The case against Mdawg

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I suppose it takes one to know one "narcissistic thing". Although, your above post is a great improvement compared to your usual descriptions of yourself. Everyone should have recognized that for the very first time ever you've left out of your hundreds of posts that you are a professional gambler. That is one huge improvement on your part and should not be easily dismissed by others. I am proud of you for this accomplishment and contrary to what you say I do not hate you as you insinuate. Why should I, as I have no reason to hate you?

Do you take umbrage with the term professional blackjack player / proffesional gambler or just my using it?

Honestly BoSox, the things you choose to nitpik with me, it is hard to come up with any other reason than you just sometimes have this desire to be a dick.

Jesus KewlJ even MDawg does not call himself a professional player. Matter of fact very few people use the term on gaming boards, as they do not need to prove themselves to anyone. The term itself is very subjective, to say the least. Regarding you saying it that is your business. However, the hours that you have put in from 2004 to 2015 you likely averaged out the same income as a blue-collar service employee who works plenty of overtime. Only over recent years have you started living a somewhat normal life by slowing down on your time spent in your occupation. The main question should be why do you always have the need to impress internet boards?

I was not going to get into this, but since BoSox brought it up -- of course MDawg would be under obligation, given his massive winnings, to file as a professional gambler. Even if he's very wealthy, the amount of his winnings, and the hours he puts in according to his posts, would define him as a professional. I'm not sure there's a way to evade this if he's won as he's posted. He wins session after session, year after year. It would be hard to say it's all just recreational winning time after time after time after time.

He would be in an interesting situation at odds with itself. Because he claims to have massive comps, and because he wins so much, if he did file as a pro, then he would probably be better off paying for rooms, which he could deduct as expenses, while switching his comps over to free play or some additional (preferably untrackable) rebate.

The problem would then arise that would be the same for anyone trying to define themselves as "professional gamblers" after lottery winnings. You would have to explain some actual means by which you win to satisfy the definition of "professional gambler" and to be able to write off expenses.

MDawg is actually in a very complicated situation. His posts might be more interesting if he discussed how or why he is or is not a professional. Oh what a tangled web....