Really? So this guy I have on ignore thinks I am a Rolex dealer. That almost makes me want to read his post. Almost, not quite.
As far as not meeting him in Vegas, I never said that I would meet with him, I never even considered the possibility. He does seem like a mean spirited a-hole at times, so, why would I want to meet with him. At WOV I did say something about how I wouldn't mind meeting Soopoo because he is a retired doctor and seemed like a legitimate person, but then Soopoo got offended when I repeated something that someone else had posted about how people who wear fake Rolexes are supporting the black market and are bad people, because apparently his deceased mother used to wear a fake Rolex.
Then there was another WOV guy Michael99000 that challenged that I could be winning at Baccarat, and I challenged him to show up in Vegas with $50,000. and play side by side with me, or at any game he chose in Vegas, and that I would win more than he would by the end of the trip. Of course, he whiffed at the challenge and slunk away.
By the way, on the topic of watches, Axel admitted to having a fake Rolex too (besides Soopoo's mother). So who's the phony here? the guy who posts a verifiable video of a dozen genuine Rolexes and other expensive timepieces, or the guy who admits that he has a fake.
I recall skimming this forum before joining, and Axel had said something about how he could fabricate pictures to make believe that he was a high roller in Vegas. That tells me that he is not any kind of high roller, which I already know anyway and I posted about at GF, but also tells me that he has a devious mind, because he would have to pretend, to appear as a high roller. This also tells me that he is always thinking along the lines of subterfuge, another reason I'd not want to meet him - he is devious. Also, MIGHT AS WELL BE FRANK MONSIEUR, there is no way Axel or anyone else could fabricate the pics and supporting story I am posting here. NO one, INCLUDING Axel, seriously believes that any of my Adventures are other than the trip report of a high roller. The only issue some have is with HOW MDawg could be such a consistent winner.
Whale or mini (Jr.) whale? I recall one week in Tahoe when my host told me that I was the biggest player in Tahoe that week. Of course, (1) my average back then was around three thousand a hand, and (2) it was during the week, not weekend.
I'd say that I am a Jr. Whale, as far as my level of play. I am playing with $50K credit lines at each casino. That is not unsubstantial, but it is by no means whale levels.
However, back then (by back then I mean over a decade ago before I took my decade or so long hiatus from all gaming), I would say that there was pretty much no comp that I couldn't receive - my friends were talking $800. shots of cognac (more expensive than Louis XIII) and drinking up to $5000. bottles of wine on the house, at one point a relative charged a $5000. meal to my suite, and I wasn't happy about that, but the casino comp'ed it off. In Vegas, I wasn't staying in the 5000 square feet suites, but I was staying in the 2000 square feet suites. In Tahoe, I was staying in the largest suites in Harvey's, Harrah's and Caesar's, no questions asked.
What is interesting though, is that back then most of my lines were "only" $20K (a couple were $25K and one was $50K), and yet I played harder to higher averages than I do today with exclusively $50K lines. Back then if I lost a line at one casino I used to run across the street to a different casino and more often than not, win it right back and pay back the first casino, and keep gambling. So, while I had smaller lines, $20K, I was often playing to $60K levels by blowing the lines out once or even twice and, as far as the casino was concerned, paying them off immediately to play more - paying them back with money I won elsewhere. Over all, back then, this multiple line multiple casino play action worked out for me, and I had more than a few six figure wins that more than covered any losses on some trips.
These days, richer than before, and with higher credit lines, I actually play smaller. Yes during this trip I did have one $15,000. hand I won, one $8000. hand I won (both were during a sort of catch up period, so I didn't end up $23K ahead due to those wins, more like just came back to even for those particular sessions), and many $2000. - $5000. hands with mixed results, but most of my hands this trip were around $300., mmm, maybe more like around, $500. (Those larger hands brought my averages up though, for the sessions.)
Anyway, getting back to Whale or Jr. Whale. Has any of you seen the 2000 Discovery documentary on Vegas? "High Roller's Vegas." I haven't been able to find it online lately. If it is online, please post the link. I recall that in that documentary one of the casino hosts was saying that a "premium" player is one who may gamble and blow $20,000. in one trip, and come back again for this same action. I was surprised to hear that she mentioned that there are only a couple thousand such players in the world. I was definitely of that caliber at that time already, in 2000, and am well beyond that caliber today. Now, in 2000, our economy wasn't the greatest. Dot com bust, and so on. Maybe today, there are far more than two thousand such players today. But in any case, I am definitely then and now a premium player by that definition.
One thing I will say - anyone who was high rolling a while back and is still high rolling today must either have a ton of money, or be very good at gambling. Both are true in my case. I'd say that the average life of most high rollers is just a couple years - most get blown out in that time.
I haven't run across even one of the high rollers I used to play with over a decade ago, again.
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Thank you Dan! 
What advantage? 
