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    Some others that were pointed out to me include, The Lodge Casino in Black Hawk CO and Magnolia Bluffs Casino in Natchez MS.

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    Played just two shoes. First one wasn't any good, random. I held my own because I avoided some hands, bet small and simply got lucky occasionally, but there were no streaks or patterns to speak of. A group of Koreans came up in the middle of this shoe and proceeded to get annihilated.

    Down some, I declared that I was going over to the next door shoe. I hit a six or so bank run right off the bat, but held onto it with just five hundred per hand, although I should have pressed, but I was gun shy from the prior shoe. Still, that run got me even, or a little ahead. The rest of the shoe was pretty much just a banker's shoe, and easy to follow. I played the entire shoe. What was interesting was that one of the Koreans came over and got killed on my shoe, in a few hands. He arrived right when the player started to run, unpredictably. As soon as he left, I got on that player run, which actually kept going, and collected. Later the Korean guy looked at the screen, shaking his head.

    "To lose, on a shoe like that."

    It really was a good shoe. For a good Baccarat player, that just went with the flow on it, that is. I played it much too small though.

    I decided to stop at the end of this shoe, ahead 1325 after commission and all that I tipped out to the dealer, probably a few hundred or so. The pit boss said, "That's good, we see you after lunch," but of course, I am not coming back. Until tomorrow.

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    On the way up the Tower Suites elevator, I ran into this really hot Jewish girl I have seen before in VIP. She had an attendant with her and they were carting up a few boxes and a garbage bag.

    "Where's the party?" I asked her.

    She explained that it was all kosher food. I quickly realized that it was Friday.

    "Shabbat Shalom!" I said to her loudly.

    I'm not even Jewish, but I'll ride with it if the times call for it. You gotta understand that MDawg, whatever age he might be, looks about twenty five. That's the age my host at Cosmo thought I was, until he was told my actual by his assistant. (I made a deal a couple decades ago where neither my portrait at home, nor I, age. Constant exercise, great nutrition, lots of sex and staying out of the sun help too.)

    So smiled broadly and started telling me about how "they have NO food for us here" and complained about how even with all the "stupid Israelis" who play here, that none of them have pushed for kosher food.

    And that's what I mean, as far as today's action (at the tables, not in the elevator), about how it's much easier to win at a casino with multiple open Baccarat tables. Not happening at one, move to another. Mazel Tov!

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    Don't ever get behind one of these on the Strip. They drive very slowly and deliberately trying to expose their billboards as much as possible, and since so long, often get caught at stop lights, leaving you stuck behind them.
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    Actually, don't ever get on the Strip at all, take a side street like Koval, Paradise or the equivalent on the west side, unless you're in a good mood as I was, simply taking in the Friday evening vibe on the way back to Encore.

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

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

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

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

    I ended up about three thousand five hunny ahead, having tipped out to the dealer about five hunny additionally, so a four grand win. I did bet one hand three thousand and won, and this was a bit of a catch up hand, but then I eased on the gas which was a mistake...this three thousand win was on the second hand of the six player run.
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    I kept laughing and saying, Ya'know, you win a big hand and you think you were lucky, and then a bunch of winners come right after it and you realize you weren't lucky at all, you were just in the midst of a great run.

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

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

    When I went up to the room the maids were working on it so I went back down to VIP, relaxed, and tipped out a tenner. Gotta keep the money flowing, five bucks to the cashier minimum with each cashout too.
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    Marker paid off, of course.
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    Exchanged some more texts with my host. He's still unappeased says I need to put in more hours to qualify for the full RFB ride. Oh well, I just remembered I still have that hundred bucks Celebratory Dinner for Caesar's on my diamond card there, maybe we'll eat there tonight because otherwise it will expire unused by the end of the month.

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

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

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

    So, had a walk,
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    and put my AW5 titanium to use.

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

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


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    Someone was concerned that my resting heartbeat was so high.

    Actually, my resting heartbeat is more like 50bpm. Here it is even after being awake and walking around the room for a tad, then sitting down.
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    I am an athlete. I bike and lift weights every other day, and my usual BP tends on the low side and is under a hundred systolic / under sixty diastolic.

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

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

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

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

    They took us to Nobu in their Rolls. I am actually familiar with this model, the Phantom, because my brother has one, but the Wynn Phantoms are special stretch versions with extra legroom in the room. Actually, every one of us including me (but I have an older, "cheap" Rolls) has at least one or two Rolls each in my family, and being driven in one in Vegas is always a great experience. "A Rolls in the desert is above rubies."
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    It is a coddling experience, but not quite the same as the pump I get from walking the Strip.

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Going to the gym first.

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

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

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    Just back from the gym.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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