(06:39 UTC-5)
   Got an earlier start than/usual this morning....and off to another fun filled ride around the WWW....first stop....Poker....took my "chair" at what was a decent table for my style of play.....only a brief spell of some pot pushing....but after a few hands of big pre-flop raises....and the rest of the table folded....he got the hint that the rest of us weren't going to play that way....although the typical ebb and flow of a typical table for the most part a table of 5....got some decent hole cards from time to time....but didn't hit the flop as often as I would have like....after the flop had 4 to a straight 5 or 6 times and never hit one....true they were all "gut shots" but one can hope....won some hands....lost some hands....lost a bundle when I couldn't get away from a full house and another player rivered a better full house....oy vey....ergo....played about 20 minutes.....21 hands....left 10,545$.....that dang rivered house....no slots....and despite the loss....along the way won enough pots to complete the 10K+ cash mission....and the 16+ hands played mission as well....it's just the way the game is....and of to a "chair" at Blackjack 21....
   "Sat down" at a full table....and for most of the session it remained so....a few hands at 4....when one player left....and another arrived....you never know when you take your "chair" what awaits you....except for the pace of play....the number of players really isn't a factor....I've read that your odds are better the more players are at the table....but I really haven't observed that to be true....it's all comes done to if the dealer is catching or not....this time the dealer wasn't and I was....catching  hands that is....I'm not sure but I suspect it's a mobile thing....but player comes to the table with 200$ (probably a drop)....bets it all....and catches a blackjack....bet it all again....&....again....and preceded to go on a run that ended when they lost a 4000$ bet....19 beats 18....I'm guess not the first time or probably the last....player was a level 2....not for me but I guess as we said back in the day "whatever floats your boat"....got so involved in watching the above....played past the 10 minutes I had intended to play....ergo....15 minutes played....21 hands....13 wins....1 blackjack....2 other 21's....1 double....9 dealer busts....up 75$....
(12:17 UTC-5)
   Second trip to Blackjack-21....except when the dealer busted, which wasn't often enough from my POV....every hand he flipped or hit was a 19-21....and mostly 20's & 21's....the only two hands I won were blackjacks....and he flipped a 20, and hit a 3 card 21....and I actually made an above average number of 19's and 20's....and lost everyone unless he busted....oy vey....&....ergo....10 minutes played....19 hands....a 2 or 3 player table w/ 3 hands just me and the dealer....6 wins....3 blackjacks....4 dealer busts....down 45$....
(19:06 UTC-5)
(Summary of Other Games Played Today)
1) Crescent Solitaire: 4 games played....best 2 games....both 84/104....one hand 2 foundation piles completed....the other had 4 completed foundation piles....
2)Mahjong FRVR: 3 puzzles solved including puzzle of the day....
3) Josephine(relaxed): 12 out of 12 games cleared....one just barely....1 game cleared on I trip through the deck....
4) Klondike(turn 1): lost only game played....
5) Aces Up(relaxed): 0 for 10 games cleared....best....46/48....
6) Fall Spades: {1st game}....9 hands...."we" 508 pts. + 18 bags (-100 pts.) + 2 nil bids made + set once....vs...."they" 56 pts. + 6 bags + set 3 times + 1 failed nil....{2nd game}....9 hands...."we" 503 pts. + 13 bags (-100 pts.) + 1 nil bid made....vs...."they" 86 pts. + 6 bags + set 3 times....
(20:15 UTC-5)
(Day's End Poker)
Total Bank: 160.036'M / Net Gain Today: 577.5'K / Drops(6)&Roulette(2): 588'K /
Table(1) -10,545$ / Hands Played Today: 21 / Total Hands Played: 22,874 /
(Day's End Blackjack 21)
Total Bank: 408,900$ / Net Gain Today: 2,930$ / Drops(7)&Roulette(1) 2,900$ /
Table(2): +30$ / Hands Played Today: 40 / Total Hands Played: 6,777 /

(07:50 UTC-5)
   Got off to a normal start time....took my "chair" to play some Poker....a table straight out of some of my worst nightmares....the usual list of crazies (in my not so humble opinion)....I'm well aware that the "money" is meaningless outside the game....but....the worst of it was a pot pushing table captain....and I couldn't catch a hand....when I played baseball/softball...many years ago we say that a player who had trouble catching the ball had "stone hands"....lately I just can seem to catch a hand....and if I do another player has a better one....or I get "rivered" by the miracle card....did "chase" one hand to the turn....but had to....I flopped....4 to a straight....4 to a flush....and 4 to a straight flush....zilch....on the turn....folded....winner had flopped to pair....had been part of a 3 way split pot on a straight....4 to a straight on the board....what are the odds that 3 players at a table would all have a 7 in the hole....the 5th card....was about to leave....and found an Ace/Jack unsuited in the hole....got in for a call....and lightning struck....the flop was 10. Queen, King,....I had to go all-in to defend the hand....but covered all my previous losses and a nice "bonus"....and was gone....which proves the old saying...."even a blind raccoon will occasionally find the dumpster"....ergo....26 hands played....up 15,670....w/ 16+ & 10K+ missions in hand....4/7 on Slots....for 23,400....hit for....200$....400$....7.5K....&....15.3K....for a total of 23,400$....and then it got weird....
   "sat down" for some Blackjack 21....looked like a table of 3....turned out I found the glitch table....2 "players" who never bet but never left...."the ghost table" would have booked it after the first and but a real player came....played a few hands with 2 at the table....player left....and so did I....hit play....same table....but on the second try found a 2/3 table....which became a me and the dealer table....and I was gone....12 minutes played (?)....21 hands....10 wins....1 blackjack....1 other 21....6 dealer busts....up 25$....
(17:56 UTC-5)
   Second trip to Poker for the day....surely the longest session in recent memory....played for 1 hour and 45 minutes....crazy table....finally flopped trips that became a full house and a very nice pot....I loosened up some....played  a lot more pots.....won some pots....split some....and lost some....got rivered a couple of times....but for all but the aforementioned first few minutes a good table....really enjoyed it....ergo....87 hands played....20,008$ left with me....and for the first time in a long time completed the experience mission....
(19:47 UTC-5)
(Summary of Other Games Played Today)
1) Crescent Solitaire: only 1 game played today....90/104 w/ 5 completed foundation piles....
2) Mahjong FRVR: only puzzle of the day solved....
3) Klondike(turn 1): only 1 game played today....a clear....52/52....
4) Aces up(relaxed): 1 out of 2 games cleared....48/48....
5) Josephine(relaxed: 10 out of 10 games won....1 in only one time through the deck....
6) Fall Spades: a 12 hand game:...."we" 527 pts. + 17 bags (-100 pts.) + 1 failed nil
....(partner)....vs...."they" 173 pts. + 3 bags + set 4 times....
(21:13 UTC-5)
(Day's End Poker)
Total Bank: 159.458'M / Net Gain Today: 563'K / Drops(6)&Roulette(2): 504'K /
Tables(2)&Slots(7): +59,078$ / Hands Played Today:113 / Total Hands Played: 22,853 /
(Day's End Blackjack 21)
Total Bank: 405,970$ / Net Gain Today: 1,925$ / Drops(6)&Roulette(2): 1,900$ /
Table(1): +25$ / Hands Played Today: 21/ Total Hands Played: 6737 /
(Postscript)
   In the way of explanation as to why I played so few "Other Games" today....to start between the 2 sessions of Poker....I spent over 2 hours....as opposed to the usual 30 minutes or less....add to that....had errands to attend to....probably another hour and a half....I would usual spend on "Other Games....

(07:24 UTC-5)
   Rolled out of bed at a very typical time, and rolled over to the desktop....I always log on to Blackjack 21 first....take the drop/roulette that awaits me....leave it on.....and open Poker in another window....did that....took a drop, my 25K buy-in (200/100 blind table)....and a "chair"....not a great table from in my not so humble opinion....a tad too much pre-flop raises for my tastes....I love seeing flops....but hate paying more than the "blinds" to see them....I'll cover a pre-flop raise....a small one....if I have a pocket pair....suited connectors....or "paint"....but very few sightings of kamikaze....and even fewer dive bombers....if you don't call a pre-flop all-in....and none of the other players do either....eventually the kamikaze will get the hint....but the drought continues....really didn't catch a hand better than 2 pair....well that's not quite true....I wasn't in the blinds....my pockets were a Two/Eight unsuited....would of played it if I was in the blinds but folded....and for my sins....flop was the other three 8's.....oh well....I don't expect or chase "miracles"....well not at a Poker table anyways....won a few small/blind pots....got river by a runner, runner straight, and I had 2 pair....won a small pot....noticed I was basically even....all ready had the 16+ hands mission and booked....up 55$....and off to Blackjack 21....
   "sat down" to play some Blackjack 21....and I'm still a little farmisht at what occurred....if you've read this blog before you know I'm a stats nerd....and kept records....detailed records of my play....one thing I always do is track the first 5 sometimes more hands I play....this trip....first 4 hands....dealer busts....5th hand dealer turns a Blackjack....6th hand my 20 beats dealer's 17.....for the rest of my stay....I had maybe the best run of cards I've had in quite awhile and the dealer had the worst case of "bust-itis" I've ever been fortunate to be around to witness....decided to extend my normal 10 minutes of play....but around the 15 minute mark he was showing signs he was recovering from the attack....and I booked.....ergo....15 minutes played....table average 3 players....26 hands played....18 wins....1 blackjack....1 other 21....12 dealer busts....up 115$....(all bets my usual 10$....no doubles)
(18:55 UTC-5)
(Summary of Other Games Played Today)
1) Crescent Solitaire: 4 games....2 decent....2 others as follows....101/104 /w 7 completed foundation piles....102/104 /w 7 completed foundation piles....
2) Fall Spades: {game 1}....5 hand played...."we" 202 pts. + 12 bags (-100 pts)....vs....-200 pts. + set four times....{game 2}....7 hand game...."we" 509 pts. + 9 bags + 2 nils made....vs....247 pts. + 7 bags + set twice....
3) Mahjong FRVR: 2 solved puzzles including puzzle of the day....
4) Josephine(relaxed): 10 of 11 games cleared....104/104....1 in one time through the cards....
5) Klondike(turn 1): 0 clears out of 1 game played....
6) Aces Up(relaxed): 0 clears out of 5 games played....best game....43/48....
(21:10 UTC-5)
(Day's End Poker)
Total Bank:158.895'M / Net Gain Today: 987'K / Drops(7)&Roulette(1): 987'K /
Table(1): +55$ / Hands Played Today: 24 / Total Hands Played: 22,740 /
(Day's End Blackjack 21)
Total Bank: 404,045$ / Net Gain Today: 2,015$ / Drops(7)&Roulette(1): 1,900$ /
Table(1): +115$ / Hands Played Today: 26 / Total Hands Played: 6,716 /

