(06:39 UTC-4)
   Another day....another early start....Poker....good table, a tad of pot pushing but small pre-flop raises once in awhile, only all-ins in "defense" of what the player thought was a winner....good table....1 small pot & 2 blind pots....16 hands played....up 1,750$....16+ mission claimed....
   Blackjack 21....The Quest for 5000+ hands continues....generally I go to the table with a plan for the session....Today was play 15 hands....if up or no more then down 20 ( I never bet more than 10$/hand)....play on....10 minutes played....18 hands played....a 2 or 3 player table....6 wins....1 push....5 dealer busts....down 40$....didn't catch many decent hands....and when I did hit....just couldn't catch the right card....
(08:26 UTC-4)
   Unbelievable....it was 7 minutes in to the session before the dealer every busted....his only bust of the session....when he wasn't making a good 2 card hand....he was hitting to one every time save that lone bust....2nd trip Blackjack 21....10 minutes played....1 to 3 players at table....19 hands.....3 wins....1 blackjack....2 pushes....1 dealer bust....down 95$....313 hands to go for 5000....
(10:27 UTC-4)
   Third trip Blackjack 21....it wasn't that the dealer was hot....I just couldn't seem to catch many good hands....and if I hand a two card 10 or 11....it was hit, and I missed....10 minutes played....2 or 3 players at the table....18 hands played....6 wins....2 pushes....4 dealer busts....down 30$....
(12:32 UTC-4)
    The Blackjack 21 dealer pummeled me again....and I keep going back and taking it....even though I was taking a beating....decided to extent my play so/as to reach my 75 hands a day target....13 minutes played....average table....21 hands played....5 wins....1 blackjack....2 pushes....3 dealer bust ( and one of them was on the hand of my blackjack)....down 75....but the good news is only 274 more hands before I hit my goal of 5000 hands played....
(18:33 UTC-4)
   I must be like the moth that is drawn to the flame....well I got my butt singed again....5th visit to Blackjack 21....10 minutes played....short table....18 hands played....5 wins....1 blackjack....1 push....4 dealer busts....down 55$....it's not that I didn't get some decent hands....the blackjack and a push on a 20....all the other good hands....18,19 or 20....fell to a better hand....again....but only 256 hands until 5000....
(20:27 UTC-4)
(Day's End Poker)
Total Bank: 118.198'M / Net Gain Today: 461.8'K / Drops(8)&Roulette(1): 460'K /
Table; +1,750$ / Hands Played Today: 16 / Total Hands Played: 21,363 /
(Day's End Blackjack 21
Total Bank: 233,615$ / Net Gain Today: 1,705$ / Drops(8)&Roulette(1): 2,000$ /
Tables(5): -295$ / Hands Played Today: 94 / Total Hands Played: 4,744 /
(Summary of Other Games Played)
Crescent Solitaire: 7 games played....best....94/104 w/ 4 completed foundation piles /
Mahjong FRVR: 5 puzzles completed /
Word Search: 6 puzzles completed/
Shake it Up: up 4 levels to level 21 /
Slots: Heart Casino: 3 levels up to level 13 /

(06:57 UTC-4)
   Got an early start today....off to Poker....crazy table all the pot pushes and kamikaze and a few dive bombers.....one could hope for if you're into that...unfortunately I'm not....but the goal every morning is the 16+mission after all...."so once more into the breach, dear friends" (Well if Henry the 5th said it according to Will S. why can't I)...brief lull won a decent pot....5K kamikaze arrived....4 losses....3 auto re-buys and was seen no more....a blind pot, and a great table....only problem couldn't catch a hand....and when I did have promising pocket cards....missed the flop....but sometimes that's just the way the ball bounces....30 minutes played....29 hands....up 890$....16+ mission up and running....
   Went to the Blackjack 21 table with 2 targets....25 hands played if I'm up or it's close....15 hands if I'm getting my head handed to me....21 minutes played....fluid table, mostly 3 or 4 players....27 hands played....14 wins....1 other 21....9 dealer busts....up 20$....
(09:16 UTC-4)
   I got looking at my stats on Poker and I realized I was a tad south of 3'K to complete the 10'K+ mission....and there were 5 free slot spins un-used....so off to the tables....decent table a little pot pushing here....a little all-in there....didn't really catch a hand until....pocket Aces found a home....ended up the flop & river put 3 Queen on the board and don't faint....I was forced to go all-in in defense of the hand....beat a rivered flush....19 hands played....only the one winning hand....but 54,585$ taken from the table....10+ mission claimed....2/5 and 400$ on slots....
  Blackjack 21 on the other hand....not what I would have liked....dealer was super hot....10 minutes played....14 hands....ave table....2 wins....1 other 21....2 pushes....down 70$
(11:41 UTC-4)
  Blackjack 21....part 3....12 minutes played.....24 hands....anywhere from 1 to 4 players at any given time at the table....11 wins....1 other 21....3 pushes....4 dealer busts....up 10$....
(12:41 UTC-4)
   Blackjack 21....episode IV....really didn't have a target....but started playing at 16 minutes past the hour....and decided to play to the bottom of the hour....14 minutes played....1 to 5 players at the table, seemed to change every other hand....22 hands played....8 wins....2 pushes....6 dealer busts....down 30$....
(14:32 UTC-4)
   Blackjack 21....Fifth sessions....14 minutes played....26 hands played....1 to 3 players....12 wins....2 blackjacks....1 push....1 split (1 win, 1 loss)....9 dealer busts....nothing gained.....nothing lost....
(16:38 UTC-4)
   Sixth and maybe last run at Blackjack 21 today....only target was to reach 4650 hands played....on my journey to 5000 hands played.....which could be done now in 5 days at 70 hands/day.....12 minutes played....1 to 3 players at table....23 hands played....1 blackjack....2 pushes....7 dealer busts....down 15$....
(20:44 UTC-4)
(Days End Poker)
Total Bank: 117.736'M / Net Gain Today: 655.9'K / Drops(6)&Roulette(2): 600'K /
Tables(2)&Slots(5): +55,875$ / Hands Played Today: 48 / Total Hands Played:21,247 /
(Day's End Blackjack 21)
Total Bank: 231,910$ / Net Gain Today: 1,815$ / Drops(6)&Roulette(2): 1,900$ /
Tables(6): -85 / Hands Played Today: 136 / Total Hands Played: 4650 /
(Summary of Other Games Played Today)
(1) Crescent Solitaire....5 games played,best game 96/104 w/ 6 completed foundation piles....
(2) Mahjong FRVR....5 puzzles solved....
(3) Word Search....5 puzzles solved....
(4) Shake It Up....up 3 levels to level 17....
(5) Slots: Heart Casino up two levels to level 10....

(08:04 UTC-4)
   First trip to the Poker tables this morning, it almost felt like I was back in the school yard and two kids were arguing over who's dad was tougher....throw in the occasional kamikaze and the result was....16 hands trying to play some poker....16 hands played no Poker....I don't count being in the blinds and folding playing Poker....unfortunately you catch a table like that from time to time....and also thanks to the auto-re-buy feature that allows a kamikaze to be shot down in flames, and as the mythological Phoenix immediately be re-born he just kept returning....16 hands.....down 1,100$....16+mission in hand (looks like they fixed that count glitch)
   And then there was Blackjack 21....10 minutes played....mixed table, ran the gamut....sometimes 4 and a couple of time head to head and everything in-between....17 hands....4 wins....2 other 21's ( one was a push)....2 pushes....3 dealer busts....down 60$....what few good hands I did got were by-in-large beat by better hands....save one other 21....
   Not the start to the day to be hoped for, but then it is a Monday....
(09:51 UTC-4)
   Second trip Blackjack 21....had intended to play for my usual 10 minutes....but want to get my 75+ hands to reach my goal of 5000 hands by the first week of November....so checked at 10 minutes....pretty much even....check at 15 minutes....same....then the last 5 minutes the flood gates opened up....20 minutes played....4 at the table....28 hands played....17 wins....6 blackjacks....1 push....1 split (pair of Aces....made 2 blackjacks)....9 dealer busts....up 100$....dang....I guess that the old adage is true...."every dog has it's day"....WOOF....
(11:50 UTC-4)
   So call me an opportunist....Third trip Blackjack 21....played 10 minutes....hit my target of 15 but was up and decided to play 5 minutes more....checked and the days goal of 75+ insight....ergo....20 minutes played....average 3+ players....32 hands played....16 wins....1 blackjack....5 pushes....1 split ( 1 win/1 loss )....11 dealer busts....up 55$....Haven't decided yet whether or not to play more today or not 77 hands played, so made my day's target....but....?....
(13:40 UTC -4)
   So I decided to take another shot at Blackjack 21....and for my arrogance....ran headlong into a buzz-saw....10 minutes played....short table....17 hands played....1 push....3 dealer busts....down 90$....couldn't catch a hand....and the dealer was as hot as a pistol....
(20:43 UTC-4)
(I'm going to try reporting on my play of Solitaire and my other games by just a summary at the end of the day, rather then tack it on to the reports on Poker or Blackjack 21)
   Crescent Solitaire....7 games....first 4 just average games....5th game 94/104 w/6....6th game 93/104 w/5....and the 7th and last....104/104 w/ all foundation piles completed....before the last shuffle....Mahjong FRVR....3 puzzles solved....Shake it up....up 3 levels....Word Search 5 puzzles solved....and up to level 8 on Slots: Heart Casino....also trying out a 9-ball pool game....haven't decided to keep it or not....
(21:28 UTC-4)
(Day's End Poker)
Total Bank: 117.080'M / Net Gain Today: 379.9'K / Drops(7)&Roulette(2): 381'K /
Table: -1,100$ / Hands Played Today: 16 / Total Hands Played: 21,219 /
(Day's End Blackjack 21)
Total Bank: 230,095$ / Net Gain Today: 3,105$ / Drops(7)&Roulette(2): 3,100$ /
(Tables(4) +5$ / Hands Played Today: 94 / Total Hands Played: 4514 /

