed at a $200. minimum table, and watched losses at
200
400
800
1600
3200
6400
12800
Being that table max was 25000, that is what the player put down after a long wait, watching lots of hands, and fortunately won that hand, for a net loss of -400 (final win was on Player).
Bankroll of over 100000.
At a particular casino where the stated limit used to be 35000, I was told that it was lowered to 25000 to prevent martingale players from having that one additional step up in which to double, but, this came from a pit boss not a higher up.
200
400
800
1600
3200
6400
12800
Being that table max was 25000, that is what the player put down after a long wait, watching lots of hands, and fortunately won that hand, for a net loss of -400 (final win was on Player).
Bankroll of over 100000.
At a particular casino where the stated limit used to be 35000, I was told that it was lowered to 25000 to prevent martingale players from having that one additional step up in which to double, but, this came from a pit boss not a higher up.
I tell you it’s wonderful to be here, man. I don’t give a damn who wins or loses. It’s just wonderful to be here with you people.
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July 21st, 2024 at 5:51:00 AM
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Quote: MDawgA number of tournaments this weekend I am playing in every one. Have never tried to pull off so many simultaneous tournaments but I believe I can do.
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Lost every tournament, after getting past at least the first round in all of them. Scheduling somehow just worked out was able to confine each tournament to a certain time period of the day, and then also because I didn't get to the end in any one, it wasn't that hard to play in each one.
The general tournament strategy of laying back and then powering it on towards the end just didn't work, as too many people were laying it down early, getting lucky, and then kept getting lucky. 🍀
I tell you it’s wonderful to be here, man. I don’t give a damn who wins or loses. It’s just wonderful to be here with you people.
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July 21st, 2024 at 7:54:29 AM
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Quote: MDawgQuote: MDawgA number of tournaments this weekend I am playing in every one. Have never tried to pull off so many simultaneous tournaments but I believe I can do.
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Lost every tournament, after getting past at least the first round in all of them. Scheduling somehow just worked out was able to confine each tournament to a certain time period of the day, and then also because I didn't get to the end in any one, it wasn't that hard to play in each one.
The general tournament strategy of laying back and then powering it on towards the end just didn't work, as too many people were laying it down early, getting lucky, and then kept getting lucky. 🍀
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Have you read Stanford Wong's book on Casino Tournament Strategy? It is a good book and worth a read if you play multiple tournaments.
At my age, a "Life In Prison" sentence is not much of a deterrent.
July 21st, 2024 at 11:09:58 AM
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I will have to pick up that book.
Wizard and I have gone over strategies before
but these strategies didn't work this time around.
One of the tournaments was a combination roulette, blackjack and baccarat where there was no "advancing" but rather 1st 2nd 3rd places for each individual game, and overall, based on chip count. Start with 10K chips each game, record what is left at end.
Those who won simply "went for it" and got lucky, and that strategy left most busted. In a tournament where over all chip count and not advancing is what matters, getting lucky with some kind of big run might be all that is going to matter.
In a traditional tournament where 2 or so at each table "advance" the "go for it" strategy probably isn't the best, but I saw it work for some lucky bastards at all the tournaments I was in this time.
Wizard and I have gone over strategies before
Quote: MDawgThanks to the Wizard for giving tournament strategy advice pursuant to my question at his 8/5/2021 Live Stream.
What was discussed more specifically was Blackjack tournament strategy and:
Essentially, betting small for most of the initial rounds - bide your time, and then powering up perhaps in the last 5 hands of a round, mostly on the basis of what your enemies are doing:
-Keep in mind that the dealer is not the enemy - the other players are. If the dealer is running hot, that's bad for everyone not just for you.
-If behind bet opposite of your enemy, if your enemy bets big, you bet small, if your enemy bets small, you bet big.
If you are in the lead, mimic your enemies, bet the same way as the people trying to catch you.
-Sometimes will need to bet big. Don't be afraid to throw out some big wagers.
-Don't wait until the very last hand to catch up. Make the move when there are about 5 hands left.
The Wizard considers tournament play advantage play for a player betting according to the tournament strategy of playing the other players versus playing the dealer - if apply skill should have a 3X better chance of winning than the average player, which means that if say, 10K of play is needed to gain entrance into the tournament, that a skilled tournament player should have a 3X better chance of winning than the average player, which increases the value of his 10K play to effectively 30K.