(07:16 UTC-5)
   Rolled out of bed at a pretty typical time for me....but frankly if I had known how the day was to start....I would have been served to roll right back into bed and try to catch a few more Z's....but as control by some irresistible engine of destiny....took a "chair" at a Poker table....there's an old song...."cry me a river"....but if there was a theme song for today's session....it would have been...."cry for me....I've been rivered".....oy vey....not the greatest table for my style of play....usual suspects....some raids by kamikaze and dive bombers....some pot pushing....some "my pairs bigger than your pair".....and a table captain....and the worst thing that could happen....did....I was catching some decent hands....flopped 3 Ladies....the turn and river put 3 to a straight on the board....what were the odds that one of the pairs had 2 pocket cards that matched....the odds were in my favor I thought....well I thought wrong....and that was the first hand I played....and it all went down hill after that....and for the rest of my stay....the same story was repeated a few more times....a decent hand lost on a river card....rats....ergo....20 minutes played....24 hands played....left 9,735$ on the table....and took 500$ from 1/5 at the slots....and that dang engine of destiny carried me to another "chair" at a Blackjack 21 table....
   Right off the bat I lost the first few hands....usual garbage 12-17 2 two card counts....at this point 3 or 4 minutes into play had a two card 11....dealer show a 5....so I doubled....and got a 2....nuts....and the dealer busted....after that went on a short run of winners....and then came a tug of war....I'd win a hand....the dealer would win a hand....a couple of stalemates (aka: a push)....and decided against my better judgement to extend the session....ergo....16 minutes played (left when the dealer won 3 straight hands)....25 hands played....4 players at the table most of the time....3 or 5 players briefly....9 winners....2 pushes....6 dealer busts....down 30$....(thanks to the dealers 3 straight wins that forced my retreat)....
(12:51 UTC-5)
   Just back from what is the worst pasting I've taken at Blackjack 21 in quite awhile....short table....never more than 3 at the table, most times 2, and 4 hands only me and the dealer....what few good hands I made were beaten, save 2....mostly my usual diet of 12-17 hands....ergo....10 minutes played....20 hands played....5 wins....2 blackjacks ( one was a push )....1 push....3 dealer busts....down 75$....
(19:04 UTC-5)
(Summary of Other Games Played Today)
1) Crescent Solitaire: 3 games....first two started out like gangbusters, and fizzled to a mediocre finish....and one that started out slow....bust finish strong and was the best game of the day....87/104 w/ 2 completed foundation piles....
2) Fall Spades: 1 game....9 hands...."we" 504 pts. + 14 bags (-100 pts.)....vs....-56 pts. + 4 bags + set 4 times....
3) Mahjong FRVR: 4 puzzles solved including the puzzle of the day....
4) Aces Up(relaxed): 0 games won out of 10 games played....best game 47/48...tough game....my win % is only 6% over many games....
5) Klondike(Turn 1): lost the only game I played today....
6) Josephine(relaxed) all 7 games played cleared....104/104....3 of the games were cleared with just one "trip" through the deck....
(20:57 UTC-5)
(Day's End Poker)
Total Bank: 157.908'M / Net Gain Today: 410.8'K / Drops(6)&Roulette(2): 420'K /
Table(1)&Slots(5): -9,235$ / Hands Played Today: 24 / Total Hands Played: 22,716 /
(Day's End Blackjack 21)
Total Bank: 402,030'K / Net Gain Today: 1,795$ / Drops(6)&Roulette(2): 1,900$ /
Tables(2): -105$ / Hands Played Today: 45 / Total Hands Played: 6,690 /

(07:40 UTC-5)
   In the "slot" of a normal start time....and took my "chair" for the typical morning session of Poker....turned out it was my kind of table....no true kamikaze or dive bombers....just so pot pushing....and a few spats of "my pair is bigger than your pair"....no "I'm the table captain"....but the best thing was there was very little pre-flop raises....and the few times there was....the reveal show the culprit had pocket pairs....although I think that an all-in on pocket 5's id pushing the boat out a little too far....and he lost the hand....only reason he didn't exit then....was he had the caller....another all in covered....I check his stats....clicked on his avatar....and his total bank was what he had at the table....less than 200 hands played....and later left with nada....well until the next drop/roulette....as I have said....basically a good table....now the cards I caught....for the most part I do believe came out of a dumpster....a couple of pocket pairs....but both missed the flop....only won 4 hands....a blind pot with a pair....a hand with trip 3's....a board pair on a kicker....another blind pot....and two decent pots....when the flop hit both hole cards....for two pair....on became a house on the river....so not the big winning day I could have hoped for....and always do seek....but....16+ hands played mission....check....10K+ cash mission....check....and now the tale of the tape....30 minutes played....35 hands played....4,080$ added to the "bank"....(no slots played)....and then off to Blackjack 21 for the morning session....
   When I took my place at the table there were two other players there, both left before my first hand....which I played head  to head with the dealer....but 2 players arrived during that hand....and for most of the session a table of 3 or 4....maybe a couple more better hands than/usual....but for the most part the all to typical parade of 12's to 17's....and the few times I had hit-able hands....I swung and missed....only good thing was the dealer busted a bit more than/usual....ergo....10 minutes played....3/4 table....15 hands....7 winners....1 push....6 dealer busts....up 10$
(19:33 UTC-5)
(Summary of Other Games Played Today)
1) Crescent Solitaire: 4 games played....all had at least 1 foundation pile complete....best two....99/104 w/ 6 completed foundation piles....&....102/104 with 7 completed foundation piles....
2) Mahjong FRVR: 5 puzzles solved including puzzle of the day....
3) Josephine(relaxed) all 10 games played cleared....104/104....1 in only 1 time through the deck....
4) Klondike(turn 1): 1 out of 2 games cleared....52/52....
5) Aces Up(relaxed): 0 for 10 games played....best 44/48....
6) Fall Spades: {game 1}: 7 hands...."we" 503 pts. + 3 bags + set once + 2 nils bids made....vs...."they" 288 pts + 8 bags + set once....{game 2}: 8 hands...."we" 517 pts. + 9 bags + 1 nil bid made....vs...."they" 207 pts. + 7 bags + set once + 1 nil bid failed....{game 3}....10 hands...."we" 512 pts. + 12 bags (-100 pts) + set once + 1 nil bid made....vs...."they" 165 pts. + set 3 times + 1 nil bid made....
(21:05 UTC-5)
(Day's End Poker)
Total Bank: 157.498'M / Net Gain Today: 256'K / Drops(7)& Roulette(1): 252'K /
Table(1): +4080$ / Hands Played Today: 35 / Total Hands Played: 22,692 /
(Day's End Blackjack 21)
Total Bank: 400,235$ / Net Gain Today: 3,410$ / Drops(6)&Roulette(1): 3,410$ /
Table(1) +10 / Hands Played Today: 15 / Total Hands Played: 6,645 /

(06:50 UTC-5)
   Start time in the typical range...."sat down" at a decent table....other than a little pot pushing....and a couple of spats of "my pair is bigger than your pair"....a decent table...but except for a couple of times....just never caught a hand....if I did catch decent pocket cards....I either missed the flop completely....or got blown off the hand by a ridiculous pre-flop or post-flop raise....did win a small pot and a couple of blind pots but never did I ever really have "The Nuts"....anyways....&....ergo....18 hands played....left with 330$ more than what I sat down with....and of course the 16+ hands played mission....claimed....and the clock is running....but an "Observation"....saw several times a post-flop or post-turn large raise from a player....pretty good "tell" that  "his/she/et al" had "made a hand"....and at this table everyone ran away....and all he won was the blinds....or some small pre-flop raises....and when "he/she/et al"....did get called....more often than not lost the pot....the object here is to win the pot....that's a given....but to win as much as possible or if you lose the pot....lose as little as possible....let's say you flop or turn a hand....I'll throw out a small bet....on a 200/100 blind table 500$....and see if I get any action....if someone is still chasing a hand he may come along on a small bet....if you get a big re-raise....then you got a decision to make....case in point....hit the flop that gave me "top" pair....but just checked....hit my other pocket card on the river....was on the button....from what was on the board....was confident I had the nuts....went around the table....all checks....now if I'd made a big raise from the button chances are all I would have won was the blinds....I bet 500$....a "value bet"....and got two players to call....small pot....yup....bigger than a blind pot....yup....and off to Blackjack 21....
   Took my "chair"....maybe a few more decent hands than/usual....and the dealer wasn't hitting like he usually does....had thought about extending my session.....until the last couple of hands....and the dealer started flipping/hitting good hands....ergo....10 minutes played....fluid table but with a few hands with 4 players....mostly a 2/3 player table....19 hands....10 wins....2 blackjacks....2 pushes....6 dealer busts....up 50$....
(12:37 UTC-5)
   Second session of Blackjack 21....pretty typical run of cards....a couple of nice hands....had a 2 card 11 three times....hit 21 twice....one was a double....both winners....third was a loser 15....but for the most part a secession of 2 card 12's to 17's....I've actually ended up ahead before....but the dealer needs to have bust-itis....not this time....ergo....10 minutes played....16 hands....either 3 or 4 players at the table....5 wins....2 other 21's....1 double (a winner)....3 dealer busts....down 40$....
(17:33 UTC-5)
(Summary of Other Games Played Today)
1) Crescent Solitaire: 3 games played....none of them were no better than mediocre....stats will not be listed....
2) Mahjong FRVR: 5 puzzles solved including puzzle of the day....
3) Josephine(relaxed)....8 out of 8 games cleared....104/104....only one in one trip through the deck....
4) Klondike(turn 1): 1 out of 2 games cleared....52/52....
5) Aces Up(relaxed): 0 games cleared out of 2 played....best game....42/48.....
6) Fall Spades: game one: 6 hand game...."we" 535 pts. + 5 bags + 2 made nil bids....vs...."they" -4 pts. + 6 bags + set 3 times....game two: 13 hand game....572 pts. + 22 bags (-200 pts.) + 1 made nil big + set once....vs....395 pts. + 15 bags (-100 pts.) + 1 made nil +  set three times....
(20:29 UTC -5)
(Day's End Poker)
Total Bank: 157.241'M / Net Gain Today: 1,155'K / Drops(6)&Roulette(2): 1,155'K /
Table(1): +330$ / Hands Played Today: 18 / Total Hands Played: 22,657 /
(Day's End Blackjack-21)
Total Bank: 296,825$ / Net Gain Today: 2,910$ / Drops(7)&Roulette(1): 2,900$ /
Tables(2): +10$ / Hands Played Today: 35 / Total Hands Played: 6,630 /