(08:41 UTC-4)
   Another late start, plus I got distracted and forgot to claim the 16+ mission right away....First Poker....for the majority of my time at the table....good news/bad news....no kamikaze, very little pushing....bad news....only caught a couple of decent hands....2 small pots and a blind pot....then a kamikaze/pot pusher arrived....and I was gone....21 hands played...a modest up 200$ + 200$ from 1/3 at the slots....
   First Blackjack 21....10 minutes played....17 hands played....short table (mostly new-bees)....3 wins....2 blackjacks....3 pushes....down 60$....dealer was on fire....oy vey.....only good news is with my klutz move forgetting to start the clock on Poker....I'v e got a 26 minute gap between drops on Blackjack 21 and one on Poker....so will probably play the "gap" today....players on Blackjack 21 now down to 78'K....?....
(10:26 UTC-4)
   Blackjack 21 episode II....10 minutes played....3 or 4 players at the table (more about that later)....17 hands played....6 wins....3 pushes....6 dealer busts....6 wins....down 10$....when I "sat down"....3 players at the table....a level 11....has over 20K hands played....a level 6...."D"....and a level 4....and I made 4 at the table with my level 5....briefly a level one played a hand....and was gone....the level 11 left after a few hands....too few for me to get a "bead" on her style of play....then the  rest of the way it was just the 6 the 5 and the 4....and  the dealer who went he was busting was flopping or hitting winning hands....note: Madtrollie 6 wins....dealer 6 busts....
   First game Crescent not a clear but a keeper....92/104 w/ 6 foundation piles completed....up a level on "Shake It Up".....and cleared today's puzzle on Mahjong FRVR....
(12:50 UTC-4)
   Third trip to Blackjack 21....10 minutes played....table of 3....18 hands played....9 wins....1 blackjack....I other 21....1 push....1 split (1 push,1 loss)....up 15$....Second game of Crescent....another keeper....97/104 w/ 7 foundation piles completed....First trip to word search....3 puzzle completed....
(14:34 UTC-4)
   Fourth and last trip of the Day to Blackjack 21....I've been trying to play at least 75 hands/day which will enable me to reach 5000 hands played by the 4th or 5th of November....and check and figured I need 23 hands to get to 75 hands for the day....so that was the goal.....14 minutes played....ave 3 players at the table....23 hands played....8 wins....1 blackjack....1 push....7 dealer bust....down 45$....the interesting thing (well at least to me) was I lost the first 4 hands I played, and over the rest of the way only lost 1 more hand than I won....
   Went up 2 more levels on "Shake It Up"....found a decent 9-Ball game....still in the do I want to play this stage....have not added a link here as/of yet....
(20:47 UTC-4)
(Days End Solitaire and assorted games)
   Five games of Crescent Solitaire....4 out of 5 nice games....best a 102/104 w/7 foundation piles completed....6 completed Word Search....a total of 8 levels up on Shake It Up....Mahjong FRVR....today' puzzle plus 3 more....and also played some of the games I may put into the rota....
(22:16 UTC-4)
(Day's End Blackjack 21)
Total Bank: 226,990$ / Net Gain Today: 1,700$ / Drops(7)&Roulette(1): 1,800$ /
Tables(4) -100$ / Hands Played Today: 75 / Total Hands Played: 4,420 /
(Day's End Poker)
Total Bank: 116.700'M /Net Gain Today: 200.4'K / Drops(7)&Roulette(1): 200'K /
Table&Slots(3): +400$ / Hands Played Today: 21 / Total Hands Played 21,283 /

(08:31 UTC-4)
   A late start for me this morning....the first run to Poker usual mixed of the usual suspects....2 lulls....a small pot on Aces full of Kings....raised but couldn't get but a little action....and a blind pot....16 hands played....16+ mission completed, and claimed....down 430$ at the table....with all the exits and arrivals caught too often in the blinds....up 200$ on 1/3 on the slots.....
   Just a peek at 3 hands from Blackjack 21....a loss on a 19/20, another on a 20/3 card 21....and the one that really got me going a 3 card 21 pushed by a 3 card 21....down to the stats....10 minutes played....13 hands played....fluid table but mostly 4 players....4 wins....the aforementioned other 21....1 push (see above)....down 30$....oy vey....
(10:11 UTC-4)
   Second crack at a Blackjack 21 table....10 minutes played....17 hands played....short table....9 wins....3 blackjacks....1 split (paired Aces....1st Ace hit to a 10.....2nd Ace hit to a 10....double blackjack)....8 dealer busts....up 25$....besides the busts the dealer beat all my best hands....First game Crescent Solitaire....26/35/49....and I almost called it a dog....and started another game, but first game might as well finish....and I'm glad I did....100/104 w/ 7 completed foundation piles.....4 Clubs left....10 through King....and a matter of course with me up card was the King....
(12:15 UTC-4)
   Third Run to Blackjack 21 table....10 minutes played....average 3 players at the table....16 hands....1 blackjack....1 push....down 35$....dealer had to hit 8 or 9 times....only busted 3 times....was hitting like crazy....and beat some of my few really good hands....Cleared 2 of 3 games of Mahjong FRVR....a new puzzle appears everyday but you can play back dates....just can seem to clear Oct:20....Been looking for a slots/casino style game....played a little of a Facebook Instant game....Slots: Heart Casino....totally mindless....all thought required is to hit the spin button....went up 3 levels and have no idea why....probably will keep it in my boneyard folder and maybe play when I need mindless....will not post a link....off to find an interesting casino/slots app...."interesting  casino/slots" may be an oxymoron....
(14:17 UTC-4)
   Fourth time putting my head in the noose at Blackjack 21....10 minutes played....19 hands....short table....2 pushes....7 wins....6 dealer busts....down 20$....
   After several tries finally cleared the Oct. 10 puzzle on Mahjong FRVR....and another 2 other puzzles....Two Crescents....neither amount to much....
(16:16 UTC-4)
   Fifth time back to Blackjack 21....10 minutes played....2 or three players at table....19 hands played....7 pushes....down 40$....all my wins on dealer busts....every decent had I made dealer either busted or had a better hand....
(22:14 UTC-4)
(Day's End Poker)
Total Bank: 116.500'M / Net Gain Today: 1,240.7'K / Drops(7)&Roulette(2): 1,241'K /
Table&Slots(3): -230$ / Hands Played Today: 16 /  Total Hands Played: 21,862 /
(Day's End Blackjack 21)
Total Bank: 225,290$ / Net Gain Today: 1,900$ / Drops(7)&Roulette(2): 2,000$ /
Tables(5): -100$ / Hands Played Today: 84 / Total Hands Played: 4,345 /