If I didn't summarize what the Wizard said correctly, I invite him to correct me.
I am also wondering - in a Baccarat tournament the dealer really isn't your enemy. I mean, there is a winning hand available on each deal versus blackjack where if the dealer turns over a 20 or 21, everyone might lose. I have been in a couple Bacc tournaments recently and actually won! one of them recently, a pretty big win actually, and in that tournament for the most part my strategy was betting opposite of what the other players were betting, and hoping that the shoe would go contrary to what was expected. For the tournament where I won, that worked. For the tournament where I lost, the shoe actually did what was expected, and my contrarian bets didn't advance me past the second round.
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but these strategies didn't work this time around.
One of the tournaments was a combination roulette, blackjack and baccarat where there was no "advancing" but rather 1st 2nd 3rd places for each individual game, and overall, based on chip count. Start with 10K chips each game, record what is left at end.
Those who won simply "went for it" and got lucky, and that strategy left most busted. In a tournament where over all chip count and not advancing is what matters, getting lucky with some kind of big run might be all that is going to matter.
In a traditional tournament where 2 or so at each table "advance" the "go for it" strategy probably isn't the best, but I saw it work for some lucky bastards at all the tournaments I was in this time.
I tell you it’s wonderful to be here, man. I don’t give a damn who wins or loses. It’s just wonderful to be here with you people.
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July 21st, 2024 at 11:23:03 AM
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Quote: MDawg
Those who won simply "went for it" and got lucky, and that strategy left most busted. In a tournament where over all chip count and not advancing is what matters, getting lucky with some kind of big run might be all that is going to matter.
In a traditional tournament where 2 or so at each table "advance" the "go for it" strategy probably isn't the best, but I saw it work for some lucky bastards at all the tournaments I was in this time.
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No strategy will work every time but if the Wizard gave you advice I would suspect it was good advice.
At my age, a "Life In Prison" sentence is not much of a deterrent.
July 22nd, 2024 at 7:54:27 AM
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Caesars is easy to beat but then Station Casinos no slouch either with regular free play and resort credit offers. Station resort credits may be used to purchase tangible goods.
I tell you it’s wonderful to be here, man. I don’t give a damn who wins or loses. It’s just wonderful to be here with you people.
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July 22nd, 2024 at 8:11:29 AM
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One Baccarat tournament strategy I read about was to bet your entire bankroll on the very first hand. If you lose, oh, well, better luck next time. If you win, for the rest of the tournament you just bet the absolute minimum, hoping everyone else will bust out or not win as much as you have. No idea how viable that strategy is, but I'm sure it's worked for somebody at some point.
July 22nd, 2024 at 9:11:15 AM
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Or you could bet 7.5% of your stack on Tie only and hope for a few. How many hands are in a Baccarat tourney?
July 22nd, 2024 at 12:14:25 PM
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In a tournament where the goal is to advance - beat everyone else at that table, or at least come in 2nd or 3rd if more than one advance, the strategy might be to stay alive and power forward the last hands. The strategy TigerWu mentions might work too, win the first hand all in then coast, hoping the others bust out trying to catch you, or just can't catch up no matter what. In such a tournament the chip count doesn't matter as much as beating the others at that table.
But in a tournament where no one really advances, and chip count total is cumulative, playing conservatively is not going to work because there are always going to be some players who pushed it crazily and got a lot of chips.
But in a tournament where no one really advances, and chip count total is cumulative, playing conservatively is not going to work because there are always going to be some players who pushed it crazily and got a lot of chips.
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July 22nd, 2024 at 12:15:49 PM
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Day 4 play. Wasn't a long session and I was down as much as -12000 at one point, but I powered ahead from actually, just a couple grand to the end walk away win.
+12200
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And this is the MDawg challenge.
+12200
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 tell you it’s wonderful to be here, man. I don’t give a damn who wins or loses. It’s just wonderful to be here with you people.
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July 23rd, 2024 at 8:58:45 PM
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Day 5 play. Pretty long session and recovered from down as much as -80000
Was pretty relaxed throughout though did what I had to do. Probably shouldn’t have been so relaxed while losing!
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Was pretty relaxed throughout though did what I had to do. Probably shouldn’t have been so relaxed while losing!
