I think playing without a Player's Card is stupid.

[kewlJ]

And BTW, if I had that to do over again, I think I would have suspended my blackjack play for 5 or 6 years and done just the mailer offers "free money gig". If I could pull down 20k, playing part-time, just a few thousand dollars coin in, imagine what some of these guys hitting this up fulltime with much greater coin-in were pulling in. Probably why machine AP took off at the time.

Yep with a do-over, I would have done only the machine play for 5-6 and come back to my blackjack when that machine "free money" era began to dry up. Would have been nice to have a number of years not playing the cat and mouse game and back offs and stuff. Hindsight….beautiful thing.

Ok, I am off to work now. Probably my last day of work in Vegas for the year. If I should decide not to post while traveling for a bit, Happy Thanksgiving and end of year holidays to all....and I mean all. Enjoy the holidays season with friends and family. While we are all happy that Mickey is doing well with his recovery, remember the lesson.....You never know how much time you have left. Make the most of it.