(07:55 UTC-4)
   First runs....Poker....started out a decent table....but degraded in to a nest of pot pushers and would be table captains....16 hands....down 2,400$....never caught a hand....1/3 and 500$ on slots....this kind of a start is starting to wear a little thin
   Blackjack 21....14 minutes played ( decided to extend play a little)....3 or 4 players....20 hands....1 blackjack....1 other 21....6 dealer busts....up 5$....
   I have seen this player a couple of times before....good player....checked her stats....so this will be called the "Dalia Method"....seems to work....if the dealer is showing a 2 to 6....only hits on 11 or less....if dealer is showing 7 or high....hits unless she has a 17 or higher....if she has a 10 or 11 usually doubles....and usually splits any two pairs....and has a 5 figure bank....something to be said about her method of play....although she places higher bets then I would be comfortable with....may try it sometime....
(09:59 UTC-4)
   Blackjack 21....2nd trip....10 minutes played....3 or 4 players at the table....17 hands played....7 wins....1 blackjack....1 other 21....1 push....2 dealer busts....up 15$....I for a change was catching hands....
(Note: Have added the "Dalia Method" mentioned above to the left sidebar....)
(11:54 UTC-4)
   Third Blackjack 21....10 minutes played.....2 or 3 players at table....20 hands played....7 wins....1 push....5 dealer busts....down 40$.....lost the first 4 hands I played....and played the dealer even/Steven the rest of the way....
(14:04 UTC-4)
   Fourth trip to Blackjack 21....not one of my usual trips....I normally play ten minute session but this time decided to play at least a "targeted" number of hands....18 hands was the target and caught a table that except for one hand 4 or 5 players....ergo....16 minutes played....19 hands....7 wins....1 blackjack....1 other 21....2 pushes....6 dealer busts....down 15$....if I had been ahead at the point I reached my "target"....I would have considered extending play....still on my quest to play 5000 hands before deciding how to proceed....
(Note: I have done some re-arrange of the layout today and not sure I'm satisfied with it quite yet)
(16:27 UTC-4)
   Fifth and probably last trip to Blackjack 21 for the day....10 minutes played....14 hands....4 or 5 players at the table....14 hands....6 wins....1 other 21....2 dealer busts....down 10$....when I was checking my stats at the end of this session I realized that if I average 74 hands/day....I will hit my 5000 hand goal in 10 days time....first week of November....so that's the plan....and if I'm so move maybe early in the first week....
(21:48 UTC-4)
(Day's End Poker)
Total Bank: 115.259"M / Net Gain: 719.1'K / Drops(6)&Roulette(2): 721'K /
Table&Slots(3): -1,900$/ Hands Played Today: 16 / Total Hands Played: 21246 /
(Day's End Blackjack 21)
Total Bank: 223,390$/ Net Gain: 2,155$ / Drops(6)&Roulette(2): 1,900$ /
Tables(5)" -45$ / Hands Played Today: 90 / Total Hands Played: 4261 /

(07:16 UTC-4)
   Morning's double run to both Poker and Blackjack 21....Poker first....200/100 blind table....usually mixture of kamikaze, dive bombers & pot pushes....and a shoot out to decide who would be table captain....14 hands but as/usual credited with 16+ mission, claimed, and the clock is running....never caught a hand....down 1,900$ at poker but 1/3 & 600$ on slots....and then came Blackjack 21....again the dealer who was catching....and hitting....4 times I'm holding a 19 or 20....dealer 16 or less....hits to a 21....oy gavalt....ergo....12 minutes played....20 hands....table average three players....7 wins....4 dealer busts....down 40$....
(09:03 UTC-4)
   I've been a bad trollie....last hand of the second trip to Blackjack 21....I violated my never hit on 12 or high....a had a 12 and hit anyways....got an 8....deal flipped 17....10 minutes played....9 wins...1 split ( pair of nines....hit a 9 and a 10...dealer showing a 7....flips a 10)....6 dealer busts...up 20$....apparently the game counts a split as a single win or loss....only way the math works....
   First game of Crescent Solitaire....After the deal no Aces or Queens showing....only two obvious moves....9 times out of 10....Trollie clicks next game....but....1st game....what the hay....before the first shuffle....42/104....before the second shuffle....63/104....before the last shuffle....100/104 w/ 6 completed foundation piles....2 tableau piles....King/Queen....Ace/2....wrong order....last shuffle and a winner....Cleared 3 levels on Mahjong FRVR....really enjoy the game....
(11:04 UTC-4)
   Blackjack 21....3rd trip....10 minutes....22 hands....short table....9 wins....2 blackjacks (back to back)....7 dealer busts....down 10$....but the good news is Total Bank on Blackjack 21 now 220'K....
(13:02 UTC-4)
   Blackjack 21....4th trip....10 minutes....14 hands....4/5 players at the table....6 wins....1 blackjack....1 other 21....3 dealer busts....down 5$
(15:08 UTC-4)
   5th of Blackjack 21....10 minutes....16 hands....3 wins....1 other 21....1 push....1 dealer bust....down 80$....I feel like I was run over by a steam roller....virtually every time I had a 17 to 20....he had or hit to a better hand....
(17:07 UTC-4)
   6th trip Blackjack 21....I must have a record low karma....first in 18 hands, 10 minutes played.... the dealer never busted....add to that I had three 3 card 21's....and lost 2 of the 3 hands to dealer blackjacks....did manage 5 wins....1 blackjack....2 pushes....down 55$....(The Madtrollie just wanders out shaking is head muttering)
(21:04 UTC-4)
(Day's End Poker)
Total Bank: 114.540'M / Net Gain Today: 318.7'K / Drops(6)&Roulette(1): 320'K /
Table&Slots(3) -1,300$ / Hands Played Today: 14 / Total Hands Played: 21,234 /
(Day's End Blackjack 21)
Total Bank: 221,235$ / Net Gain Today: 1,730$ / Drops(6)&Roulette(1): 1,900$ /
Tables(5): -170$ / Hands Played Today: 106 / Total Hands Played: 4171 /
(Postscript)
   I noted late today that Blackjack 21 lists number of players at 84'K.....IIRC...the high watermark in number of players was 170'K....

(08:22 UTC-4)
   When I logged on to Facebook this morning saw an alert that I had a message....was from SHFT....replay to my query of yesterday.....time stamped: 04:25 UTC-4....that everything should be back to normal....but being a bit of a cynic....I wonder what normal they meant....anyways:
   First trip Poker....a perfect table except right before I left and a player arrived with a split personality....he seemed to not be able to decided if he was a pot pusher or a kamikaze....but prior to that I was in the small blind with pocket Kings....no pre-flop raises and I just called....a mixed flop....I was first to act, and checked....no raises....a smooth call....turn another King....bet 500$....didn't what to scare anyone off....only 2 calls....rivered the 4th King....500$....1 call....a small pot....except for a straight I made on the river....but I wasn't in the hand....an all-in pre-flop from the new player....no other decent hands....20 hands played....down 770$ at the table....1/3 & 600$ at the slots....16+ mission gained, claimed, and the clock is running....
   First trip Blackjack 21....10 minutes....average 3 at the table....18 hands....9 wins....2 pushes....5 dealer busts....up 40$.....(Note: as/of first logging...stat now shows 89'K players....
(09:18 UTC-4)
   Second trip Blackjack 21....10 minutes played....average 4 players....15 hands....7 wins....1 blackjack....1 other 21....1 push....4 dealer busts....up 15$....saw an oddity....4 players....1 blackjack and 3 three card 21's....on the same hand....dealer made a 17....now in some forms of the game dealer could have drawn....because the 17 was soft (Ace/6)....always wondered if that rule was in effect here....apparently not....One game of Crescent Solitaire....showed promise....43/104 before first shuffle....didn't fulfill expectations....70/104 w/ 4 completed foundation piles....
(11:21 UTC-4)
   Third trip Blackjack 21....10 minutes played....fluid table....15 hands....5 wins....1 push....4 dealer busts....Second Crescent Solitaire....94/104 w/ 5 completed foundation piles....
(13:39 UTC-4)
   Another trip to the woodshed know as Blackjack 21....10 minutes played....short table....19 hands....6 wins....1 split (lost both)....2 pushes....down 70$....dealer was hot as a pistol....
(15:12 UTC-4)
   Trip 5 to Blackjack 21....10 minutes played....16 hands....8 wins....1 push....7 dealer busts....up 20
(17:44 UTC-4)
   Trip 6 to Blackjack 21....10 minutes played....16 hands....8 wins....1 other 21....6 dealer busts....up 10
(21:12 UTC-4)
(Day's End Poker)
Total Bank:114.211'M / Net Gain Today: 560.8'K / Drops(6)&Roulette(2): 561'K /
Table(1)&Slots(3): -170$ /  Hands Played Today: 20 / Total Hands Played: 21216 /
(Day's End Blackjack 21)
Total Bank: 219,505$ / Net Gain Today: 1,675$ / Drops(6)&Roulette(2): 1,700$ /
Tables(6): -25$ / Total Hands Played Today: 99 / Total Hands Played: 4,065 /