+1000
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July 24th, 2024 at 5:16:37 AM
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and their new keys are made out of wood.
Nice touch.
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July 24th, 2024 at 5:22:51 AM
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Cosmopolitan eliminated the small disposable vanity products, and is putting these larger canisters in the showers
and by the sinks.
Resorts World has been doing this since opening, but at RW the products are locked up and may be removed for refill only with a special key. What's to stop people from just walking off "Artwork, duvets, even bathroom scales: gone, gone, gone. The oversized Oribe bath amenities? Pilfered by the bagful" with these larger free standing containers, other than the implication that it would be wrong.
Another thing Cosmo hasn't given up on laying out are these large soft cloth laundry bags, which I imagine people walk away with right and left.
Wynn has these flimsy laundry bags in their rooms, which must be at a much lower cost than the Cosmo bags. (The Cosmo bags come in at about 22 x 26 inches.)
Wynn's bags are useful for storing fine shoes in when traveling, one shoe per bag, but when these things disintegrate, they create a mess. The Cosmo bags are made to last.
These shoe polishing mitts that Wynn has, and all Wynn properties used to have, are useful for transporting anything delicate, like a watch.
and by the sinks.
Resorts World has been doing this since opening, but at RW the products are locked up and may be removed for refill only with a special key. What's to stop people from just walking off "Artwork, duvets, even bathroom scales: gone, gone, gone. The oversized Oribe bath amenities? Pilfered by the bagful" with these larger free standing containers, other than the implication that it would be wrong.
Another thing Cosmo hasn't given up on laying out are these large soft cloth laundry bags, which I imagine people walk away with right and left.
Wynn has these flimsy laundry bags in their rooms, which must be at a much lower cost than the Cosmo bags. (The Cosmo bags come in at about 22 x 26 inches.)
Wynn's bags are useful for storing fine shoes in when traveling, one shoe per bag, but when these things disintegrate, they create a mess. The Cosmo bags are made to last.
These shoe polishing mitts that Wynn has, and all Wynn properties used to have, are useful for transporting anything delicate, like a watch.
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July 24th, 2024 at 3:55:41 PM
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Quote: MDawgCosmopolitan eliminated the small disposable vanity products, and is putting these larger canisters in the showers
and by the sinks.
I have been staying at a lot of Wyndham properties and they are also using the bigger bottles now.
At my age, a "Life In Prison" sentence is not much of a deterrent.
July 25th, 2024 at 6:24:30 AM
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They must have made the decision that over all costs will be lowered, which would mean that they don't expect too many people to walk off with the larger bottles.
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July 25th, 2024 at 6:26:19 AM
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Southwest airlines to do away with open seating!
Southwest Airlines is getting rid of open seating
Unknown whether the two free bags up to 50 lbs each will remain. Apparently profits were down 51% last quarter, to $370M, despite reporting record revenue for the quarter that was boosted by strong passenger traffic.
Southwest Airlines is getting rid of open seating
Unknown whether the two free bags up to 50 lbs each will remain. Apparently profits were down 51% last quarter, to $370M, despite reporting record revenue for the quarter that was boosted by strong passenger traffic.
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July 25th, 2024 at 7:00:47 AM
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Got around to visiting Fontainebleau. Very nice, elegant property.
High tech elevators.
Those are real roses in the hotel lobby.
Artwork near the lobby.
This is a second high limit, besides the Baccarat salon (posted limits to $20K), where they have a double deck BlackJack where dealer stands on soft 17.
Very high ceilings. Nice layout.
Interesting restaurants, interesting menus.
Wireless phone chargers on the slot machines.
Tested them - they work.
Over all - mid week, the place was definitely busier than say, Resorts World on the same day, so it does actually seem to be drawing some crowds. Not as dead as people have been saying, there might be hope for the property yet.
High tech elevators.
Those are real roses in the hotel lobby.
Artwork near the lobby.
This is a second high limit, besides the Baccarat salon (posted limits to $20K), where they have a double deck BlackJack where dealer stands on soft 17.
Very high ceilings. Nice layout.
Interesting restaurants, interesting menus.
Wireless phone chargers on the slot machines.
Tested them - they work.