(08:05 UTC-5)
   Start time a little on the late side of normal....but the upside is a decent night's sleep  for  a change...."sat down" for my morning breakfast at a Poker table....with the exception of a bit of pot pushing....a few hands of "my pair is bigger....what should have been a good table....and when a kamikaze did appear....the rest of the table just refused to become dive bombers....I said it should have been a good table....actually it was a good table....with the exception of flopping a straight....I just couldn't catch a hand....only had a few decent pocket cards....(or since it's Christmas morning...for today "stocking cards")....with the exception of a few times all I found in my Christmas stocking was coal....and except once there was nothing under the "tree" (aka: the flop)....ergo....27 hands played....left 3010$ on the table (or rather under the tree)....1/7 & 400$ from the slots....and off to Blackjack 21....
   My trip(s) to Blackjack 21 this morning could be called "The Tale of Two Tables"....when I took my "chair" at table number 1....looked like a table of 3....but one player....never played....but never left....caught in the glitch which I have observed before....or was it the "Black Hole of Blackjack 21"....?....on the third hand the other player stopped betting....but didn't leave....took me 3 or 4 times to leave....would exit...hit find a table....and get the same table.....finally got a different table....but I have to wonder if part of me....that is my "game" me is still stuck in the black hole....so I left the black hole and entered the abyss....an all to usual diet of 2 card 12's to 17's....okay if the dealer is busting....which he wasn't at the beginning....did hit a couple of times on a 2 card hand and made 20....but other than that....just wasn't catching....ergo....16 minutes played....27 hands....fluid table(s)....from 4 to just me and the dealer twice....9 wins....2 pushes....dealer busts: 1 at the first table & 5 at the second table....down 50$....( note: at start of player the stats told that I have won 30'K at the table....at the end of play it was 30'K + 90$....actually lost 50$....not a meaningful stat )
(20:05 UTC-5)
(Summary of Other Games Played Today)
1) Crescent Solitaire: 5 games played....best....102/104 w/ 7 completed foundation piles....
2) Fall Spades: 2 games....1st....6 hands...."we" 509 pts. + 9 bags....vs....-269 pts. + 1 bag + set 4 time + 1 failed nil ( "we" won "twice"....on the last hand "we" won based on 500+ points....& "they" lost with over -200+ points....)....2nd....9 hands....519 pts. + 9 bags + set once....vs...."they" 165 pts. + 5 bags + set 3 times....( game had to over bids....a 14....&...15....)....
3) Mahjong FRVR: 5 puzzles completed including puzzle of the day....
4) Josephine(relaxed): 11 of 11 puzzles cleared....104/104....2 games in one time through the deck....
5) Klondike(turn 1): 1 out of 2 games cleared....52/52....
6) Aces Up(relaxed): 10 games played....10 games lost....best game....46/48....
(21:34 UTC-5)
(Day's End Poker)
Total Bank: 156.086'M / Net Gain Today: 501.4'K / Drops(6)&Roulette(2): 504'K /
Table(1)&Slots(7): -2,610$ / Hands Played Today: 27 / Total Hands Played: 22,639 /
(Day's End Blackjack 21)
Total Bank: 393,915$ / Net Gain Today: 5,350$ / Drops(7)&Roulette(2): 5,400$ /
Table(1) -50$ / Hands Played Today: 27 / Total Hands Played: 6,595 /

(05:18 UTC-5)
   Awoke just after 04:00 local time, and realized that to roll back-over and try to get back to sleep was a waste of time....wasn't going to happen....took my 25K max buy-in to a 200/100 blind table....a found a "chair"....first hand....one of the players makes a large raise pre-flop....oy vey....but turns out he had pocket Queens....alright....not a tactic I would have used....but....it's is a valid one....for the next few hands a good table....but except for a blind pot....couldn't catch a hand....then a spat of "my pairs bigger than your pair".....resulted in one player gone....eventually....and the winner declaring his status as table captain....oy vey....which didn't last long because the rest of the players refused to play along and he stopped the big pre-flop beating....on the hand that the 16+ hands player fell....I had suited connectors....on the button....a player who had just "sat down" makes a pre-flop "I'm here and not afraid to gamble" raise....but I hand suited connectors so called....what came next was the only flop I hit during the session....flopped the straight....some pot building raises....not me just smooth calls....and a decent pot....was going to stay....a couple of hands later....a new player....and he announced his presence at the table with a pre-flop all-in....and I picked up my stack and left....ergo....15 minutes played....18 hands played....and the stack I left with was 3,040$ heavier than the one I "sat down" with....in the 22'K+ hands and I don't know how many tables....only the 3rd time I've seen someone use the auto-top-off option....and then off to Blackjack 21
   "Sat down" to a "worst nightmare scenario" dealer was flipping or hitting to great hands and I was stuck with garbage....got paired Aces....dealer showing a 5....split....hit....missed....dealer hits to a 21....next two hands....2 card 11's....doubled...1st to an 18....2nd to a 21....dealer busted both times....and all of a sudden he wasn't catching/hitting....I really wasn't either....but dealer was busting and I wasn't....was going to extend but the dealer started to heat up....and I was gone....ergo....10 minutes played....15 hands....a 3/4 player table...7 wins....1 other 21....1 push....1 split....2 doubles....up 20$....( all bets 10$)....
(15:56 UTC-5)
(Summary of Other Games Played Today)
1) Crescent Solitaire: 4 games played....first 3 games played were to say the least....disappointing....4th....&....last game....25/47/58/104 w/ all foundation piles complete....
2) Fall Spades: 2 games played....1st....7 hands played...."we" 517 pts. + 7 bags....vs....95 pts. + 5 bags + set 3 times....2nd....8 hands played...."we" 526 pts. + 6 bags....vs....103 pts + 3 bags + set 2 times + 1 failed nil....
3) Mahjong FRVR: 2 puzzles solved including puzzle of the day....
4) Josephine(relaxed): 8 out of 8 games cleared....104/104.....one game cleared in only one time through the deck....
5) Klondike(turn 1): 1 game played....1 game cleared....52/52....
6) Aces Up(relaxed): 0 games cleared out of 5 games played....best score....47/48....
(Note: I'm headed out this evening around 17:00 local time for a Christmas Eve dinner with my sister and brother-in-law....have no idea when I'll be back....decided to close the book on "Other Games Played" before I left....will post "Day's End" when I get back....)
(21:50 UTC-5)
(Day's End Poker)
Total Bank: 155.584'M / Net Gain Today: 360.04'K / Drops(7)&Roulette(2): 357'K /
Table(1): +3,040$ / Hands Played Today: 18 / Total Hands Played: 22,612 /
(Day's End Poker)
Total Bank: 388,565$ / Net Gain Today: 2,020$ / Drops(7)&Roulette(2): 2,000$ /
Table: +20 / Hands Played Today: 15 / Total Hands Played: 6,568 /

(06:55 UTC-5)
   A bit on the early side of a normal start time and off to the tables....I've been on a pretty good run of cards and luck at the Poker tables as/of late....but today it was as the old adage says "What goes around....comes around....so took my "chair"....mostly just a bunch of pot pushing....some "my pair is bigger than your pair"....a one pass by a kamikaze that went down in flames and was heard from no more....(sorry no raven, and no Lenore)....only caught decent pockets a couple of times....made what I thought were reasonable calls....but the odds were not in my favor....or maybe it was the fates....got rivered twice....dang....&....oy vey....ergo....16 hands played....down 23,330$....no slots....it's days like today that I'm dang glad that I'm not playing with real money....the loss is only slightly more than a free money drop....and hardly registers on my 'Total Bank"....which is not to say that it doesn't tick me off a little....I hate losing....at anything....with that said it was off to a Blackjack 21 table....where losing can be a common thing....but not today....or at least it's my attitude when I take my "chair....
   Took my "chair" at a Blackjack 21 table....and a wild ride....extremely fluid table....as many as 4 players and for one hand just me....started out with 2 or 3 and towards the end was mostly 4....first hand had a two card 10....dealer showing a 2....doubled caught a 10....winner....hit a 2 card 11 twice....both times dealer showing a 10....made 21 twice....won one....lost 1 to a blackjack....was up early....down a little when the dealer got hot and I got zilch....but he had a spell of bust-itis towards the end....ergo...10 minutes played....21 hands played....9 wins....1 blackjack....2 other 21's....1 push....4 dealer busts....up 15$....
(11:46 UTC-5)
   Second session at the Blackjack 21 table....had some garbage hands but some good ones as well....dealer was pretty consistently flipping and hitting good hands....11 minutes played....18 hands....basically a 3/4 table....but one hand just me and the dealer....I had a blackjack....he drew to 3 card 21....a winner for me....but indicative of the way the dealer was hitting most of the session....18 hands played....3 blackjacks....1 other 21....2 pushes....1 double (on the aforementioned other 21....a winner)....2 dealer busts....down -5$....
(18:39 UTC-5)
(Summary of Other Games Played Today)
1) Crescent: 7 games played....6 decent games....best game....90/104 w 4 complete foundation piles....
2) Fall Spades: 14 hand game...."we" 528 pts. + 18 bags (-100 pts. bagged once) + set twice....vs...."they"....458 pts. + 8 bags + set three times....
3) Mahjong FRVR: 6 puzzles solved including puzzle of the day....took 5 tries to solve the puzzle of the day....
4) Josephine(relaxed): 7 games cleared out of 7 games played....104/104....all took 2 turns through the deck....
5) Klondike(turn 1): 2 of 7 puzzles cleared....52/52....
6) Aces Up: 1 out of 7 games cleared....48/48....
(20:33 UTC-5)
(Day's End Poker)
Total Bank: 155.225'M / Net Gain Today: 1,090'K / Drops(6)&Roulette(2): 1,113'K /
Table(1): -23,330$ / Hands Played Today: 16 / Total Hands Played: 22,594 /
(Day's End Blackjack 21)
Total Bank: 386,545$ / Net Gain Today: 2,910$ / Drops(6)&Roulette(2): 2,900$ /
Tables(2): +10 / Hands Played Today: 39 / Total Hands Played: 6,653 /

(07:50 UTC-5)
   Normal start time this morning....took a drop on Blackjack 21....and then there was a roulette spin waiting for me on Poker....now yesterday I had made but not claimed the 10K+ cash mission....but left it un-claimed....because I thought I might play again and it does give you a boost on experience points....never played....so claimed it on my last visit to the Poker "lobby"....you can never have more than one at a time....so wanted to start today with the 10K+ cash mission available....spun the wheel and hit top of the mark....1.68'M....which is just a hair over 1% of my total bank....and off I went to a Poker table....took my "chair" and "stacked" my 25K buy-in.....200/100 blind table (regardless of what table I play at I always take the max-buy-in....and always use auto-re-buy....I have almost never needed it....but....)....a table looking for an identity....never a true kamikaze....a couple of pr-flop all-ins....but player had pocket pairs....a little pre-flop pot pushing....some crazy raises....some pot building (which even I do from time to time)....even a would be table captain....tried to push the old MadTrollie off a pot with two pair....I had a straight....didn't try it a second time....made trips a couple of times....and did loosen up and play more hands then normal....but if I'm up from what my buy-in was....I will do that....ergo...32 minutes played....table ranged from a low of 4 to as many as 8 players....30 hands played....left with 13,105$ more than I brought....2/5 & 600$ from the slots....&....16+ hands played mission....& 10K+ cash mission in hand....
   And then a "chair" at Blackjack 21....with the exception of the last hand I played....and 4 other times....a constant diet of 2 card 12's to 16's....oy vey....had only I hit-able hand....2 card 10....hit to a 20 (should have doubled but didn't)....dealer busted (showing a 5).....made a 17 twice and an 18 once....lost all 3....made a blackjack....looked at the time.....10 minutes played....and I ran for the door....a 2/3 player table with one hand just me and the dealer....18 hands played....6 wins....1 blackjack....5 dealer busts....down 45$....
(20:27 UTC-5)
(Summary of Other Games Played Today)
1) Crescent Solitaire: 6 games played today....the only one with mention is....89/104 w/ 4 completed foundation piles....
2) Fall Spades: a wild 15 hand game: "we" 584 pts. + 14 bags + bagged once (-100 pts.) + 2 times set + 2 nil bids made....vs...."they" 97 pts. + 17 bags + bagged once (-100 pts.) + 5 times set....one over bid of 15....both teams set....
3) Josephine(relaxed): 10 out of 10 games cleared....1 game in only 1 time through the deck....
4) Klondike(turn 1): 1 of 2 games cleared....52/52....
5) Mahjong FRVR: 5 puzzles cleared including puzzle of the day....
(21:24 UTC-5)
(Day's End Poker)
Total Bank: 154.135'M / Net Gain Today: 2,659.7'K / Drops(6)&Roulette(2): 2,646'K /
Table(1)&Slots(5): 13,705$ / Hands Played Today: 30 / Total Hands Played: 22,528 /
(Day's End Blackjack 21)
Total Bank: 383,635$ / Net Gain Today: 3,655$ / Drops(6)&Roulette(2): 3,700$ /
Table(1): -45$ / Hands Played Today: 18 / Total Hands Played: 6,514 /
(Postscript)
   Wild day at Poker Roulette....2 spins....first with a chip hit the wheel for 1.68'M....and the second actually had a chip unclaimed decided to claim last thing today....and save it for tomorrow....and second spin....top of the mark again....and only 840'K....if 840'K can only be called...."only" 