(06:12 UTC-4)
   First trip Poker....the usual cast of characters....mostly pot pushing pre-flop....and the occasional kamikaze....1 lull....1 blind pot....1/3 on slots....200$....15 hands....left 2,315$ on the  table
   First trip Blackjack 21....right out of the box the dealer was catching hands....and I wasn't....made a bit of a comeback late....final hand I made a blackjack....but it was a little to late to really have much impact on the results....(as/rote all bids 10$ & 10 minute sessions)....10 minutes played....22 hands played....short table....8 wins....1 blackjack....1 push....5 dealer busts (all in the last 5 or so minutes)....down 35$....There is the old adage: "The early bird gets the worm"....but it didn't quite play out for the early start Madtrollie this AM....but then looking on the bright side....it could have been worse....
(08:15 UTC-4)
   Second trip Blackjack 21....10 minutes played....fluid table....18 hands played....7 wins....2 pushes....1 split (won both to a push).....4 dealer bust....down 20$....almost a carbon copy of the first visit....dealer catching early, lost some decent hands to better hands and gained back a little at the end but not enough....First run Crescent Solitaire....first....73/104 w/ 2 complete foundation piles....then....93/104 w/ 5 completed foundation piles....a tad annoying....cards in the tableau piles were together....but not in the correct order....Added another Facebook game, Mahjong FRVR (link on left sidebar)....just a very basic game....just what I was looking for....
(10:10 UTC-4)
   Third trip Blackjack 21....11 minutes played....4 or 5 players at table....15  hands....5 wins....2 pushes....5 dealer busts....down 20$.....seemed like every decent hand I made was a push or beat by a better hand....
(12:01 UTC-4)
   Fourth trip to the woodshed for another spanking (oops I mean Blackjack 21)....10 minutes played....short table....5 wins....2 pushes....2 dealer busts....down 70$....I had been considering raise my stand bet from 10$ up to 20$ or even a little higher but have the pounding I've been taking over the last couple of days....bad idea....but I'm on a "mission" to get to 5000 hands played....so will probably keep taking the punishment....but the constant losing is getting a bit old....
(13:43 UTC-4)
   I have no idea what's going on but on was on both Poker and Blackjack 21 just before 12 Noon local time and now I can't get on....anyone else having a problem....Have just sent a message to the game(s).....waiting a reply....
(16:38 UTC-4)
   Still don't have a clue what's going on, have not heard back from the message on left on Super Happy Fun Time's Facebook page....but from my notes I have figured out where I stood before the afore mentioned inability to log on....
(19:17 UTC-4)
   Still have not heard back from Super Happy Fun Time....and I still can't get on....but such as they are following are the last numbers I've got as/of 12:00 UTC-4
(Latest Numbers Poker)
Current Bank: 113.660'M / Net Gain Today: 879'K / Drops(4)&Roulette(1): 881'K /
Table(1)&Slots(3): -2,115$ / Hands played Today: 15 / Total Hands Played: 21196 /
(Latest Numbers Blackjack 21)
Current Bank: 217,820$ / Net Gain Today: 2,255$ / Drops(4)&Roulette(1): 2,400$ /
Tables(4) -145$ / Hands Played Today: 75 / Total Hands Played: 3, 966 /

(07:30 UTC-4)
   First runs to both Poker and Blackjack....a fluid table....a little of everything....but no real pattern emerged....toward the end one did....pot pushing....but before that...a couple of small pots and a blind pot....14 hands played....hands played mission completed and claimed....up 2,115$....and fist Roulette....800K....and then came Blackjack 21....10 minutes played....18 hands played....mixed table, 2 hands just me, but at times 3 or 4 players....6 wins....1 other 21....3 pushes....5 dealer busts....down 20$....first Roulette....2K (top of the mark on the Blackjack 21 wheel)
(11:33 UTC-4)
   Now that was a unique trip to Blackjack....second of the day....10 minutes played....24 hands played....except for a few hands with 2 or 3 at the table, it was basically the proverbial showdown in a wild western movie, two gunfighters in the dusty street....The Madtrollie vs "The dealer"....man vs. machine....1 blackjack....2 pushes....7 dealer busts....down 5....stat for the day....players are done to 97K....?....
(13:30 UTC-4)
   Third trip to Blackjack 21....11 minutes played....17 hands....3 or 4 players....9 wins....4 pushes....dealer busts 4....up 20$....on player had to be a newbie....stake was 777$....he was still there when I left....with about 60$ left....but on one hand he had a 3 card soft 11/21 and hit....I've now seen it all....
(15:33 UTC-4)
   Fourth trip Blackjack 21....10 minutes played....15 hands played....average 4 players....5 wins....1 blackjack....1 push....3 dealer busts....down 25$....just didn't catch enough decent hands....Three games of Crescent only one of which is worth a mention....91/104 w/5 completed foundation piles....
Have added to the games played of Facebook a link to "Mahjong Connect"....decent game and it is a "mobile" game as well....
(17:33 UTC-4)
   Fifth trip Blackjack 21....10 minutes played....21 hands played....short table....7 wins....1 blackjack....2 pushes....5 dealer bust....down 35$....latest stat on number of players 91'K
(19:43 UTC-4)
   Sixth and last trip of the day to Blackjack 21....10 minutes played....full table....12 hands....3 wins....2 blackjacks....1 dealer bust ( the 12th and last hand I played....down 40$....with the exception of the 2 blackjacks I couldn't catch a hand....and with the exception of the bust, the dealer caught every hand....oy gavalt....
(21:13 UTC-4)
(Day's End Poker)
Total Bank: 112.781'M : Net Gain Today: 1,253'K / Drops(7)&Roulette(2) 1,241'K /
Table: +2,115$ / Hands Played Today: 14 / Total Hands Played: 21,181 /
(Day's End Blackjack 21)
Total Bank: 215,565$ / Net Gain Today: 5,195$ / Drops(6)&Roulette(2) 5,300$ /
Tables(6): -105$ / Hands Played Today: 107 / Total Hands Played: 3891 /

(07:52 UTC-4)
   It's interesting how the addition of even one random element can change the dynamic of a situation....in this instance a 200/100 blind Poker table....First trip....take my seat and I'm in the big blind....no pot pushing....not a kamikaze in sight...2nd hand made a straight and a decent pot....couple of hands later a blind pot on trips....but with 5 at the table 1K blind pot....one player leaves another arrives....and proceeds to make a big pre-fold raise....the rest of the table folds....one player leave...and another arrives....big pre-flop raiser shows their true colors....kamikaze....new player dive bomber....and I forget about playing past completion of the 16+ mission....15 hands played....drop down and 16+ mission complete....leave with 5,670 and the 16+ & 10K+ missions in my pocket
   First Blackjack 21 table....very fluid table at times 4 at the table....and for 2 hands just me and the dealer....10 minutes played....21 hands played....11 wins....3 blackjacks....1 push....7 dealer busts....up 45$....won the first 4 hands I played....+45$....after that I won 7....dealer won 8....but the 2 blackjacks basically made the last 18 hands a split....(okay....so I'm a stats/math nerd)....(saw the "current player" this AM....97K)
(09:33 UTC-4)
   Second bout of the Madtrollie vs the Blackjack 21 dealer....10 minutes played....20 hands....8 wins....2 blackjacks....2 pushes....5 dealer busts....a flat footed tie.....throw out the pushes and my joining the table while a hand was in progress and.....MT won 8 hands vs. The Dealer's 9 wins....and my two blackjacks evened the score....but I'll take it....I love winning....but I hate losing even more....First game of Crescent....not bad....not great....just what is becoming an all to common result....80/104 w/ 4 completed foundation piles....
   I've decided to give Fall Spades a rest for the time being....have been scouting for another game but  as of now haven't found one I like....so the hunt continues....
(11:40 UTC-4)
   Back to Blackjack for round number 3....10 minutes played....4 or 5 at the table....14 hands played....7 wins....4 dealer busts....up 10$....(remember I only bet 10$/hand)....session started out like gang busters....won first 5 hands....4 on dealer busts....he never busted again....and I only won 2 more times....but that is the apparent nature of the game....the only predictable element in the game is that it's unpredictable....but I am....I never hit on a hard 12 or higher, regardless of the card the dealer is showing....in this session he was showing Ace 3  or 4 times...and one of the times he busted....I'll always hit on a soft 12 to 16....but never on a soft 17 or higher....regardless of what the dealer is showing....remember there are no pushes if both you and the dealer bust....you lose....one  of the "house's edges"....another mediocre game of Crescent....76/104 w/ only one foundation pile complete
(13:30 UTC-4)
    Blackjack 21, session 4....10 minutes....20 hands....fluid table 1-4 players....7 wins....3 other 21's....1 push....4 dealer busts....down 30$....Crescent 3rd game....95/104 w/ 6 foundation piles completed
(14:40 UTC-4)
   Against my better judgement....I went looking for a 200/200 blind table....a decent table....a bit of pot pushing....a brief appearance of kamikaze but actually a nice table except....I spent 33 hands looking for a playable and except for 1 blind pot, 32 hands finding no playable hand....well sometimes that just the way the ball bounces....33 hands....left 4,540$ on the table....with the ins and outs of players spend an above average time in the blinds....but 1/5 on slots for 600$....down 3,940$....
(15:19 UTC-4)
   Blackjack 21 5th trip....10 minutes played....17 hands....5 wins....4 dealer busts....down 60$....oy gavalt....
(19:26 UTC-4)
   Blackjack 21 6th and last trip for the day....thought I had walked into the proverbial buzz-saw....lost the first 7 or 8 hands....I couldn't catch and hand and the dealer couldn't miss....did mange to fight back a little but not all the way....10 minutes played....20 hands played....short table....6 wins....1 other 21....2 pushes....3 dealer busts....down 45$
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(Day's End Poker)
Total Bank: 111.538'M / Net Gain Today: 1,741'K / Drops(7)Roulette(1) 1,740'K /
Tables(2)&Slots(5): +1,630$ / Hands Played Today: 48 / Total Hands Played: 21167 /
(Day's End Blackjack 21)
Total Bank: 210,370$ / Net Gain Today: 3,320$ / Drops(7)Roulette(1) 3,400$ /
Tables(6): -80$ / Hands Played Today: 112 / Total Hands Played: 3,784 /