Over all - mid week, the place was definitely busier than say, Resorts World on the same day, so it does actually seem to be drawing some crowds. Not as dead as people have been saying, there might be hope for the property yet.
I tell you it’s wonderful to be here, man. I don’t give a damn who wins or loses. It’s just wonderful to be here with you people.
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July 25th, 2024 at 7:05:48 AM
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Fontainebleau has a pretty generous tier match program.
Fontainebleau tier match program
Get to Royal (top tier) as I did, and you'll get, among other perks, $250. to spend at one of their restaurants, $250. to spend at their spa. Not bad, just for matching, with no play.
Fontainebleau tier match program
Get to Royal (top tier) as I did, and you'll get, among other perks, $250. to spend at one of their restaurants, $250. to spend at their spa. Not bad, just for matching, with no play.
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July 25th, 2024 at 12:30:40 PM
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Day 6 play. Was down a clean -12000 relatively early on rallied, did fine.
+14200
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.
+14200
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 tell you it’s wonderful to be here, man. I don’t give a damn who wins or loses. It’s just wonderful to be here with you people.
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July 25th, 2024 at 12:55:12 PM
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Quote: MDawgSouthwest airlines to do away with open seating!
Southwest Airlines is getting rid of open seating
Unknown whether the two free bags up to 50 lbs each will remain. Apparently profits were down 51% last quarter, to $370M, despite reporting record revenue for the quarter that was boosted by strong passenger traffic.
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I flew Southwest yesterday as my Delta flight kept canceling. I was in row 2 which is nice and unusual for me.
Southwest will make a lot of money by charging for seats. I am guessing next year they will start charging for checking bags. I don't pay for seats or check bags so those fees won't affect me.
At my age, a "Life In Prison" sentence is not much of a deterrent.
July 26th, 2024 at 6:59:42 AM
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Perhaps for any bag above 1.
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July 26th, 2024 at 7:02:08 AM
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Quote: MDawgThis is a second high limit, besides the Baccarat salon (posted limits to $20K), where they have a double deck BlackJack where dealer stands on soft 17.
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Even Cosmopolitan, where all but the shoe was 6:5, now has a 3:2 double deck blackjack with dealer standing on soft 17. Must have to do with the MGM takeover.
Given this sprinkling of 3:2 stand 17 double decks around town, it's hard to claim that casinos are moving entirely in the direction of worse odds for players.
Cosmo appears now to be comping spa charges for winning players, or at least they are doing it for me now. They used to have a policy of no spa comps on winning trips, notwithstanding a high theo loss.
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July 28th, 2024 at 8:59:26 PM
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Quote: MDawgThey must have made the decision that over all costs will be lowered, which would mean that they don't expect too many people to walk off with the larger bottles.
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This little note might be part of their way of cajoling guests into not walking off with those larger bottles of vanity products.
And in some states, such as New York, those small bottles are actually being banned.
New York Hotels will no longer be able to provide small bottles of shampoo or lotion beginning 2025
According to the bill, "'hospitality personal care product' means a product provided by a hotel and intended to be applied to or used on the human body or any part thereof for cleansing, conditioning, or moisturizing. Hospitality personal care product includes, but is not limited to, shampoo, conditioner, lotion, and liquid soap."
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July 28th, 2024 at 9:05:50 PM
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Quote: darkozQuote: MDawgI was at DisneyLand once with someone who had a DMV handicap placard and was prepared to show it but was told that none of that mattered. "May we get you a wheelchair?" They don't want to see any medical records apparently. The way it works at DisneyLand is the guest has a "conversation" with a staff who then decides solely based on what is said whether the guest qualifies for DAS (Disability Access Service).
https://disneyland.disney.go.com/guest-services/disability-access-service/
DAS doesn’t provide immediate access to experiences, but rather allows Guests to request a return time for a specific experience that is comparable to the current standby wait.
But even so, all DAS gets a person at DisneyLand is a free sort of MaxPass, where the line wait time remains the same but the wait is spent outside of the line, until the app calls the guest to show up and go to near the front of the line. It might seem like the line is bypassed, but it is not - the wait time is merely spent other than in the actual line.
Universal Studios on the other hand actual lets anyone who gets a disability pass, which over there is based on mobility, to go right to the front of the line. At least that is the way it was last time we were at Univ Studios, because one of our guests actually was recovering from an injury and got that pass, which got all of us (a group of four) to the front of all lines.
