Tollie's Game Room

Sunday, August 12, 2018

(09:05 UTC-4)
(First Reports:)
First run to the Poker Tables, usually collection of kamikaze and pot pushes, won 1 blind pot and 400$ on slots......down 1290$.....1st roulette +100K......first trip too the Blackjack table....dealer was catching hands.....down 35$.....
As to solitaire and Aces up.....about the same as the above.....some promising hands..... close but no cigar...close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.....
During one hand of Fall Spades my computer generated opponents took 5 bags....not a good thing.....they took more tricks then they bid.....I said to myself if my also computer generated partner did that I'd toast his chips.......next hand he/it took 4 bags.....can a computer generated partner be a putz.....
(Take Note: added games from "World of Solitaire" on the left....the "Clock" game is different then "Clock" on "Just Solitaire")
(20:52 UTC-4)
Didn't play either Poker or Blackjack after the first runs......on another note did clear Crescent Solitaire once, and another time just 6 cards not in a foundation pile.....
(Day's End Poker)
Total Bank: 70.23M / Net Gain Today: 1039K / Drops(7)&Roulette(2) 1040K /
Tables: -1290$ / Hands Played Today: 17 / Total Hands Played: 19549 /
(Day's End Blackjack 21)
Total Bank: 31035$ / Net Gain Today: 1965$ / Drops(7)&Roulette(2) 2000$ /
Tables: -35$ / Hands Played Today: 14 / Total Hands Played: 306 /

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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