(07:48 UTC-4)
   First run Poker....pretty typical table....all the usual suspects....kamikaze, dice bombers, pot pushers....won a blind pot....now it didn't take me very long to figure out the the "house" takes a "cut" from every pot you win....never have come up with a provable hypothesis as to why....so this trip won a 1K blind pot....5 players, blinds and calls....only pot I won....checked the running total on the 10K+ mission....game credit was 950$....ergo...."house cut" is 5%....don't ask me why....( and yes I'm a certifiable math/stats nerd ).....17 hands....down 750$ left on the table....1/3 on slots....200$ in my pocket....
   Blackjack 21....1st trip....10 minutes played....13 hands....3 or 4 players....4 wins....3 dealer bust....down 40$....the one who deals these cards deals trash....
(09:54 UTC-4)
   First two games of Crescent Solitaire....first game 79/104 w/ 4 completed foundation piles completed....then....93/104 w/ 5 completed foundation piles....
   Finally....Turned the proverbial tables on the Blackjack 21 dealer....not that I did anything different....all 10$ bets....no hits on 12 or higher unless a "soft" hand....but for once the cards fell my way.....10 minutes played....17 hands played....11 wins....1 blackjack....2 other 21's ....1 push....6 dealer busts....up 75$....didn't catch many 17+ hands....but....cards were falling my way.....saw the number of players stat this morning....100K players....down 70K from the highest number I remember seeing....?....thought about extending the session but was up and decided to take the money (faux it maybe) and run....
(12:10 UTC-4)
    Third trip to Blackjack 21....10 minutes played....17 hands played....7 wins....2 other 21 (both on soft hands)....1 push....4 dealer busts....down 10$....two trips were similar in many ways....big difference was number of dealer busts....Four more games of Crescent....3 dogs & and a decent one....94/104 w/ 5 completed foundation piles....
(13:37 UTC-4)
    Fourth trip to a Blackjack 21 table.....10 minutes played....18 hands played....6 wins....4 pushes....6 dealer busts....down 10....strange session....all my wins were on dealer busts....all my good hands were pushes....if it wasn't for the busts I would have taken a beating....
(15:25 UTC-4)
   Fifth run to a Blackjack 21 table....10 minutes played....14 hands played....7 wins....5 dealer busts....up 10$....
(17:33 UTC-4)
   Sixth trip to a Blackjack 21 table....10 minutes played....18 hands played....7 wins....1 blackjack....1 other 21....3 pushers....4 dealer busts....up 5$....
(21:24 UTC-4)
(Day's End Poker)
Total Bank: 109.796'M / Net Gain Today: 460'K / Drops(7)&Roulette(2): 461'K /
Table&Slots: -550$ / Hands Played Today: 17 / Total Hands Played: 21,119 /
(Day's End Blackjack 21)
Total Bank: 207,050$ / Net Gain Today: 1,730$ / Drops(7)&Roulette(2); 1,700$ /
Tables(6): +30$ / Hands Played Today: 97 / Total Hands Played: 3,672 /

(06:42 UTC-4)
   (The Madtrollie wanders in humming the theme from "The Love for Three Oranges")....Well not 3 Oranges actually but 3 bunches of grapes....First run to the Poker table....first hand a 1K bet before the flop....and I went to the slots....1 pull and 3 bunches of grapes line up....and the payout is 10K....brightens the day right off....1/3 on slots....Back to Poker....typical first run table....kamikaze, dive bombers, and assorted pot pushes....but a few brief lulls....won a blind pot....split a blind pot....22 hands played....16+ mission gained, claimed, and 2x clock engaged....down 2K on Poker....blinds and a couple of calls....didn't catch a really good hand....but thanks to the grapes....up 8'K....
(07:21)
   First run Blackjack 21, 10 minutes played....20 hands played....short table....7 wins....3 pushes....6 dealer busts....down 20$....don't know quite what to make of this....but in the 20 hands I played....only 2 or 3 players....never saw anyone of the players make a blackjack....dealer made 5....?....
(08:45 UTC-4)
   Blackjack 21 trip 2....10 minutes played....16 hands....7 wins....1 push....7 dealer busts....no gain....no loss....dealer made 3 blackjacks....players 1....and that was a push....please note....when you have a pair of 4's and the dealer is showing Ace it's probably a bad time to split....not me, player to my left....remember splitting is an option, no a requirement.....
(10:45 UTC-4)
   Blackjack 21....3rd trip....10 minutes played....19 hands played....9 wins....1 blackjack....2 other 21's....5 dealer busts....up 5....a turn around with blackjacks....dealer 1....players 5....guess it just depends on how the cards are running....Two games of Crescent....1st game a fizzled out...2nd game a 99/104 + 7 foundation piles completed....last tableau pile 9 to King of Clubs....King on top....nuts....
(11:59 UTC-4)
   Second trip Poker....typical mixed bag of kamikaze, dive bombers, and pot pushes....every time I caught good pocket cards in a lull missed the flop....or half the table was all in before the flop....and I don't play that game....20 hands....2 blind pots....down 4,925....but I was playing with slot winning....as I've said before...."tis what it tis"
   Fourth trip Blackjack 21....10 minutes played....15 hands....average 4 at the table....9 wins....1 blackjack....1 push....1 split (one win, one loss,)....4 dealer busts....up 45$....
(14:50 UTC-4)
    5th trip to the Blackjack 21 tables....15 minutes played....29 hands....average 3 at the table....12 wins....2 blackjacks....2 pushes....8 dealer busts....down 10....Now normally I only play in 10 minute increments....really don't think length of time play really has much effect on the end result....however went to this table with the goal of winning 12 hands....which it took 15 minutes to accomplish....if you've read this account of my play before you know I'm a stats nerd....ergo....12 winners give me a total of 1500 hands won....One game of Fall Spades....a workman type game....a successful nil on the 7 and last hand....607 pts. & 7 bags....Two games of Crescent....a 74/194 + one completed foundation pile....&....a 83/104 w/ 3 piles completed....One Freecell cleared in 00:05:35
(20:38 UTC-4)
   Sixth trip and last for the day to Blackjack 21....I feel like it was Black Hole 21....10 minutes played....14 hands played....average 4 to the table....3 wins....2 blackjacks....1 push....2 dealer busts....down 50$....Six games of Crescent....worst one 64/104 w/ 1 completed foundation pile....best one 97/104 w/ 6 completed foundation piles....the rest wandered around in the middle....
(22:14 UTC-4)
(Day's End Poker)
Total Bank: 109.336'M / Net Gain Today: 504'K / Droops(7)&Roulette(2): 501'K /
Tables&Slots: +3,075$ / Hands Played Today: 42 / Total Hands Played: 21103 /
(Day's End Blackjack 21)
Total Bank: 205,320$ / Net Gain Today: 2,370$/ Drops(8)&Roulette(2): 2,400$/
Tables: -30$ / Hands Played Today: 113 / Total Hands Played: 3575 /