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For me it was at Disney World I got the pass for my ankle. This would be circa 2004. Things may have changed.
The relative I bring along is autistic and a minor. It wasn't an issue to get front of line passes.
I do believe, now that you mention it, that it amounted to a maxpass in essence but without the 3 ride limit. So still quite valuable.
Bottom line is amusement parks and lines are somewhat synonymous. People going to amusement parks who have zero tolerance for long lines should stay out of them.
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An attorney I know who works for Disney told me that their policies on these "DAS" passes changed very recently, where in all but the most extreme circumstances they will simply refer guests with cognitive disabilities to just ask to leave the line and return (to the same place in line advanced forward as if the guest had not left) after the anxiety attack or whatever has passed.
And for some time now DAS has been for cognitive disabilities only, not mobility.
So now they seem to be trying to avoid issuing any DAS passes at all, even for the autistic.
What seems problematic is that this turns every Disney employee working the line into someone who has to evaluate whether the request to leave the line and return is warranted.
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July 29th, 2024 at 6:58:20 AM
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Are you a big enough player that can ask to have friends/relatives comped?
Story…. walking dog, everyone wants to pet him/play with him. New woman on my street asks me my name, I tell her first name, she asks me if I’m an anesthesiologist, she then blurts out my last name and reminds me we worked together at XYZ hospital. I haven’t worked there for 20ish years. She told me which surgeon she worked with, and he was a big gambler. He would arrange for 6 of his favorite nurses to be flown out to Vegas, picked up in a limo, spend 3 nights free in a hotel, have unlimited access to the limo, comped dinners. He would have dinner with them once or twice but otherwise they just were on their own. If they gambled I’m sure it was negligible.
This was 30 years ago or so. I did ask him once how much he gambles. He said he averages around $400 a hand for 4-6 hours a day on blackjack.
Is that level of play enough to justify the $$$ the casino laid out for the nurses? At the time, it seemed like not enough play for me.
Story…. walking dog, everyone wants to pet him/play with him. New woman on my street asks me my name, I tell her first name, she asks me if I’m an anesthesiologist, she then blurts out my last name and reminds me we worked together at XYZ hospital. I haven’t worked there for 20ish years. She told me which surgeon she worked with, and he was a big gambler. He would arrange for 6 of his favorite nurses to be flown out to Vegas, picked up in a limo, spend 3 nights free in a hotel, have unlimited access to the limo, comped dinners. He would have dinner with them once or twice but otherwise they just were on their own. If they gambled I’m sure it was negligible.
This was 30 years ago or so. I did ask him once how much he gambles. He said he averages around $400 a hand for 4-6 hours a day on blackjack.
Is that level of play enough to justify the $$$ the casino laid out for the nurses? At the time, it seemed like not enough play for me.
July 29th, 2024 at 11:59:27 PM
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Quote: SOOPOOAre you a big enough player that can ask to have friends/relatives comped?
Story…. walking dog, everyone wants to pet him/play with him. New woman on my street asks me my name, I tell her first name, she asks me if I’m an anesthesiologist, she then blurts out my last name and reminds me we worked together at XYZ hospital. I haven’t worked there for 20ish years. She told me which surgeon she worked with, and he was a big gambler. He would arrange for 6 of his favorite nurses to be flown out to Vegas, picked up in a limo, spend 3 nights free in a hotel, have unlimited access to the limo, comped dinners. He would have dinner with them once or twice but otherwise they just were on their own. If they gambled I’m sure it was negligible.
This was 30 years ago or so. I did ask him once how much he gambles. He said he averages around $400 a hand for 4-6 hours a day on blackjack.
Is that level of play enough to justify the $$$ the casino laid out for the nurses? At the time, it seemed like not enough play for me.
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I'm such an idiot. I'm just realizing that you throw so much cold water on what I do because you're jealous. It never even occurred to me till now. You can't believe it because if you did it would drive you insane. It didn't occur to me because you are obviously a hardcore gambler and I'm not a gambler at all. I don't get gamblers, I don't understand how they think.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
July 30th, 2024 at 5:17:33 AM
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Sometimes I do have quite a caboose of "hangers on" with me on these trips, but then sometimes it's just myself and my wife, occasionally I am alone.