(07:28 UTC -5)
   Basically a quite normal start time this morning for my regular morning trip to the tables at Poker & Blackjack 21...."sat down" at a Poker table....just a few hands of pot pushing....and then a nice table with just some pot building....and I was catching some decent pocket cards and some decent flops & won a few decent pots....but one player who liked going all-in....but not pre-flop...but most times on the turn....at least representing a strong hand....he won some pots and lost some pots....the only time he had gone all in after the flop he had flopped trips....on one occasion lost a very nice pot to me....after the turn except for a Jack and an Ace....a nothing board....no possible straight or flush....and unless he had a pocket pair...and had made trips....he would had gone all-in sooner....as I said a nothing board....unless of course you had a Ace/Jack in the hole....which I did....he had me covered so....I went all-in....a meaningless card on the river....and a very nice addition to my chip stack....later lost a decent pot to another player who had a better pair....ergo....24 hands played....took 25,965 with me from the table....no slots....
   And then off to Blackjack 21....took my "chair" at an interesting table....sometimes 2 or 3 players, and sometimes 4 or 5....average probably 3.5 players/hand....dealer was neither hot or cold....but pretty constant....meanwhile although I did get some hands off the stable floor....I made some nice hands as well....only had a 2 card 11 or less four times....and hit to a 21 three times, and an 18....won all 4 hands....ergo....10 minutes played....15 hands played....7 wins....1 blackjack....3 other 21's....2 pushes....up 25$....
(Observations: on today's Poker table)
   Playing poker online is not like playing across an actual table were you can "read" physical "tells" on a player....but even in an online game....you can get a "read" on a player by how he bets....for example....flop has an Ace and a player who has been cautious in his/her bets....makes a larger than normal raise....odds are the player has got an Ace in the hole....if you watch the play and there are players you can pick up on that have a tendency to "represent" a good hand....aka: bluff....if they "flash" the "afraid to gamble" blurb more than once that's a pretty good sign as well....but  if they "flash" the "I bluffed"....maybe,maybe not....so my all-in above was based on my "read" of the player....and the fact that the odds were on my side as well....but on the other hand....there have been times....I've done it and lost....but not this time...."reading" is not always an exact science....
(19:02 UTC-5)
(Summary of other games Played Today)
1) Crescent Solitaire: 5 games played....ranging from mediocre to very good....all had at least one completed foundation pile....best....98/104 w/ 6 completed foundation piles....
2) Fall Spades: a five hand game; "we" 565 pts. + 5 bags + 3 nil bids made and covered....vs...."they" 127 pts. + 7 bags + 1 set....
3) Mahjong FRVR: 7 puzzles solved including puzzle of the day....
4) Word Search: 4 puzzles solved....
5) Klondike(turn 1): 1 out of 2 games cleared....52/52....
6) Josephine(relaxed): 7 out of 7 puzzles solved....1 out of 7 solved with only 1 time through the deck....
(A few notes)
   I have deleted from the list of other games played....Triple Peaks....just wasn't "in to it", both Freecell & Clock....they only made sense to play as to see how fast you could solve them....and got bored with them....and decided that if I continued to play "Word Search"....it would be a "beat the clock" game....so it's gone and this will be  the last time I list it here....unless I decide to bring some of the deleted games back....while I haven't played "Aces Up(relaxed) for awhile....do intend to start to play it again at some point
(22:33 UTC-5)
Total Bank: 151.475'M / Net Gain Today: 1,013'K / Drops(7)&Roulette(1): 987'K /
Table(1): +25,975$ / Hands Played Today: 21 / Total Hands Played: 22,548 /
(23:00 UTC-5)
(Day's End Blackjack 21)
Total Bank: 379,980$ / Net Gain Today: 4,925$ / Drops(7)&Roulette(2): 4,900$ /
Table(1): +25$ / Hands Played Today: 15 / Total Hands Played: 6,496 /

(07:45 UTC-5)
   A bit on the late side of a normal start time, "sat down" a great table....a little pre-flop raising....and some moderate pot building....but my kind of table....2 of the other 4 players (for most of the time a table of 5)....like the way they played....really good players....which is to say....they play like me....what....I can't have an ego....don't normally do this on the first table....basically I'm in/out....get the 16+ hands played mission....and leave to claim it and get the 2x clock running....but I clicked on the pics of all the players at the table....and those two had played a bunch of tournaments....the light shines....been thinking about playing a tournament or two but haven't as of yet....made some hands....hit a few pots....pocket Ladies....a third joined on the flop....twice a suited connectors....and 3 more in the same suit joined eventually....and a blind pot....ergo....13 hands played....again the glitch....up 10,610$....both 16+ hands played mission....&....10k+ cash mission in tow....
   First Blackjack 21 table....had 3 good hands the whole session and one of them a 20 went down in flames to a dealer blackjack....the rest of the hands were as/usual scraped off the stable floor....on top of that what hit-able hands I got with one exception were hits and misses....ergo....10 minutes played....fluid table....2 to 4 players/hand....17 hands....4 wins....1 blackjack....3 dealer busts....down 75$....
(11:00 UTC-5)
   Weird 2nd trip to Blackjack....3 times....2 card 11....dealer showing 6 or less....doubled....got garbage....dealer didn't bust on any of the hands....very fluid table....changed almost every other hand....as many as 4....and 1 hand just me and dealer....10 minutes....16 hands....6 wins....1 blackjack....2 other 21's (both were hits on "soft" hands)....1 push....4 dealer busts....down 35$....
(17:23 UTC-5)
   Looked at my Poker stats and notice 5 free slot spins....and decided to take them for a ride....and "sat down" at what I soon realized was the table I've been waiting for....well except towards the end of the session when a kamikaze came, was given the boot, came again and was booted....came again and I left....but would have left anyways had drops on both games coming up....had a real nice run of cards....made a wheel 3 different times....and a couple of flushes....a 4/5 table most of the time....but mostly just some pot building.....and a would be table captain....that didn't make out too well.....ergo....1 hour played (longest stint for me in quite awhile)....77 hands played....10,890$ which left with me from the table....and another 6K$ from 3/5 at the Slots....a good trip....
(19:32 UTC-5)
(Summary of Other Games Played Today)
1) Crescent Solitaire: 7 games played today.....ranging from mediocre to very good....best....95/104 w/ 5 completed foundation piles....
2) Fall Spades: 7 hand game: "we" 360 + 10 bags....vs...."they" -238 + 2 bags + 4 sets + 1 failed nil....( two ways to win....1st to 500 pts....if both reach 5000+ pts....then the higher score wins....& your opponent has a score of -200 or greater)
3) Mahjong FRVR: 6 puzzles solved including puzzle of the day....
4) Word Search: 6 puzzles solved....
5) Klondike(turn 1): 1 out of 2 games cleared....52/52....
6) Josephine(relaxed) 4 out of 4 games cleared....104/104....( 1 game cleared with only one time through the deck)....
(21:35 UTC-5)
(Day's End Poker)
Total Bank: 150.462'M / Net Gain Today: 1,329.5'K / Drops(7)&Roulette(2) 1,302'K /
Tables(2)&Slots(5): + 27,500$ / Hands Played Today: 90 / Total Hands Played: 22,527 /
(Day's End Blackjack 21)
Total Bank: 375,055$ / Net Gain Today: 3,390$ / Drops(7)&Roulette(2) 3,500$ /
Tables(2): -110$ / Hands Played Today: 38 / Total Hands Played: 6,481 /

(06:26 UTC-5)
   An early start to the day....plus....a "kick start"....I prefer to post my "day's end" report some where between 20:00 & 21:30 local time....and if I have drops/roulette spins after that....then I count them in the next day numbers....most times I leave them until morning....but last night I was up....so took them....anyways...."sat down" at the morning table....not much going on other than some post pushing and an occasional "my pair is big than your pair".....reminds me of the "arguments" on the school yard when I was a kid....caught a few decent hole cards....but the flop wasn't co-operating except once when I made trip Jacks....a decent pot....and one blind pot....ergo....21 hands played....left 425$ on the table....16+ hands mission, completed, claimed....would need nearly 6K to complete the 10K+ cash mission....and only have 2 slot spins....that quest is doubtful for today....
   Ah....Blackjack 21....there seems to be a "class" of players that, probably the "mobile" player....takes whatever free money is there....comes to the table....bets it all until he leaves with nothing....probably does it a couple times a day....I am farmisht....pardon me but "in my not so humble opinion that ain't playing blackjack"....today one of these players is sitting with a soft 20 and dealer is showing a 5....player hits....twice....bust....dealer bust....I just don't get it....the one thing about this particular blackjack game is you never know what will happen.....I'm convinced that rather than the typical 4 or 8 deck casino style game....every hand is random....anyways...."sat down for some Blackjack 21....went on a 5 win run right out of the gate....including a blackjack and 3 dealer busts....6th hand was a push....after that the honors were even....ergo....12 minutes played....20 hands played....except for the last 3 hands when a table of 4....was a 2/3 table....11 wins....1 blackjack....1 other 21....2 pushes....up 55$....which is exactly what I would have been up after the first 6 hand spurt....
(18:05 UTC-5)
(Summary of Other Games Played Today)
1) Crescent Solitaire: 3 games played all very good....3rd best....92/104 w/ 4 foundation piles completed....2nd....had placed 82 cards in the foundation piles before the first shuffle....101 w 7 foundation piles completed...."the best"....only 59 cards in foundation piles before last shuffle....104/104 w/ all foundation piles completed....a wild run of cards....my way for a change....
2) Mahjong FRVR: puzzle of the day and 4 other puzzles solved....took 4 attempts to solve the puzzle of the day....
3) Word Search: 5 puzzles solved....
4) Fall Spades: It does happen once in awhile: "they" 517 + 7 bags + 2 sets....vs...."we" 458 + 9 bags + 3 sets...."we" were set on 3 straight hands early....crazy lay of the cards....came storming back...but too little....&....too late....
5) Klondike(turn 1): 1 out of 8 hands cleared....and it was the 8th hand....52/52....
6) Josephine(relaxed: 11 out of 11 hands cleared....1 hand in only 1 turn through the deck....
(20:00 UTC-5)
(Day's End Poker)
Total Bank: 149:133'M / Net Gain Today: 1,096.6'K / Drops(7)&Roulette(2): 1,050'K /
Table(1): -425$ / Hands Played Today: 21 / Total Hands Played: 22,437 /
(Day's End Blackjack 21)
Total Bank: 371,665$ / Net Gain Today: 2,155$ / Drops(8)&Roulette(1): 2,100$ /
Tables(1): +55$ / Hands Played Today: 20 / Total Hands Played: 6,449 /