(08:30 UTC-4)
   Decided for another back to back first runs....Poker....Another mixed bag table....a death match....kamikaze....pot pushing before the flop....during one of the brief lows....decent hole cards....but the flop missed completely....a blind pot during another lull....but it 'tis that it 'tis....15 hands played....down 2,210$....short table....16+ claimed and clock is off and running....Blackjack 21....10 minutes played....20 hands played....short table....7 wins....2 blackjacks....3 pushes....7 dealer busts....down 10$....was dead even until I lost the last hand....
(09:36 UTC-4)
   Second run at Blackjack 21....10 minutes played....16 hands played....6 wins....4 pushes.....down 30$....just one of those frustrating sessions....more often than not....if I got a 18,19,or 20....dealer would beat it....I had some good hands....and some were just butkis....but that's part of the game....can't win every hand....but oy vey....
   First game Fall Spades would have been a workman like win.....except for my partner's bag fetish....one hand it managed to take 5 tricks when it bid 1....and I had made my  3 bid....noway to not take 3 trick with 6,Jack,King,Ace of Spades....
(10:30 UTC-4)
   Third trip to Blackjack 21....10 minutes played....19 hands played....short table....9 wins....2 pushes....8 dealer busts....up 20$....actually made some really decent hands....got beat....again on 18,19,20 again....but thanx to the dealers suffering from bust-itis....
(11:27 UTC-4)
   Fourth trip to Blackjack 21....10 minutes played....16 hands played....7 wins....1 blackjack....2 other 21s....1 push....2 dealer bust....up 5$....dealer didn't bust until 8 minutes into the session....Fall Spades ....a winner 527 & 7 bags...."they" set twice....
(13:20 UTC-4)
   Fifth run to a Blackjack 21 table....10 minutes played....17 hands played....7 wins....1 other 21....1 push....4 dealer busts....down 10$....I still haven't made up my mind about Blackjack 21....I've said all along that blackjack is really not my game....but I like to figure things out, and understand., and at if we're talking games, how to beat them, or at least survive them....ergo....I've decided that I need a larger sampling before I draw any conclusion, or decide whether to play or not....ergo....I have increased my play....in order to reach a goal of 5000 hands played....if I maintain my current rate of play should reach that point around the 1st or 2nd week of November....
   Third and last Fall Spade game for the day....just another win....559 pts w/9 bags....well just another win if it hadn't been 1900th win
   Two games of Crescent solitaire....2 games, both 63/104....and one had 1 foundation pile complete
(15:35 UTC-4)
   Sixth trip Blackjack 21....10 minutes played....18 hands played....short table....8 wins....1 split (paired Queens....dealer showing 4....hit to two 20s....dealer bust)....5 dealer busts....down 20$....
(17:31 UTC-4)
   Seventh trip Blackjack 21....10 minutes played....19 hands played....short table....6 wins....1 blackjack 21....1 other 21....1 push....4 dealer busts....down 45$....as/usual lost some good hands to better hands....one game of Freecell....very creditable clear in 00:03:28....&....2 more Crescent games....one dog....86/104 w/ 3 completed foundation piles....
(19:33 UTC-4)
   Eight trip and last for the day to Blackjack 21....10 minutes played....20 hands played....short table....9 hands....2 blackjacks....1 other 21 (3 card 21 lost to a blackjack)....6 dealer busts....nothing gained....nothing lost....Two more games of Crescent....86/104 & 4....&....95/104 & 6....
(21:13 UTC-4)
(Day's End Poker)
Total Bank: 108.832'M / Net Gain Today: 417.8'K / Drops(7)&Roulette(2): 420'K /
Table: -2,210$ / Hands Played Today: 15 / Total Hands Played: 21060 /
(Day's End Blackjack 21)
Total Bank: 202,950$ / Net Gain Today: 1,810$ / Drops(7)&Roulette(2): 1900$ /
Tables: -90 / Hands Played Today: 145 / Total Hands Played: 3462 /

(07:48 UTC-4)
   Did something I don't usually do....normally the first thing is to get on Poker for the quest for the 16+ mission, and then wait to take the first crack at Blackjack 21....but on a whim....did both back to back....
   1st run Poker....14 hands played....down 1,900$...."sat" down to a "end of session death match"....then a pot pusher arrived....only called it once....pocket 7's....missed the flop....fold....with 16+ mission in hand....and clock now at 2x speed
   1st run Blackjack 21....10 minutes played....16 hands played....3 wins....1 blackjack....3 pushes....3 dealer busts....down 35$....dealer was hot....and me....well....hot & cold....only won one hand that the dealer didn't bust....and it wasn't the blackjack....dealer busted on that hand....the 3 decent hands (other than the blackjack) were all pushes....normally I hate pushes....but today they keep me from taking a worse beating....
(10:13 UTC-5)
  2nd trip Blackjack 21....10 minutes played....18 hands (short table)....8 wins....1 blackjack....2 push....6 dealer busts....up 5$....If you throw out the pushes, and the 1 hand I sat down at the table with a hand in progress the math is right on....won 8/16 hands....the +5$ is from the blackjack....and yes I do attend meetings for math/stats nerds anonymous....
  1st game Crescent....a real nice one....36/63/100+6/....104/104 w/ all foundation piles completed....before the last shuffle 4 cards in two tableau piles remained....Ace over 2 of Spades in one, and Ace over 2 of Diamonds in the other....shuffle put both piles in correct order and clear....
   1st game Fall Spades....looked at my number of wins and the total was 1,894....and thought....maybe try to hit 1,900 wins today....then I played the game....between failing to make its' bid when I made a nil....failing to make its' share of the bid once....and collecting bags....(taking more tricks then it bid)...."we" still managed to win a 9 hand game....538 pts....8 bags....(the game Fall Spades is basically solitaire....both your opponents and your partner are computer generated....hence my referring to my partner as "it" not "he"....)....Now not so sure playing 6 times today is worth the hassle....
(11:31 UTC-4)
   Third trip Blackjack 21....10 minutes played....16 hands played....9 wins....1 push....6 dealer busts....up 40$...."day so far"....50 hands played....20 wins....2 blackjacks....6 pushes....15 dealer bust....up 10$....
(15:35 UTC-4)
   Fourth trip Blackjack 21....10 minutes played....17 hands played....6 wins....1 push....3 dealer busts....down 25$....I was up before the last 5 hands....dealer made 3 blackjacks and hit to 3 or 4 card 21 twice....but on the bright size with the last roulette....my bank now stands at over 200K....noticed that the game is now show another drop in play....117'K players....Two more games of Fall Spades....a wild one, and a workman like one....both winners....win count now at 1897 wins....Two Freecell clears in 00:04:17 and 00:03:56....a Clock clear in 00:02:40....a Triple Peaks clear in 00:01:40....10 games of Aces Up....best game 45/48...this game is a tough one to clear....
(17:25 UTC-4)
   Fifth trip Blackjack 21....10 minutes played....15 hands played....7 wins....1 push....6 dealer busts....up 10$....
(17:55 UTC-4)
   Second trip Poker....got looking at my power stats and noticed that I had 5 slot spins to burn....now normally....well at least lately, I don't go back to a table if I lost $ during the first run....I have to fight a tendency to chase....and it usually just makes matters worse....but decided to take the plunge as it were....and play the slots....a mixed bag of kamikaze, and a would be table captain....but in a couple of lulls....won a decent pot....and a nil pot and scored a 10K+ mission....which I probably won't claim until tomorrow....up a total between table and slots of 5,480$....(3/5 on slots and 1,000$)....game credited me with 13 hands played
(21:10 UTC-4)
(Day's End Poker)
Total Bank: 108.414'M / Net Gain Today: 243'K / Drops(7)&Roulette(1): 240'K /
Tables&Slots: +3,680$ / Hands Played Today: 27 / Total Hands Played: 21,045 /
(Day's End Blackjack 21)
Total Bank: 201,140$ / Net Gain Today: 1,895$ / Drops(7)&Roulette(1): 1,900$ /
Tables: -5$ / Hands Played Today: 82 / Total Hands Played: 3,317 /