I don't mind extending my virtually unlimited comps to others, but it can be a bit of a chore keeping track of everything and getting it all comp'ed, especially if I am allowing friends to stay in the rooms I have picked up solely to qualify for some kind of promotion, and I am not even playing at that particular resort that trip. Just to give you an idea of how quickly charges might add up, at these minibars in these casino resorts the miniature bottles of alcohol cost $21. each, a small bottle of juice, $11. Snacks like potato chips, etc., might be $15. each or so. Yes, I get all of these comp'ed but sometimes I have to ask for the charges to be picked up it is not automatic if I haven't even played at that resort that trip.
I have pulled down multiple suites at multiple resorts simultaneously, with guests taking up residence in some or all of them.
A daughter of a friend of ours once emptied the minibar (took it home with her) and we had to have a talk with her. I didn't revoke her Vegas privileges she has been back since, but doesn't pull a stunt like that again. She claims it was her friend who pushed her to do it, but still, that sort of thing doesn't reflect well on me the host, although couple decades or so ago, I used to do the same thing, empty the mini bar more than once every trip, take it all home, but in recent years we don't even touch the mini bar most trips. It is something akin to how they allow Swiss workers to eat all the chocolate they want in the factories and they quickly grow sick of it entirely.
One thing that I do find annoying is how some guests mostly, again, teenagers (or over 18, under 25), tend to order tons of room service and then barely touch the food. We become aware of this if we visit the guests in their rooms, and see the piles of uneaten food. Even if I am not paying for it, I abhor waste.
I don't mind extending my virtually unlimited comps to others, but it can be a bit of a chore keeping track of everything and getting it all comp'ed, especially if I am allowing friends to stay in the rooms I have picked up solely to qualify for some kind of promotion, and I am not even playing at that particular resort that trip. Just to give you an idea of how quickly charges might add up, at these minibars in these casino resorts the miniature bottles of alcohol cost $21. each, a small bottle of juice, $11. Snacks like potato chips, etc., might be $15. each or so. Yes, I get all of these comp'ed but sometimes I have to ask for the charges to be picked up it is not automatic if I haven't even played at that resort that trip.
I have pulled down multiple suites at multiple resorts simultaneously, with guests taking up residence in some or all of them.
A daughter of a friend of ours once emptied the minibar (took it home with her) and we had to have a talk with her. I didn't revoke her Vegas privileges she has been back since, but doesn't pull a stunt like that again. She claims it was her friend who pushed her to do it, but still, that sort of thing doesn't reflect well on me the host, although couple decades or so ago, I used to do the same thing, empty the mini bar more than once every trip, take it all home, but in recent years we don't even touch the mini bar most trips. It is something akin to how they allow Swiss workers to eat all the chocolate they want in the factories and they quickly grow sick of it entirely.
One thing that I do find annoying is how some guests mostly, again, teenagers (or over 18, under 25), tend to order tons of room service and then barely touch the food. We become aware of this if we visit the guests in their rooms, and see the piles of uneaten food. Even if I am not paying for it, I abhor waste.
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July 30th, 2024 at 5:32:25 AM
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We haven't had this at Disneyland for a while. Exclusive to Disney World and Tokyo Disneyland since its closing at Disneyland in 2001 or so. Seen it at Tokyo Disneyland, now at Disney World too!
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July 30th, 2024 at 5:38:34 AM
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As far as Florida weather for doing things outdoors, will be here two weeks, and it's actually not that bad, although it makes me think of this line from Hunter S Thompson
and by that time I was pouring sweat. My blood is too thick for Florida: I have never been able to properly explain myself in this climate. Not with the soaking sweats . . . wild red eyeballs and trembling hands.
when pouring sweat in a crowd at Disney World. The rain does come here and there, but hasn't been excessive and stops fairly quickly (not as quickly as say, on the Big Island of Hawaii), and may actually be a welcome brief change from the sun and heat.
My wife asked one of the bellmen what he likes about Florida, and his answer, "I don't like cold weather," made me think of DRich, although I'm sure DRich isn't outside in July hauling around stacks of luggage (or hauling around much of anything).
One thing that I wasn't prepared for was this deep south Florida accent. Maybe that is more in Orlando than Miami (will be in Miami, then the Keys, next week). This hillbilly accent I mean, with the "Y'all" and such, I hadn't thought about how that isn't confined to states like Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, etc.