(06:21 UTC-5)
   A bit of any early start this morning but just a bit....first Poker table...."sat down" at a table in search of an identity....no kamikaze or dive bombers....although there was an occasional all-in at some time during the hand....but always after the flop....the was a high stack at the table....but only would make a medium pre-flop raise or push the pot....but those kinds of tables are tough to figure out....anyways had several nice pocket cards so loosened up and played more hands than/usual....didn't hit the flop as often as I would like....but I play poker....if I got my fondest wish....I'd have suited connectors or a high pocket pair....every-time....and hit every flop....but we both know that "ain't-goin'-to-happen"....but did catch a few nice pocket cards, hit a couple of flops....and the right card on the turn or river....and won a few pots....no big pots....but a pot is a pot....generally 4 or 5 players at the table....15 minutes played....19 hands played....up 1,880$....16+ hands played mission, gained, claimed, and engaged....no slots played....when I claimed the 16+ mission noticed I was just a tad south of 1K in "cash" winnings to get the 10K+ cash mission....thought about going right back out....but went to a Blackjack 21 table instead....maybe later in the day....?....
   "Sat down" at my typical morning trip to a Blackjack 21 table....and it turned out to be all too typical....almost all, if not all of my hands were apparently scraped off the stable floor....only had 2 hands better than a 16....a 17 and an 18....and by some twist of fate....they both ended up pushes....had 3 two-card 10's or 11's....hit and missed....and fate again....dealer busted....never won a hand that the dealer didn't bust on....just a weird, twisted, crazy 10 minute trip....average 4 players at the table....15 hands played....5 wins....2 pushes....5 dealer busts....and I escaped....down only 20$....
(10:03 UTC-5)
   So I took a drop on Poker....claimed the free chip mission and the 2 free slot spins that came with it....decided to go to a table and see if I could make the 1K+ I needed to complete the 10K+ mission....(200/100 blind table)....won 2 blind pots in the first 3 hands I played....and the 10K+ mission banner made it's appearance....so played a couple more hands so that I could take the slot spins....had 4 to a straight twice after the flop....no joy....ergo....8 hands played....left 475$ on the table....so I chased the straight....twice....even I succumb to that bad habit from time to time if the price is right....went 2/5 on slots for 400$ in the pocket....and the 10K+ mission....
(19:58 UTC-5)
(Day's End Poker)
Total Bank: 148.083'M / Net Gain Today: 337.8'K / Drops(7)&Roulette(1): 336'K /
Tables(2)&Slots(5): +1,805$ / Hands Played Today: 27 / Total Hands Played: 22,416 /
(Day's End Blackjack 21)
Total Bank: 368,510$ / Net Gain Today: 3,680$ / Drops(6)&Roulette(2): 3,700$ /
Table(1) -20$ / Hands Played Today: 15 / Total Hands Played: 6,428 /
(Summary of Other Games Played Today)
1) Crescent Solitaire: 5 games played.....3 less than noteworthy....but....96/104 w/ 6 completed foundation piles....99/104 w/ 6 completed foundation piles....
2) Mahjong FRVR: puzzle of the day plus 4 other puzzles solved....
3) Word Search: 5 puzzles solved....
4) Fall Spades: an eight hand game: "we" 557 + 17 bags + bagged once (-100 pts.) + 2 nil bid made/covered....vs "they" -67 + 3 bags + set 3 times....
5) Josephine(relaxed): 7 games cleared....104/104....( one game only one time through the deck )
6) Klondike(turn 1): 3 out of 5 games cleared....52/52

(06:44 UTC-5)
   Start time on the early side of normal...."sat down" for the first thing in the morning Poker table....I always go with a positive attitude....maybe this is the day I get the right table....catch some good pocket cards....hit a few flops....and win some faux money....of course in the back of my mind is always the practical side of me that says....but if all else fails....play your 16 hands....score the 16+ hands played mission and get your old butt out-a-there....got to the table and....dang....a table captain....big stack....2K+ raises before almost every pot....now sometimes if there's a lull....and I catch decent pockets, or hit the flop, preferably both....I can make some "music"....but not today....rats....16 hands played....down 2,100$....but mission accomplished....and the 2x clock is running....
   As/usual....left the Poker table....claimed the completed mission....and headed to the Blackjack 21 room and "sat down" for the morning session of blackjack....never know what to expect....I always go to a Blackjack 21 table expecting to get "my head handed to me"....the dealer(s) have been on a roll lately more often then not....this morning was pretty much same old....same old....I played for seven minutes (+/-) before the dealer busted....usually that's mean I'm taking a beating....but it was still pretty close....had been getting a few decent hands....and hit to 21 a couple of times....once won a double (I had an 11's....dealer showing a 2)....then in the last 3 minutes after his first bust....dealer busted twice more....ergo....10 minutes played....14 hands....3 to 5 players at the table....average around 4....7 wins....2 other 21's....1 double....3 dealer busts....up 20$....
(19:20 UTC-5)
(Summary of Other Games Played Today)
1) Crescent Solitaire: 6 games played....5 that ranged from mediocre to decent....but the 6th and last game of the day....99/104 w/ 7 completed foundation piles....
2) Mahjong FRVR: only the puzzle of the day solved....
3) Word Search: 1 puzzle solved....
4) Fall Spades: a wild 11 hand game...."we" made a nil bid, got set once and bagged once (-100 pts.)....they were set 6 times....twice on overbids....only 13 tricks in a hand....and twice there were bids totaling 14....somebody has to go back....totals...."we" 552 + 12 bags....vs...."they"....-42 + 8 bags....
5) Klondike(turn 1): 1 out of 2 games played cleared....52/52....
6) Josephine(relaxed) 5 out of 5 games cleared.....1 in one trip through the deck....
(Notes)
   Didn't play either "Clock"....or...."Freecell".....or did I play a typical number of the other games  today....did have a few errands to run....but mostly just was in the mood to veg out and watch some TV....also will wrap up play early tonight because BBC America is airing "The Hunt for Red October"....on of my fav flicks....
(20:10 UTC-5)
(Day's End Blackjack)
Total Bank: 364,830$ / Net Gain Today: 1,530$ / Drops(6)&Roulette(2): 1,500$ /
Table(1): +30$ / Hands Played Today: 14 / Total Hands Played: 6,413 /
(20:21 UTC-5)
Total Bank: 147,745'M / Net Gain Today: 249.9'K / Drops(6)&Roulette(2): 252'K /
Table(1): -2,100$ / Hands Played Today: 16 / Total Hands Played: 22,389 /
(Postscript)
   Dang....if I didn't have bad luck....I won't have any luck at all....2 Roulette spins today....both spins resulted in the bottom of the wheel 63'K....for a total of 126'K....the same amount I made on the 6 drops of 21'K....

(08:39 UTC-5)
   Hadn't slept well the night before last....so went to bed early....and slept for the better part of 9 hours....average start time...."sat down" at a Poker table....a wild and crazy table....the usually group of suspects....but was catching some decent hands....one a few....lost a few....lost a really nice pot to trips when I had 2 pair with an Ace kicker....when the 16+ mission banner appeared I played maybe one more hand....and left....was down some but wanted to claim the 16+ mission....when I was claiming the 16+ mission....I noticed I was shy of the 10K+ cash mission by less that 300$....so right back to the tables....took awhile....not the same table as before....different players....but the some crazy play....was down some more....found myself in the big blind....and caught a straight....and the pot....and the 10K+ banner appeared....but then was in the small blind with a suited Jack/Nine of Hearts....so stayed....two more on the flop....and another on the turn....and another decent pot....and I was gone....when I totaled the numbers for the 2 trips....28 hands played....up 1,377$....not the best day but certainly not the worst....oops....almost forgot about the slots....2 wins out of 5 spins....one for 200$....&....one for 7,500$....then off to Blackjack 21...."sat down" first hand....a 2 card 11....dealer showing 3....doubled....21....won 5 straight hands right out of the blocks....and twice more hit a two card 11 and made 21 (didn't double on the last two....dealer showing an 8 and a 10)....best run of cards I've had in quite awhile....10 minutes played....19 hands....a table set for 2 or 3...11 wins....2 blackjacks....3 other 21's....1 double...5 dealer busts....up 60$....(as/usual all bets 10$....and no hits on 12+ unless it's a soft 12+)....my crazy system (seen on the left sidebar) doesn't always work...but I'm stubborn....and too old to change my ways anyways....
(19:49 UTC-5)
(Summary of Other Games Played Today)
1) Crescent Solitaire: another off day....4 games played....a little better than yesterday....4 games played....all had at least 1 foundation pile complete....best of the bunch....85/104 w/ 4 completed foundation piles....
2) Clock: 1 game cleared in....{00:02:08}
3) Freecell: 1 game cleared in....{00:04:00}
4) Fall Spades: 8 hand game: "we" 592 + 2 bags + 2 nil bids made....vs....211 + 11 bags + in the bag once (-100 pts.) + failed nil bid....
5) Mahjong FRVR: puzzle of the day solved....
6) Word Search: one puzzle solved.....
7) Josephine(relaxed): 4 games cleared....104/104....all games cleared on 2nd run through deck....
8) Klondike(turn 1): 1 of 7 games cleared....52/52....a rough day....and crazy lay of the cards....took 7 games played before I cleared one....
(21:27 UTC-5)
(Day's End Poker)
Total Bank: 147.495'M / Net Gain Today: 639'K / Drops(6)&Roulette(2): 630'K /
Tables(2)&Slots(5): 9,077$ / Hands Played Today: 32 / Total Hands Played: 22,373 /
(Day's End Blackjack 21)
Total Bank: 363,310$ / Net Gain Today: 1,860$ / Drops(6)&Roulette(2): 1,800$ /
Table: +60$ / Net Gain Today: 19 / Total Hands Played: 6,399 /

(04:55 UTC-5)
   Awoke just past 04:00....rolled over and then....after 71 years I know myself all to well, wasn't going to get back to sleep....so off to the tables....should have stayed in bed....First Poker....a table that was in search of an identity....every hand almost was different....a periodic spat of kamikazes and dive bombers, but the next hand might be no pre-flop raise....but a huge raise after the flop....even a lull or two.....caught so decent pocket cards a few times....but not during a lull...just not my kind of table....16 hands....down 2K$....(no slots)....but it happens that way sometimes....and left the table with the 16+ hands mission played....and "sat down at a Blackjack 21 table....except for 4 hands....the dealer was either flipping or hitting to a constant run of 18's through 21's....not much could be done about that....even if you were catching hands and I wasn't....except the one hand I won "outright"....had a "soft" 15....dealer showing an 8....hit....got a 5....stood at 20....dealer flips a 10....had a pair of Aces....dealer showing 10....probably should have stood the way the cards were falling but split....hit and missed on both "hands"....dealer flipped a 18....right call....just didn't make either hand....lost both....anyways....14 hands played....for most of the time 4 at the table....4 wins....1 split....3 dealer busts....down 60$....my mommy told me I'd have days like this....but lately it seems like it's everyday....
(10:59 UTC-5)
   Despite the pasting I took on the earlier trip to Blackjack 21....I "sat down" again at a Blackjack 21 table....and this time for all intents and purposes it was a dead heat....When you throw out the one hand that was in progress when I entered the table....we split the remaining hands....7 wins each....ergo....10 minutes played....fluid table....as few as 2....and as many as the full 5....15 hands....7 wins....2 blackjacks....4 dealer busts....up 10$....this time I caught a few more hands than the last time....&....the dealer caught less hands....
(18:58 UTC-5)
(Summary of Other Games Played Today)
1) Crescent Solitaire: 7 games played....and the best that can be said of the best game all day was that it was mediocre at best....and I'm not going to list it....
2)Mahjong FRVR: puzzle of the day and 4 other puzzles solved....all 5 were solved in less time, all less attempts then it took me to solve the puzzle of the day yesterday....
3) Word Search: 5 puzzles solved....
4) Fall Spades: a 13 turn nightmare...."we" 585 + 15 bags + 1 set + 1 made/covered nil bid + 1 trip into the bag(-100 pts.)....vs...."they" -49 + 1 bag + set 5 times....
5) Klondike(turn 1): 1 out of 2 games cleared....52/52
6) Josephine: 7 out of 7 games won (all with 2 trips through the deck)....104/104....
7) Clock: 2 games cleared in....{00:03:14)....&....{00:02:14}....
8) Freecell: 2 games cleared in....{00:04:48}....{00:03:37}....
(19:12 UTC-5)
(Day's End Poker)
Total Bank: 146.856'M / Net Gain Today: 985'K / Drops(7)&Roulette(1): 987'K /
Table(1): -2,000$ / Hands Played Today: 16 / Total Hands Played: 22,341 /
(20:20 UTC -5)
(Day's End Blackjack 21)
Total Bank: 361.450$ / Net Gain Today: 4,850$ / Drops(7)&Roulette(2): 4.900$ /
Tables(2); -50$ / Hands Played Today: 29 / Total Hands Played: 6,380 /

