Designated Driver: Getting rated when Wonging

[Designated Driver]

I hope this isn't a stupid question, but how do you get rated when you are "wonging" and playing only in advantageous situations?

Just wondering if it can be done. :-)
Desi. D.

[Sun Runner]

> I hope this isn't a stupid question, but how do you
> get rated when you are "wonging" and playing
> only in advantageous situations?

I don't generally play for high enough stakes to get comped much of anything valuable to me (I can pay my way through the coffee shop or the buffet line) so I usually don't try and get rated. Also, like your question states, I Wong, a lot, and therefore have felt rating was useless anyway.

I could be way off base here .. but a hard core Wonger, and one wanting to get rated so as to earn decent comps, seem diametrically opposed to me.

Just my opinion!

[Designated Driver]

> I don't generally play for high enough stakes to get
> comped much of anything valuable to me (I can pay my
> way through the coffee shop or the buffet line) so I
> usually don't try and get rated. Also, like your
> question states, I Wong, a lot, and therefore have
> felt rating was useless anyway.

Yeah, I mostly agree. But comps can be a good consolation for the disenfranchised counter.

> I could be way off base here .. but a hard core
> Wonger, and one wanting to get rated so as to earn
> decent comps, seem diametrically opposed to me.

> Just my opinion!

Mine too.

Thanks,
Desi. D.

[Sun Runner]

> Yeah, I mostly agree. But comps can be a good
> consolation for the disenfranchised counter.

At this level, personally, I'd rather be a franchised wonger than a disenfranchised counter.

Ever hear the term 'horses for courses?'

I think that is what advantage play is all about. You pair the skills you possess, right now, with the opportunities you can find, right now, and play to that expectation.

If that's for comps, great, no shame in that. If that's for a small dollar per hour, no shame there either. Your current skill set, applied against the current opportunites that present, are the only thing you can reasonably expect to earn. Anything else is probably just gambling.

Good luck in LV.

[Designated Driver]

> At this level, personally, I'd rather be a franchised
> wonger than a disenfranchised counter.

Me too.

> Ever hear the term 'horses for courses?'

Actually, no. That's a new one for me. But I know of Mr. Ed. A horse is a horse, Of course, of course. :-O LOL

> I think that is what advantage play is all about. You
> pair the skills you possess, right now, with the
> opportunities you can find, right now, and play to
> that expectation.

> If that's for comps, great, no shame in that. If
> that's for a small dollar per hour, no shame there
> either. Your current skill set, applied against the
> current opportunites that present, are the only thing
> you can reasonably expect to earn. Anything else is
> probably just gambling.

Sounds like good advice, "horses for courses".

> Good luck in LV.

Thanks, I'll be leaving on Sunday...and all the "lady luck" from the Miss America pageant might have already departed.

But I will count on a bit of BJ skill as well. :-)

Regards,
Desi. D.

[Jack Fate]