Tollie's Game Room

Monday, August 13, 2018

(06:15 UTC-4)
Typical first poker table, usual cast of pot pushers with a occasional visit from the kamikaze.....got my mission, clock sped up.....but a weird thing....maybe a glitch in the game.....got the drop down "mission complete", saw one more set of hole cards, when I check hands played it showed only 15 hands played...?....should have been 17....not the first time it's happened....
First trip to the Blackjack 21 tables......dealer was catching hands, me not so much, down a little, but decided to play one more hand, caught paired Jacks....split....20 & a Blackjack...dealer 18.....so I thought time for me to split....and I did with an extra 5$ (I almost always bet 10$/hand)
(18:41 UTC-4)
Except for the morning runs, haven't played any Poker or Blackjack 21, other things to do but truth be told, just really did feel like playing.....I got into a "rut" with poker where I had to play, I had to fill missions.....it be came rote..not fun.....If I catch the right table I will play for an extended period of time......I'm not sure exactly why I haven't really found one lately......it maybe the vast increase in players, or the fact that the game went to a mobile format.....Blackjack 21 as I've said before......blackjack really isn't "my" game....but number of players isn't an issue...even if you're at a full table of 5.....it's still just you and the dealer......
Played a bunch of Crescent on Just Solitaire, no clears but some decent scores, and Aces Up (relaxed) on World of Solitaire...a couple of clears there....also some Fall Spades off Facebook.....but it was a good day of shows on "Ye Old Boob Tube" (AKA: TV).....so didn't play any online games that much...( as always links to games mentioned here are over on the left)
(22:03 UTC-4)
(Day's End Poker)
Total Bank: 70.8M / Net Gain Today: 498.6K / Drops(7)&Roulette(2): 500K /
Tables&Slots: -1400$ / Hands Played Today: 15 / Total Hands Played: 19564 /
(Day's End Blackjack 21)
Total Bank: 32,940$ / Net Gain Today: 1905$ / Drops(7)&Roulette(2): 1900$ /
Tables: +5$ / Hands Played Today: 15 / Total Hands Played: 321 /

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(Both the Poker and Blackjack 21, that are mentioned in this blog are games by "Super Happy Fun Time)

(This is just commentary on my journeys around online gaming, truth be told with few exceptions I play mostly solitaire games.....the two notable exception at present is a "free" poker site and a "free" blackjack site....please note.......no real money changes hands....just faux game money)

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( my only association with any of the games I have listed links for or mentioned here is because I play the games....the opinions are my own)

(This is my logbook if you will of my play...it's mostly for me....but if it helps anyone then that's okay too)

(I tend to post sometimes several times a day.....rather then start a new post.....I just edit the existing post and tack on to it....I generally post for the last time during the day between 20:00 UTC-5 & 21:30 UTC-5)

Glossary of Terms Spades

A game: made up of several hands, collect 500 points and you win....you can also win regardless of you're score if your opponents score -200 points or more

Bags: if you as a team take more tricks then you bid, you get 1 bag for each trick over, collect 10 and you lose 100 points

Bid: before a hand is played, based on the cards you hold, now many tricks you can win

Hand: players play one card each high card in suit takes the hand unless a trump is played and then high trump wins the hand, 13 tricks per hand

Lay of the cards: how the cards are dealt on any given hand

Nil Bid: a bid of nil......your intent to not take a trick in a hand, +100 points if you succeed, -100 points if you take even 1 trick

Over bid hand: there are 13 tricks per hand.....if the bids total 14 or more....one team will go back...maybe both

Set: a team failures to make their bid, their lose 10 points for each bid example team total bid was 7, team took 6 or less tricks....you lose 70 points.....also referred to as "going in the hole" or "going back"

Suits: Spades, Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts

Trick: one round of play in a hand

Trump: in Spades, the spades are always trump, beats everything except a higher trump, can only be played if you don't have the suit lead..must be played if trump is lead.....trump can't be lead until a player trumps in....

Trumping In: playing a trump on a trick when you are out of that suit....but it's the players choice...unless trump is lead...

We/They: as in any partners card game one of the possible names for the 2 teams....I've seen "us" & "them".....and a few others i can't mention here

Glossary of Terms Solitaire

Auto-play: when the next series of moves is obvious, the game may automatically do them.{aka: auto-fill}....

Foundation: where you're trying to more the cards to.....move them all and you win

DECK: from which cards are turned over one at a time

Relaxed: a change in the rules from the standard game to make it play easier..varies from game to game..

Re-Set/Undo: both Just Solitaire and World of Solitaire games have both a re-set and an undo option....re-set takes the game back to the start....undo will remove one move at a time....both can be useful to try other options....

Tableau: where the cards to be moved start the hand