(07:10 UTC-5)
   Basically an average start to  the day....normal start time....(if anything thing about me can be considered normal)....First run at Poker...."sat down" at what was a great table for my style of slow play, low ball poker....except for the very end....when a flock of kamikaze and dive bombers appeared....would have stayed if that hadn't happened....already had completed the 16+ hands played mission....but the run of the cards just wasn't there....I won a couple of bling pots....split a pot....but between not great pocket cards and, never hitting the flop....no that's not quite true....I did hit bottom pair a couple of times....just an ugly run of cards....16 hands played....down 1,038$....no Slots....
   Now I had hoped that the bad run of cards would not follow me to my morning trip to a Blackjack 21 table....and it didn't....it was replaced by....and mind you I didn't think it was possible....by an even worse run of cards....except for the last two hands.....every hand I was dealt was a 12 or higher....and except for 4 hands they were 12 to 16.....the exceptions were a 17, 16, and two 20's....and of those 4 only one of the 20's won straight up....dealer hit to a 19....last two hands were a 10 and an 11....so I hit (with the way the cards had been falling I didn't dare "double")....and missed....coupled with that the dealer was pipping hot....ergo....18 hands....super short table....2 or 3 players and 2 hands just me and the dealer....4 wins....3 dealer pushes....down 90$.....on the bright side....did hit for 2K$ on the first Roulette spin of the day....I had had several sessions in a row where I had won or basically broke even....so I view this pasting as probably overdue (note: I almost never bet more that 10$/hand)....come on peeps I just turned 71....if anyone is "old school" it's me....
(20:15 UTC-5)
(Summary of Other Games Played Today)
1) Crescent Solitaire: 5 games....3 that went nowhere....1 just decent....but the 5 and last game I played....99/104 with 6 completed foundation piles....
2) Mahjong FRVR: 5 puzzles solved including puzzle of the day....once in awhile it takes me more that one try to solve a puzzle....however the puzzle of the day was a really tough nut to crack....lost count but took 5 or 6 tries before I beat it....
3) Word Search: 5 puzzles completed....
4) Fall Spades: a wild 7 hand affair...."we" 544 + 14 bags & 1 nil bid made & covered & went in the bag once (-100 pts.)....vs...."they"....-104 + 6 bags + set 5 times....
5) Klondike(turn 1): 2 out of 5 games cleared....52/52....
6) Josephine(relaxed): 7 out of 7 games cleared....104/104....6 took 2 turns through the deck....1 was cleared on the first trip through....
7) Clock: 1 game cleared in....{00:02:41}....
8) Freecell: 1 game cleared in....{00:04:12}....
(Note: because Freecell is more complicated then Clock....I consider anything under 5 minutes to be acceptable....and under 4 is a good run....with Clock....anything under 3 minutes is okay....but under 2 minutes is the goal....sometimes the fastest time are assisted by auto-fill....I always have it turned on....but it doesn't always "kick-in"....)....
(20:57 UTC-5)
(Day's End Poker)
Total Bank: 145.871'M / Net Gain Today: 398'K / Drops(7)&Roulette(2): 399'K /
Table(1): -1,038'K / Hands Played Today: 16  / Total Hands Played: 22,325 /
(Day's End Blackjack 21)
Total Bank: 356,600$ / Net Gain Today: 1,710$ / Drops(6)&Roulette(2): 1,800$ /
Table(1): -90$ / Hands Played Today: 18 / Total Hands Played: 6,351 /
(Postscript)
   The daily totals for "Total Bank" & "Net Gain Today"....are often rounded up or down or the "100s" are just ignored....all other numbers are accurate as stated....unless of course I have a typo I missed....I sometimes take a drop or roulette spin or play one of the "other games" after I  run "Day's End"....these are reported on the next day....a habit that was part of my routine when I ran a shipping department for 25 years....getting a start on the next day after close of day reports....

(06:30 UTC-5)
   Early start, and in fact awoke after mid-night and was awake, knew this would be a short day, and took a drop on both games....going out to celebrate my birthday (was yesterday) with my sibs and their plus ones....at 16:30 local time....we do this 5 times a year for hatching days....off to Poker....players at the table never really could make up their collective minds what kind of table it would be....all-ins one hand, pre-flop bets the next....maybe a couple of calm hands with some pot building....then a game of "my pairs better than your pair".....on one hand were all the happened was a bit of pot building (small reasonable raises)....hit 4 to a straight....a gut shot....but "THE" card came on the turn....decent pot....but not enough to get the 10K+ cash won mission....16+hands played banner showed up....decided to continue and see if I could win one more pot....flopped a King high straight....with the turn and the river and my pocket cards had a "7" card straight....8 to Ace....tried  to build the pot but only one taker....another decent pot, 10K+ banner appeared and the MadTrollie disappeared....30 minutes played....27 hands played....most hands table of 6 or 7....up 4,025....played a little looser than usual....was up and was catching some decent pocket cards....but only hit the board those 2 times....off to Blackjack 21....not much of note happened....ergo....10 minutes played....18 hands....fluid table....9 wins....1 blackjack....2 pushes....5 dealer busts....up 35$....
(19:40 UTC-5)
(Day's End Poker)
Total Bank: 145.473'M / Net Gain Today: 235'K / Drops(6)&Roulette(1): 231'K /
Table(1)&Slots(5): +4,025$ / Hands Played Today: 27 / Total Hands Played: 22.309 /
(Day's End Blackjack 21)
Total Bank: 352,890$ / Net Gain Today: 2,935$ / Drops(7)&Roulette(1): 2,900$ /
Table(1) +35$ / Hands Played Today: 18 / Total Hands Played: 6,333 /
(Summary of Other Games Played Today)
1) Crescent Solitaire: 3 games played....only one worth mention....100/104 w/ 7 completed foundation piles....
2) Mahjong FRVR: puzzle of the day and one other puzzle solved....
3) Word Search: 2 puzzles solved....
4) Fall Spades: 7 hand game...."we" 518 + 6 bags + one made nil bid....vs...."they" 123 + 3 bags + "they" set twice....
5) Josephine(relaxed): 4 wins....one of the wins was with only 1 time through the deck....104/104....
6) Klondike(turn 1): 1 win out of 5 hands played....52/52
7) Clock: 1 game cleared in....{000:02:15}....
8) Freecell: 1 game cleared in....{00:04:27}....
(Postscript)
   Lost a couple of hours of game time and some drops due to the birthday dinner with my sibs and their plus ones....probably could have crammed another one in on but Poker and Blackjack 21....but am tired and decided to call it a day....may still take a late drop from both games but will count it after tomorrows totals....didn't sleep well last night and intent to make an early night of it....noticed today that players on Blackjack 21 is up to 72'K....

(07:14 UTC -5)
   Normal start time but that's just about all that's been normal so far today....Got right on a Poker table....and "sat down" and thought I was watching "Pro Wrestling" and they were having an "Over the Top Battle Royal"....and then game just stop....still at the table....logged off...logged back on...all I got was "finding your table"....logged off and then nothing....anywhere....no "no connection" blurb....nothing....idiot light showed a good WiFi connection....but I have options....switch connections....and all was well....got back on a decent Poker table....my kind of table....but you have to catch a hand to have a chance....didn't catch but a few....and when you did catch a hand....it would be nice if you hit the flop....nothing....or as a friend used to sat in my youth....nut-in....24 hands played....down 3,900$....no slots....but 16+ hands played mission complete....
   And off to a Blackjack 21 table....I've been at some fluid tables before....but this one definitely was in the top 5 all-time....in 17 hands....14 different numbers of players at the table....never 5 but everything else....including two different times....just the MadTrollie and the dealer....played was pretty even....17 hands....7 wins....1 push....6 dealer busts....down 10$....lost the last hand I played....so like I said....pretty even....but saw players losing big time....several "walks of shame"....by busting on hands when the dealer busted too....the "no-hit" on 12 or better is working again....well....maybe....sometimes....who knows it's a crazy game....
(17:05 UTC-5)
   I was sitting at my desk top trying to decide what to do next....and the thought struck me that it had been awhile since I made a second trip in a day to Blackjack 21....ergo....10 minutes played....16 hands played....mostly a table of three, a couple of hands with 2....and 2 hands just me and the dealer....2 blackjacks....1 other 21....1 push....7 dealer busts....up 50$....I don't have any idea what's changed....I'm still playing the same old boring style I have been playing for the last few months....but lately I've been winning more than losing....maybe nothings changed....maybe it's just I've had a better run of cards....no that's not it....same old muck I've been getting....guess I've just been getting dealers with "Bust-itis"....?.....
(21:08 UTC-5)
(Day's End Poker)
Total Bank: 145.239'M / Net Gain Today: 1,802'K / Drops(6)&Roulette(2): 1,806'K /
Table(1): -3,900$ / Hands Played Today: 24 / Total Hands Played: 22,282/
(Day's End Blackjack 21)
Total Bank: 349,955$ / Net Gain Today: 3,340$/ Drops(7)&Roulette(2): 3,300'K /
Tables(2) +40$ / Hands Played Today: 33 / Total Hands Played: 6,315 /
(Summary of Other Games Played Today)
1) Crescent: 5 games played....only one worth a mention....99/104 w/ 7 completed foundation piles
2) Mahjong FRVR: only the puzzle of the day solved....
3) Word Search: only one puzzle solved....
4) Fall Spades: a 7 hand game: "we" 516 + 6 bags, 2 completed nil bids....vs...."they" 195 + 5 bags, set twice....
5) Josephine: 8 games cleared....104/104....(all required 2 times through the deck)
6) Klondike(turn 1): 1/3 games cleared....52/52....
7) Triple Peaks: 1/3 games cleared....
8) Clock: 1 game cleared in....{00:02:37}....
9) Freecell: 1 game cleared in....{00:04:37}....