(8:03 UTC-4)
   First trip Poker....not a bad table....no kamikaze....some all-ins in the showdown....some pot pushing....but decent table....caught only one hand....one of the other players....usually not a pot pusher....bets 1K after the flop....other than the 2 cards that gave me 2 pair....an Ace....turn a bigger bet....I call....river Ace.....big bet....did he have a pocket Ace....when he bet after the flop I thought he might have a pocket Ace....odds weren't in my favor....I know it's faux money....and whether it's my coming to this game from real cash games....or the fact that I tend in real life to be frugal....or I hate to throw good money after bad....or simply I've been rivered too many times and I'm a tad gun-shy, or river-shy if you rather....fold....12 hands played ( but the game gave me credit for the 16+ hands played mission again....)....that hand plus blinds....down 8'K....1/3 on slots for 600$
(10:10 UTC-4)
   First trip Blackjack 21....10 minutes played....16 hands played....1 blackjack 21....1 push....5 dealer busts....9 wins....up 45$ (as /usual all bets 10$)....because I have over 100K, all the table display shows is my current bank rounded to the nearest 1K....in order to see my current stats I have to click on my ugly face....was getting close to the 10 minute mark....Hadn't bothered to check current stats, but the way play was going I knew I was up....thought maybe I'll play awhile longer....until I sense the dealer is getting hot....or I get a blackjack....very next hand....Queen/Ace....an omen....and I was gone....was catching some nice hands, and the dealer wasn't....but in this game that can change in a heart beat
(11:56 UTC-4)
   Just back from the woodshed getting my butt walloped....sorry....2nd trip Blackjack 21...11 minutes played.....16 hands....3 wins....1 other 21....2 pushes....2 dealer busts....down 70$....When the dealer wasn't catching good hands....he was drawing the right cards when forced to hit....and I keep getting total garbage....bupkis....some may wonder why with the bank I have why I don't bet more then 10$ per hand....this result is a case in point why I don't....
(13:56 UTC-4)
   Playing Blackjack 21 is like opening a surprise package....you never know what to expect....Third trip....10 minutes played....16 hands played....8 wins....1 blackjack....2 pushes....3 dealer busts....up 35$....lost the first 3 hands I played....I'm looking for the exit....was this going to be a repeat of trip 2....and then got some nice hands and dealer didn't.....and a short table....much of the session was the dealer, the Madtrollie, and one other player....
   Two games Crescent....76/104 + 3 foundation piles completed....93/194 + 6 completed foundation piles....And a all to common game of Fall Spades....when partner wasn't making its' share of the bid he was collecting bags...."we" 514 w/ 14 bags vs. "they" 296 w/ 6 bags....
(15:43 UTC-4)
   Trip number four to Blackjack 21....and another trip to the woodshed....I felt like I was Custer and this was my last stand....10 minutes played....20 hands played....again a short table....2 wins....1 blackjack....3 pushes....down 115$....boy am I glad I'm playing with faux money....check that if the money was real I would not be playing....I had several decent hands 18 to 20 count, and except for 1 and the 1 blackjack all the rest were pushes or losses....he was flipping two card winners, and when he was forced to hit....he only busted once....oy gavalt....?....One game Crescent....a dog....a game of Freecell a clear but not a great time: 00:06:48....and Clock: 00:02:02....not bad but not my best....but unless you get the occasional badly laid tableau piles....it isn't really about will I clear it but rather how fast can I clear it....
(17:54)
   Finally  Trip 5 to a Blackjack 21 table....another replay of Custer's Last Stand....only this time the dealer played the role of Custer....10 minutes played....17 hands played....another short table....14 wins....4 blackjacks....1 other 21...1 split (split a pair of Aces, hit for a 17 and a blackjack....dealer busted)....7 dealer busts....up 110$....dang, best run of cards I've had in a very long time, if ever....and worst run of cards I've ever seen the dealer have....
(21:50 UTC-4)
(Day's End Poker)
Total Bank: 108.170'M / Net Gain Today: 533.6'K / Drops(7)&Roulette(2): 541'K /
Table/Slots: -7,400$ / Hands Played Today: 14 / Total Hands Played: 21,018 /
(Day's End Blackjack 21)
Total Bank: 199,245$ / Net Gain Today: 3,605$ / Drops(7)&Roulette(2): 3,600$ /
Tables/ +5$ / Hands Played Today: 87 / Total Hands Played: 3235 /
(Postscript)
   Untypical light play on the solitaire games today, just other real world things to do....2nd Fall Spades just at typical partner failed a bid and went it wasn't he was collecting bags....a win....506 w/ 16 bags....4th game of crescent 45/102+7/104/104 w/ all foundation pile complete....didn't need the last shuffle....

(07:26 UTC-4)
   Very strange first table....it couldn't decide what it's personality was....first kamikaze and dive bombers....then pot pushers....then a would be table captain....repeat the above but in no particular order....two of the times I did get nice pocket cards....the table went dead....no raises....no nothing....I prefer to slow play....and figured somebody would do something I could respond to....nothing....2 blind pots won....I guess I could have been aggressive....but that's just not my style....15 hands played....no slots....no spins....cost of collecting my 16+ hands played mission....470$....both Poker and Blackjack 21 have some confusion it seems when it comes to counting hands....but then they are "sister" games....same parent company....
(9:31 UTC-4)
   First trip to a Blackjack 21 table....10 minutes played....16 hands played....4 wins....2 pushes....3 dealer busts....down 45$....twice during the course of play twice lost a 20 to a 21, once a blackjack and the other a 3 card 21....made and decent hands....but dealer was catching cards big time....
   First trip Crescent....102/104 with 7 completed foundation piles complete....King/Queen of Clubs....
   This is posted because I'm a stats nerd....without comment....yesterday's morning count of Blackjack 21 players....125'K....today's count of players....120'K....(you can see the count on one of the first screens when the game loads)
(11:23 UTC-4)
   Second trip Blackjack 21....10 minutes played....16 hands played....6 wins....2 other 21's....33 dealer busts....down 30....I had two 20's and one 3 card 21, all losers to blackjacks....and had a several 18's or higher and only won 3 of them....I was actually catching some good hands....dealer for the most part was just catching better hands....again....
(14:02 UTC-4)
   Third trip Blackjack 21....11 minutes played....18 hands played....9 wins....1 blackjack....1 push....4 dealer bust....up 25$....I actually saw the dealer bust with an ace showing....actually won 5 hands when dealer didn't bust....I was catching for a change....Two more Crescent games....just average....Lost first Fall Spades game between partner failing his part of the bid 3 times, I was able to cover 2 of those....and its' bag collect....and didn't catch a great cards the last two hands...."we" 501 vs "they" 511....can't will them all....
(15:26 UTC-4)
   Fourth trip Blackjack 21....10 minutes played....17 hands played....10 wins....1 blackjack....8 dealer busts....up 45$....a weird trip....I really did catch more than a couple of good hands....but from the number of dealer busts....dealer really wasn't catching many hands either....
(17:56 UTC-4)
   Blackjack 21 episode 5....11 minutes played....15 hands played....7 hands played....1 other 21....6 dealer busts....dead even....but the key to winning is the dealer must bust and the player must not bust....rarely you may win by out drawing the dealer but that's only happened to me a few times....
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(Day's End Poker)
Total Bank:107.636'M / Net Gain Today: 400.53'K / Drops(6)&Roulette(2): 401'K /
Table: -470$ / Hands Played Today: 15 / Total Hands Played: 21,004 /
(Day's End Blackjack 21)
Total Bank: 195,640$ / Net Gain Today: 3,495$ / Drops(6)Roulette(2): 3,500$ /
Tables: -5$ / Hands Played Today: 82 / Total Hands Played: 3,148 /
(Postscript)
   Except for the 5 visits to the Blackjack 21 tables....didn't play very much today, 1 trip Poker, 4 games Crescent and 2 games Fall Spades....just seemed that the real world made too many demands on me today....