As far as Miami, I'm waiting to see if Rosie's line from Goodfellas applies fully. Been to FL before, not Miami.
and by that time I was pouring sweat. My blood is too thick for Florida: I have never been able to properly explain myself in this climate. Not with the soaking sweats . . . wild red eyeballs and trembling hands.
when pouring sweat in a crowd at Disney World. The rain does come here and there, but hasn't been excessive and stops fairly quickly (not as quickly as say, on the Big Island of Hawaii), and may actually be a welcome brief change from the sun and heat.
My wife asked one of the bellmen what he likes about Florida, and his answer, "I don't like cold weather," made me think of DRich, although I'm sure DRich isn't outside in July hauling around stacks of luggage (or hauling around much of anything).
One thing that I wasn't prepared for was this deep south Florida accent. Maybe that is more in Orlando than Miami (will be in Miami, then the Keys, next week). This hillbilly accent I mean, with the "Y'all" and such, I hadn't thought about how that isn't confined to states like Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, etc.
As far as Miami, I'm waiting to see if Rosie's line from Goodfellas applies fully. Been to FL before, not Miami.
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July 30th, 2024 at 5:52:25 AM
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Quote: EvenBobQuote: SOOPOOAre you a big enough player that can ask to have friends/relatives comped?
Story…. walking dog, everyone wants to pet him/play with him. New woman on my street asks me my name, I tell her first name, she asks me if I’m an anesthesiologist, she then blurts out my last name and reminds me we worked together at XYZ hospital. I haven’t worked there for 20ish years. She told me which surgeon she worked with, and he was a big gambler. He would arrange for 6 of his favorite nurses to be flown out to Vegas, picked up in a limo, spend 3 nights free in a hotel, have unlimited access to the limo, comped dinners. He would have dinner with them once or twice but otherwise they just were on their own. If they gambled I’m sure it was negligible.
This was 30 years ago or so. I did ask him once how much he gambles. He said he averages around $400 a hand for 4-6 hours a day on blackjack.
Is that level of play enough to justify the $$$ the casino laid out for the nurses? At the time, it seemed like not enough play for me.
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I'm such an idiot. I'm just realizing that you throw so much cold water on what I do because you're jealous. It never even occurred to me till now. You can't believe it because if you did it would drive you insane. It didn't occur to me because you are obviously a hardcore gambler and I'm not a gambler at all. I don't get gamblers, I don't understand how they think.
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I am the least hardcore gambler you have ever met. I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve lost in a day of gambling more than I made for 2 hours of work.
I am also one of the least jealous people you would ever meet. I enjoy other people’s successes for them, not for me. I think you misinterpret ‘interested’ or ‘fascinated’ to be jealous.
My gambling, if that is what it is to be called, is a slow, inexorable upward climb. I have no illusions that the sportsbooks might end it for me at some future point.
My -EV Pai Gow is a social event. I’ve won multiple trips in a row. Just lucky.
And what you do is make stuff up. I’ve refrained from mentioning it recently in your drivel roulette thread, but you decided to interrupt MDawg’s thread with your nonsense.
You started your post with ‘I’m an idiot’. Then you continued posting to give evidence of such. Should have just stopped.
On my way to spa with Wifey. Then will stay at Del Lago. Will let you know how my trip goes.
July 30th, 2024 at 7:58:31 AM
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My wife asked one of the bellmen what he likes about Florida, and his answer, "I don't like cold weather," made me think of DRich, although I'm sure DRich isn't outside in July hauling around stacks of luggage (or hauling around much of anything).
One thing that I wasn't prepared for was this deep south Florida accent. Maybe that is more in Orlando than Miami (will be in Miami, then the Keys, next week). This hillbilly accent I mean, with the "Y'all" and such, I hadn't thought about how that isn't confined to states like Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, etc.
You are correct, I rarely leave the house anymore. I am becoming a hermit. About the only time I leave the house is to go to the grocery store once every two weeks or when going to the airport about every two weeks.
Northern Florida and Central Florida is full of Southerners, Southern Florida is full of Northerners. I would say just North of Tampa is the demarcation line.
At my age, a "Life In Prison" sentence is not much of a deterrent.