{07:46 UTC-5}
   A very normal start time....and a trip to a very normal Poker table....unfortunately....just your all too typical crazy table....Kamikaze, dive bombers, pot pushes, a would be table captain or 2....and some "my pairs bigger than your pair"....there were the occasional brief hands where sanity returned....and never really caught a hand during one of them....and if I did catch some nice hole cards....missed the flop....but when the craziness (in my not so humble opinion)....then I would catch nice hole cards....at one point in a moment of frustration....and pocket 5's....called a medium size pre-flop raise....missed the flop....and the table went dead....missed the turn....all you could "hear: were check....check....hit the 3rd Five on the river....made a modest raise....only 1 call....and a decent pot....only hand I won in 26 hands....left 335$ on the Poker table....but won 700$ on 1/5 on the Slots....but fulfilled the "Prime Purpose" for the first session at the table....sure I'd like to win a big pot....but that would be the cherry on top....16+ hands played mission completed....claimed....and the 2x clock engaged...."Walked" out of the Poker room and sat right down at a Blackjack 21 table....table was some what fluid but most of the time there were 3 or 4 at the table....played for about 16 minutes....23 hands....12 wins....2 blackjacks....2 pushes....1 split ( a split I almost didn't do....I had paired Aces....but dealer was showing a Ten....but split anyways....made a blackjack and a "soft 14"....hit....now a hard 14....rats....but stood....and the dealer busted....sometimes it's better to be lucky....than play the odds)....8 dealer busts....up 40$....except "here & there" as/usual really wasn't catching a whole lot of hands....only won four hands when the dealer didn't bust....(note: if you win both halves of a split....it only counts as 1 win).....saw several players playing what appears to be "Mobile Russian Roulette".....what ever they have in their "bank"....could be 200$....today one had 2K$....and proceed to throw it all on the table....win or lose....if they do win the first time....they repeat....until they exit with just the memories....
(20:03 UTC-5)
(Summary of Other Games Played Today)
1) Crescent Solitaire: 4 games played....all with at least 2 foundation piles completed....best of the bunch....104/104 w/ all foundation piles completed....before the last shuffle....
2) Mahjong FRVR: puzzle of the day and one other puzzle solved....
3) Word Search: 2 puzzles solved....
4) Fall Spades....a crazy 10 hands game....partner bid nil twice, failed twice (I made my bid both times)....I bid nil twice, made both bids (partner made his bids both times)...."they" were set twice...."we" 614 + 14 bags....vs...."they" 339 + 9 bags....
5) Klondike(turn 1): 1 win out of 2 games played....52/52....
6) Josephine(relaxed): 12 out of 12 games played....104/104....(Note: difference between the regular and relaxed versions of this game is that in the regular version you only go through the deck once....relaxed you can go through the deck twice....all the above wins were twice through the deck)
7) Clock: one game cleared in....{00:02:15}....
8) Freecell: one game cleared in....{00:03:35}....
(21:18 UTC-5)
(Day's End Poker)
Total Bank: 143.436'M / Net Gain Today: 252'K / Drops(6)&Roulette(2): 252'K /
Table(1)&Slots(5): +365$ / Hands Played Today: 26 / Total Hands Played: 22,258 /
(Day's End Blackjack 21)
Total Bank: 346,615$ / Net Gain Today: 1,640$ / Drops(6)&Roulette(2): 1,600$ /
Table(1): +40$ / Hands Played Today: 23 / Total Hands Played: 6,282 /

(07:25 UTC-5)
   A very average start time....first trip to a Poker table...."sat down" at table with a "split personality".....one minute total chaos....if it was a kamikaze, it was a pot pusher, or "my pair is bigger than your pair"....and the very next hand....calm....I had a big problem....went I caught a hand in the flop, turn, or river....wasn't in the hand because of a huge and/or all-in pre-flop....I just don't play that game....and when I had garbage hole cards, or a decent hand and missed the flop....serenity ruled....oy vey....did win a few pots and lost a couple....normally I would have been gone the second the 16+ hands played banner descended....but I felt like playing this morning....and besides on "hope springs eternal"....and just wanted to see if eventually I'd catch a great hand....at the right time....didn't....I may bitch a bit about the crazy style others choose to employ....okay....so I bitch a lot about....but they do have the right to play the way they do....just as I do....and as much as I resist the idea....it may be time to leave the 200/100 blind tables behind....and regularly move my play up to a higher blind table....23 minutes played....3,135$ left on the Poker table....but won 800$ on 2/5 at the slots....
   Left the Poker table....and went right to a Blackjack 21 table....except for 2 hands during the session it was just 2 of us and the dealer (a 3rd was added twice)....so for the amount of time played there were more hands played than I have remember playing....and basically I but a couple of times couldn't catch a hand....most hands were as/usual scraped off the stable floor, and when I did get a hit-able hand....I hit and I missed....the only thing that prevented it from the session being a "blood letting" was I think the dealer's name was "Sir Bust-a-Lot"....10 minutes played....24 hands played....11 wins....2 pushes....1 split (paired Aces....dealer showing a 10....hit to a 19 and a 20....dealer flips to a 20....1 loss....1 push)....9 dealer busts....and the result....didn't win a $....but didn't lose a $ either....but t'was a crazy ride....
(19:03 UTC-5)
(Summary of Other Games Played Today)
1) Crescent Solitaire: 4 games played....best....100/104 w/ 7 completed foundation piles....
2) Mahjong FRVR: 3 puzzles solved including puzzle of the day....
3) Word Search: 3 puzzles solved....
4) Fall Spades: "we" 519 + 9 bags....vs...."they" 218 + 8 bags....set twice....1 nil bid made....1 nil bid failed....
5) Klondike(turn 1) 5 out of 10 games cleared....52/52....
6) Josephine(relaxed) 5 out of 7 games cleared....104/104....
7) Clock: 1 game cleared in....{00:01:37}....
8) Freecell: 1 game cleared in....{00:03:35}....assisted by auto-fill
(21:49 UTC-5)
(Day's End Blackjack 21)
Total Bank: 344,975$ / Net Gain Today: 1,300$ / Drops(6)&Roulette(1): 1,300$ /
Table(1): 0$ / Hands Played 24 / Total Hands Played: 6259 /
(22:29 UTC-5)
(Day's End Poker)
Total Bank: 143.184'M / Net Gain Today: 249.7'$ / Drops(7)&Roulette(1): 252'K /
Table(1)&Slots(5): -2,335$ / Hands Played Today: 30 / Total Hands Played: 22,232 /

(07:04 UTC-5)
   Basically a typical start time this morning with a twist....woke up just past mid-night....and took a drop on both games....so ahead of the clock this morning....
   First attempt to play Poker....got a "finding your table" which just cycled....log off log on....same as before....log off log on....wait idiot it's the weekend....so switched gears....1000/500 blind table....and "sat down"....first couple of hands....an end of the night shootout....then except for a couple of hands with 4, and a couple of hands with 2....a table set for 3....spent a lot of time in the blinds....and caught some promising pocket cards so played most of the time off the button....had 5 Slot spins....never got the time to use them....18 hands....split a pot, 3 blind pots, and a decent pot....great table....a little pre-flop raises....and some acceptable pot building....but at the end a pot pusher appeared....and I was gone....if it had stayed the way it was I might still be at that table....up 6.025$....both 16+ hands played....&....10K+ cash missions completed....
   First Blackjack 21....dealer for the most part was either catching great hands or busting....fluid table but average was a table for 3....12 minutes played (had intended to play longer but my mind wandered and I forgot to confirm the bet and got booted off the table and figured it was fate (hehe))....20 hands....9 wins....2 blackjacks....2 pushes....7 dealer busts....up 20$....
   Got to thinking about the play on both Poker and Blackjack 21 ( probably should have waited until I left the Blackjack 21 table....)....At Poker it's the kamikaze, at Blackjack 21 the crazy betting....because it's faux money....meaningless....ergo....to most....throw all or large chunks of it on the table and see what the fates have in-store....I guess that works for many....but not me....because whether I win 10$ or 10K'$....the money still has no meaning....even to a lesser extend....it's a game....so winning is that important anyways....the play of the game for me is the thing....sure it's more fun if I "leave" a table with more than I brought....but it doesn't matter if its 10$ or 10K'$....it's the fun of the game that counts....
(19:55 UTC-5)
1) Crescent Solitaire: 8 games played....5 games not with mentioning....3 games 90/104 or better....best game 99/104 w/ 6 foundation piles completed....
2) Mahjong FRVR: 7 puzzles solved including puzzle of the day....
3) Word Search: 4 puzzles solved....
4) Fall Spades: a 6 hand games: "we" 525 + 5 bags & 2 nil bids made and covered....vs "they" 87 + 7 bags & set twice....
5) Klondike(turn 1): 6 clears out of 15 games played....52/52....
6) Clock: 1 game cleared in....{00:01:55}....
7) Freecell: 1 game cleared in....{00:03:33}....
(21:25 UTC-5)
(Day's End Poker)
Total Bank: 142.935'M / Net Gain Today: 1,938'K / Drops(7)&Roulette(2): 1,932'K /
Table(1): +6,025$ / Hands Played Today: 18 / Total Hands Played: 22,202 /
(Day's End Blackjack 21)
Total Bank: 343,675$ / Net Gain Today: 3,520$ / Drops(7)&Roulette(2): 3,500$ /
Table(1) +20$ / Hands Played Today: 20 / Total Hands Played: 6,235 /
(Postscript)
   Because I picked up the 10K+ mission, I had a chip I played on the last Roulette spin of the day, and hit the top amount....which they list as 1.7'M....but when I was working on my day end totals, there was discrepancy....now the top value without a chip is 880'K....and what you actually get with a chip is 1.68'M....but being a math/stats nerd....I notice these things....drives me nuts if the numbers don't balance at day's end....

(08:32 UTC-5)
   Not quite a late a start as yesterday....but a late start none the last....but unlike yesterday didn't take a late drop after closing the "books", so probably will only get 8 cycles of drops/roulette spins today....unless I get distracted with the real world....a mixed bag first Poker table....little of everything....caught a few nice pocket cards from time to time....did hang-in until the river when I flopped a flush with 4 to a straight flush....the 5th card never came....a player made a huge raise on after the river...."knew" he had a higher flush....folded....and was right....won a small pot from the big blind....pocket Ace/Eight....Eight on the flop....but bottom pair....no action....3rd Eight on the river....I made a small raise....got one call....18 hands played....down 2,410$....no slots....
   Got of the Poker table....and "sat down" for a game of Blackjack 21....the dealer was suffering from a major a case of "bust-itis".....always 3 or 4 players at the table....played for 10 minutes....15 hands played....8 wins....1 blackjack....1 other 21 ( had an 11 count...doubled....21....dealer bust)....1 push....7 dealer busts....up 45$....but when the dealer wasn't busting....three different times....I stood on 19....and dealer either flipped or hit to a 20....I was up....maybe should have continued....but I've been there....done that before....and usually ended up loosing what I had gained....maybe another day....but not today....
(16:20 UTC-5)
   Decided to make a second trip to a Blackjack 21 table....was ahead after about 8 minutes....got a reconnect page....got back on....and then kicked off the table....tried to reconnect....got "finding your table"....logged of....logged back on and managed to get on another table....now today was the day to bet big....but that's not my game....(note: I made no attempt to separate the two tables....what follows is the combined stats for both).....20 minutes played....fluid table....33 hands....21 wins....2 blackjacks....1 other 21 ( beat by a blackjack )....17 dealers' busts ( talk about a case of "bust-itis".....up 130$....all bets 10$....not splits....no doubles....
(20:10 UTC-5)
(Summary of Other Games Played Today)
1) Crescent Solitaire: 8 games played....4 went nowhere....3 decent....best....100/104 w/ 7 foundation piles completed....
2) Mahjong FRVR: puzzle of the day and one other puzzle solved....
3) Word Search: puzzle of the day and one other puzzle solved....
4) Fall Spade: "we" 535 + 4 bags....vs...."they" 204 + 4 bags...."they" set twice....a eight hand game....
5) Klondike(turn 1): 7 out of 16 games cleared....52/52....
6) Clock: 1 game cleared in....(00:01:42}
7) Freecell: 2 games cleared in....({00:05:07}....&....{00:04:09}....
(22:00 UTC-5)
(Day's End Poker)
Total Bank: 140.997'M / Net Gain Today: 627.6'K / Drops(6)&Roulette(2): 630'K /
Table(1) -2,410$ / Hands Played Today: 18 / Total Hands Played: 22,184 /
(Day's End Blackjack 21)
Total Bank: 340,155$ / Net Gain Today: 2,075$ / Drops(7)&Roulette(1): 1,900$ /
Tables(2): +175$ / Hands Played Today: 58 / Total Hands Played: 6,215 /
(Postscript)
   If you go to your stats page....one of the stats is "Chips Won"....didn't take me long to realize that this is "Gross Chips Won".....at the table....only wins are added....losses are not subtracted....so from one point of view it's a meaningless stat....I'm pretty sure that if you were to look at a net wins/loss chip total at the tables the number would be "in the red"....over the course of play I've only won around 41% of hands played....but just for laughs my current "Chips Won" total is 28.330$....

(08:49 UTC-5)
   Overslept....late start this morning....you know most times you get what you deserve....but occasionally you get what you desire....table of 4 to 5 players at the Poker table....just a occasional pre-flop raise....not a kamikaze, dive bomber, or pot pusher in sight....except after the river no big raises....just a bunch of....small ball....slow play....trappers....in other words....my kind of people....won a bunch of pots....and lost a bunch of pots....played a little looser than I normally do....but was catching some decent hole cards....was able to not only complete my 16+ hands played mission....but the 10k+ cash mission as well....only regret was that because of the late start....had things I had to attend to and couldn't stay at the table....25 hands played....took 945$ from the table and an additional 800$ from 2/5 at the Slots....but it's been a long time since I've enjoyed a game of poker that much....for me it's never was about the money....even when I played "real" cash games....it was about the game....
(10:19 UTC-5)
   Normal SOP for me is to log-on both games, take the morning drop/roulette....play Poker....and then go right to a Blackjack 21 table....but the late start coupled with the things I had to do off-line....and checking e-mails....blogs....et al....I didn't get to play Blackjack 21 until just over 20 minutes before the second drop of the day....so decided to play for 20 minutes....and then take the drop...."sat down" at the first table....it appeared to be a table of 4....but 2 of the players were caught in an apparent glitch which I've observed before....played a few hands....but when I became just me and the dealer....left for another table....and found myself at the same table 3 more times....finally was at a table of 3....with two level tens....(I'm still a 5)....that I've played with before....and sometimes a table of 4....a crazy ride....ergo....20 minutes played....37 hands(but the math says that at least 3 of those hands were ones I didn't actually play....but were from all the table hopping I did)....13 wins....1 blackjack (part of the below mentioned split)....1 other 21....2 pushes....1 split (paired Aces....hit one to a blackjack & one to a 13....dealer busted)....9 dealer busts....down 55$....
(20:18 UTC-5)
(Summary of Other Games Played Today)
1) Crescent Solitaire: 3 games....one went nowhere.... a decent 88/104 w/ 4 completed foundation piles....&....a 98/104 w/ 5 completed foundation piles....
2) Mahjong FRVR: 3 puzzles solved including puzzle of the day....
3) Word Search: 3 puzzles solved including puzzle of the day....
4) Fall Spades: survived a 14 over bid....and made 2 nil bids..."they" were set once and bagged once...."we" were set once...."we" 599 + 9 bags....vs...."they" 403 + 13 bags....
5) Klondike(turn 1): 6 out of 17 games cleared....52/52....
6) Freecell: one game cleared in....{00:03:48}
7) Clock: one game cleared in....{00:01:45}....(with an assist from auto-fill)....
(22:19 UTC-5)
(Day's End Poker)
Total Bank:140.370'M / Net Gain Today: 358.7'K / Drops(8)&Roulette(1): 357'K /
Table(1)&Slots(5): +1,745$ / Hands Played Today: 25 / Total Hands Played: 22,166 /
(Day's End Blackjack 21)
Total Bank: 338,080$ / Net Gain Today: 1,845$ / Drops(7)&Roulette(2): 1,900$ /
Table(2): -55$ / Hands Played Today: 37 / Total Hands Played: 6,167 /
(Postscript)
   Noticed today that number of players on Blackjack 21 is now listed as 69'K....which is up from the low point awhile back....have also noticed a bunch of new-bees....level 1's....

(07:32 UTC-5)
   Start time a little on the late side this morning but just a little....first Poker table....a decent table....now I've commented on my hatred of pot pushing, almost none of that....but there was so "Pot Building"....if after the flop....one of the players has hit the flop....I have no problem with a reasonable bet to build the pot....I know....I'm "splitting hairs" here....but notice I did say "reasonable bet".....decent table....really didn't catch many decent pocket cards....no pocket pairs....and when I did....the flops were unkind to me....did win 2 blind pots....15 hands played....short table....down 1,260$....bur 16+ mission completed and claimed....
   First Blackjack 21 table of the day....I guess that in regards to the outcome all I need say would be....all of my wins were on dealer busts....but than when have I only said what needed to be said....10 minutes played....for all but a couple of hands....a table set for 3....16 hands played....4 wins....1 push....4 dealer busts....down 80$....only had a decent hand beat by a better hand a couple of times....the vast majority of my hands were scraped off the stable floor....I don't know whether what I observed today (and before) is because people really don't understand the game (because it's always Level 1's that do this)....or it's the fact it's a "mobile" game....but hitting on 19 or 20 isn't in my not so humble opinion a good practice....of course it may be my biased opinion that hitting on a 12 or higher is a bad idea....
(10:34 UTC-5)
   Blackjack 21 second table....for the majority of the session I was catching some good cards....for a change....dealer did make a bit of a comeback towards the en....10 minutes was up....so I took the money and ran....(note: as/usual....10$ bets....no hits on 12 or higher, unless the hand is soft....)....ergo....10 minutes played....average 3 players on the table....16 hands....1 blackjack....1 other 21....1 split (Kings....hit one....a Ten....stand....hit 2....a King....stand....2 winners)....5 dealer busts....up 25$....
(19:44 UTC-5)
(Summary of Other Games Played Today)
1) Crescent Solitaire: after the first 4 games the best of the lot was a barely decent 71/104 w/ 2 completed foundation piles....5th game....before the last shuffle I had  only had 59 cards in the foundation piles....and thought....oy vey....not another bummer....and 45 cards later had a 104/104 w/ all foundation piles completed....
2) Klondike(turn 1): 9 out of 20 games cleared....52/52....
3) Mahjong FRVR: puzzle of the day and 4 other puzzles solved....
4) Word Search: puzzle of the day and 4 other puzzles solved....
5) Fall Spades (have decided to re-add Fall Spades to the daily play list....probably only I game/day...."We" 531 + 11 bags vs. "They" 133 + 3 bags...."They" set 3 times....
6) Freecell: 2 games cleared in....{00:04:36)....&....{00:03:55}....
7) Clock: 2 games cleared in....{00:01:57}....&....(00:01:04}....(note: auto-fill which doesn't always work....kicked in this time....hence the super low time)....
(21:26 UTC-5)
(Day's End Poker)
Total Bank: 140.011'M / Net Gain Today: 502.74'K / Drop(6)&Roulette(2): 504'K /
Table(1): -1,260$ / Hands Played Today: 15 / Total Hands Played: 21,141 /
(Day's End Blackjack 21)
Total Bank: 336,235$ / Net Gain Today: 1,845$ / Drop(6)&Roulette(2): 1,900$ /
Table(2): -55 / Hands Played Today: 34 / Total Hands Played: 6130 /
(Postscript)
   I've been getting 20K drops for quite a while, and although I knew that the roulette values were multiples of 20K....didn't make much of that....now that I'm getting 21'K/drop....the lowest value on roulette is now 63'K....and the highest value ( without a chip) is 840'K  (21'K x 40)....or a 5% increase....

(06:50 UTC-5)
   Pretty early start for me today....had a roulette spin on Poker right out of the gate....800K....nice start to the day...."sat down" at my first Poker table of the day....a very chaotic table....sometimes as few as 3 players....and a couple of hands with 7 players....and everything in between....pot pushing....kamikaze, dive bombers....and several games of "my pair is bigger than your pair"....and I was catching some nice pocket cards....had pocket pairs 4 times....and suited connectors 3 times....but either missed the flop or the maelstrom ensued....but hope springs eternal....so played past completing the 16+ hands played mission....just about the last hand I played....caught pocket Aces....I was on the button....the "Table Captain" was in the big blind....4 at the table....he raised....I called....other 2 folded....the flop came 8....8....Ace....he check....I raised....and I found myself in a game of " my pair is bigger than your pair"....or in this case my full house....turn a meaningless card....and round 2 of the school yard spat....then the river....the 4th Ace....maybe I should have gone all-in....but I though he might....another spat of raise, re-raise....and the pot was mine....got the 10K+ popup and the up a level popup on that hand....now a level 23....not a big deal from my perspective....but take note; just like Blackjack 21....don't expect to find the promised bonus....in this case 21'K in your bank....20 minutes played....25 hands played....only the one pot won....left with 1,425$ more than I brought with me....plus....another 1K$ from 3/7 on the slots....(added at 08:17 UTC-5)....now for the longest time I've been getting 20K/drop....just took first drop of the day and it was for 21'K....will have to keep an eye on that....?.....
   First table Blackjack 21....pretty typical....a 3 or 4 player table....10 minutes played....15 hands....4 wins....1 blackjack....2 pushes....3 dealer busts....down 35$....like I said....an all to typical session....
(14:35 UTC-5)
   Wasn't going to take a second run at Blackjack 21 today....was looking at my stats and noticed I was 5 wins away from 2,500 wins....ergo....10 minutes played....13 hands....4 or 5 players at the table....5 wins....1 blackjack....1 other 21 ( I had an 11 count....dealer showing a 3....doubled....caught a 10....dealer hit to a 20 )....3 dealer busts....down 5$....and 2,500 wins....which figures out to be a faction over a 41% winning percentage....
(20:36 UTC-5)
(Day's End Poker)
Total Bank: 139.508'M / Net Gain Today: 1,273'K / Drops(7)&Roulette(2): 1,261'K /
Table(1)&Slots(7): +12,475$ / Hands Played Today: 25 / Total Hands Played: 22,126 /
(Day's End Blackjack 21)
Total Bank: 334,390$ / Net Gain Today: 3,360$ / Drops(7)&Roulette(2): 3,400K /
Tables(2): -40$ / Hands Played Today: 28 / Total Hands Played: 6,096 /
(Summary of Other Games Played Today)
1) Crescent Solitaire: 6 games played....one went nowhere....5 decent games....best game....88/104 w/ 5 completed foundation piles....
2) Mahjong FRVR: only the puzzle of the day solved....
3) Word Search: only the puzzle of the day solved....
4) Klondike(turn 1): 3 of 10 games cleared....52/52....
5) Clock: 1 game cleared in....{00:01:22}
6) Freecell: 1 game cleared in....{00:03:58)
7) Fall Spades: "WE" 537 w/ 7 bags vs. "THEY" 174 w/ 4 bags...."THEY" set twice....