(07:52 UTC-4)
   (The Madtrollie (aka:Charles for you players at Poker) wanders in just shaking his head)....So I  take my "seat" at my first table of the day....in the blinds....player bets 1K....I fold....first thought he's got a pocket pair....maybe an Ace....he had right around 75'K....next hand I'm on the button....same...same....repeat....ah we have us a pot pushing table captain....then it's a 10K raise before the flop....he loses to a medium pair....a couple of hands later....he busts out....and big surprise pops right back to the table as a 5'K buy-in kamikaze....and the cycle begins....bust, return,repeat....16+ banner unfolds....none too soon....and I'm gone....left 1,100$ on the table....all blinds....2/3 at the slots for 600$....so price of admission today at the demolition derby was 500$....but the crime of all this was I was catching hands....but I refuse to be caught up in that style of play....I'm a gimpy,grumpy,codger of almost 71....did I mention I'm stubborn and  set in my ways....
(09:26)
   First run Blackjack 21....10 minutes played....15 hands played....7 wins....1 push....3 dealer bust....up 10$....I was playing in a 12 minute gap between a drop on Blackjack 21 and one on Poker....if I hadn't I probably would have stuck around a played awhile longer....I've had times when ever win I've had was on a dealer bust....this trip only 3 of the 7 wins came that way....dealer was not drawing as well as usual....but "thems the breaks"
   First run Crescent....a nice little 97/104 w/ 6 completed foundation piles completed....
(13:45 UTC-4)
   Second run Blackjack 21....10 minutes played....15 hands played....5 wins....1 push....5 dealer busts....down 40$....all hands won on dealer busts....dealer back to his old trick....except for the 5 busts....he was hot....just a note: In the last 22 days the number of players has dropped from 172'K on 9/22/18 to 125'K today...or about a 27% decrease....just normal "wear & tear" or....?....
   3 more games of Crescent, a dog and 2 fizzles....a blow out winner 502&12 bags to -5$5 bags....turning point...."they" failed both the bid and a nil bid on the same hand....a clear Freecell in 00:04:04 & a clear of Clock in 00:02:09....neither a personal best....but good times....
(15:49 UTC-4)
   Third trip Blackjack 21....10 minutes played....16 hands played....6 wins....6 dealer busts....down 30$....again except for the 6 busts dealer was catching and I wasn't
   Only Roulette of the day on both Blackjack 21 and Poker....Poker 300K....2nd best payout without a chip....Blackjack 21....haven't hit anything but bottom of the wheel for days....today.... top of the mark....2,000$....finally
    Sixth game of Crescent on the day....after all moves made after the deal....63/104....after the first shuffle all moves made....102/104 with 7 complete foundation piles complete....only the King and Queen of Diamonds still in a tableau pile but in the wrong order King then Queen....2nd shuffle fixed that....104/104 with all foundation piles complete....only the second time on this version of Crescent I've cleared the board without having to  use the last available shuffle....yahoo....
(17:39 UTC-4)
   Forth trip to Blackjack 21....10 minutes played....15 hands played....1 push....4 dealer busts....down 50$....again all my winds were on deal busts....4 or 5 times I had 18,19,or 20....he busted once and pushed once....oy vey....but from observation of the other players at the table....nobody was having any luck either....don't get me wrong....I don't expect to win every time out....I expect to lose more sessions then I win....a "house" edge is built into the game....but....?....
(21:17)
(Day's End Poker)
Total Bank: 107.235'M / Net Gain Today: 539'K / Drops(7)&Roulette(1) 540'K /
Tables&Slots: -500$ / Hands Played Today: 15 / Total Hands Played: 20,989 /
(Day's End Blackjack 21)
Total Bank: 192,145$ / Net Gain Today: 3,290$ / Drops(7)&Roulette(1) 3.400$ /
Tables: -110$ / Hands Played Today: 62 / Total Hands Played: 3,066 /

(05:52 UTC-4)
   First Trip Poker....short table....at one point I was sitting alone....the only couple of times I got a playable hand....flop missed it completely....13 hands....down 1,900$....short table with a lot of comings and goings....lots of time in the blinds....but got and claimed the 16+ mission....
(08:51 UTC-4)
   A different trip to Blackjack 21 this morning....dealer got hot towards the last ten 10 minutes or so, and I gave back much of what I had gained.....but on average a fairly "even" table....opposed to the carnage of the last few days....played for 30 minutes....39 hands....2 blackjacks....3 other 21s....2 pushes....1 split (Aces....1 blackjack 7 a 17....dealer had 18....1/2)....13 dealer busts.....18 winners....up 10$....was up 80$ after 20 minutes....probably should of left then....twasn't greed but just enjoying not getting the tar kicked out of me....Noticed two of the other players, one was there when I entered....one came and left....one had a stake of around 60K the other around 90K....and me being the gimpy, grumpy, and curious codger that I am took a look at there stat page....did seem to have the hands played to have that size of a bank....can be sure but maybe pay to play.....
   Probably will not play Poker today....just can't get my mind wrapped around it....plus it's hard enough during the week to find a table that I can comfortably play my style....but the on the weekend dang near impossible....
   Four games of Crescent and all I have to show for it is a 74/104 + 3 completed foundation piles....An all too typical game of Fall Spades....was close for awhile but "we" ran way to an easy win....
(11:56 UTC-4)
   Let's get Crescent out of the way....3 games which showed promise and 3 games that fizzle out....Second trip to a Blackjack 21 table.....stats first....then some comments.....11 minutes played....17 hands played....8 wins....I blackjack....8 dealer busts....up 15$....you will note that every one of my wins was accompanied by a dealer bust....I've come to the conclusion that I'm best served by playing in 10 +/- minute sessions....and then check my stats....since I have over 100K, the total at the table only shows my bank total rounded up to 3 figures....I have to click on my ugly face in the picture to see my starts....before I play I always right down. my wins total number of hands played, and keep an update listing of each hand win....push....et al....If I'm down more than 20....it's time to flee....if between -20 and +20....how hot is the dealer....over 20 then more often then not....take the money and run.....value is based on the fact that I never bet more then 10$/hand....if you are down and you elect to stay....don't chase....don't increase you bet to get back even or ahead....may work once in awhile....but you probably will only make it worse....yeah I know....the money ain't real....if it was I won't be playing this game....but there again with in the parameters of the game it has value....besides winning is more fun they taking a beating....
(14:52 UTC-4)
   Dealer early was making great hands lost the first 3 hands I played....11 minutes played....15 hands....6 wins....2 blackjacks....4 dealer bust....down 10$....I've had a feeling that the game is counting the hand you arrive, even if the hand is in progress....math on this one works if that's true....have now played 3004 hands....
(18:03 UTC-4)
   So I'd played 12 games of Crescent, and really hadn't had much luck at all....games 13....104/104 w/ all foundation piles complete....can remember the last time I cleared one....and too lazy too read back through the archives to found out....but it's been awhile....
(20:14 UTC-4)
(Day's End Poker)
Total Bank: 106.796'M / Net Gain Today: 259'K / Drops(7)&Roulette(2) 261'K /
Table: -1,900$ / Hands Played Today: 13 / Total Hands Played: 20974 /
(Day's End Blackjack 21)
Total Bank: 188,855$ / Net Gain Today: 2,015% / Drops(7)&Roulette(2) 2,000$ /
Tables: +15$ / Hands Played Today: 71 / Total Hands Played: 3004 /

(06:08 UTC-4)
   So the morning trip to the 200/100 blind meat grinder....oops I mean table....no actually it was a meat grinder....a meeting of pot pushers are us....I caught a few good looking pocket cards so paid the price to see the flop....no joy....been there awhile....pocket unsuited Ace/King....again paid the price to see the flop....4 to the flop....10/Queen....paid the price to see the turn....and there was the Jack....river....no board pair....only two cards suited....paid the price....16+ popup....and I was history....16+ & 10K+ in tow....and 18,965$ as well....only hand of 15 I was there at the showdown....now normally when I'm up over 10K I'll stay and play awhile....but with that table....with the fee the pot pushers were charging.....more often than not 1K....just to see the flop was just a tad too high for me.....
(07:19 UTC-4)
   So against better judgement....went to a Blackjack 21 table....10 minutes played....15 hands....6 wins....3 pushes....5 dealer busts....up 10$....one of the first hands I played....dealer is showing a 5....both other players have 2 card 11's....both hit multiple times and bust....I stand with a 13....(no bust tactic in affect)....dealer busts....remember there is not "push" on a bust....if you bust....you lose....doesn't matter what the dealer ends up with....you can read below that my tactic of never hitting on a hand of 12 or higher doesn't always work....but it works better then busting....First Hand Crescent....Not a great hand....but over half way and 1 foundation pile complete....63/104....
(10:04 UTC-4)
   My run of bad luck at the roulette wheel on Blackjack 21 continues....bottom of the barrel 100$....First game of Fall Spades....just another workman like game at one point we hold a 388 to they's 163....and then the typhoon hits....first partner fails his bid I can't cover....next hand partner fails a nil bid (too many trumps) and takes enough tricks to put us in the bag....now ahead by 20 pts....next partner makes nil I make my bid....next hand I make a nil, partner fails to cover....the next and thankfully last hand....partner makes a nil....and I fail to cover...."we" 512 + 12 bags...."they" 496 + 6 bags....oy vey....Game two of Crescent....61/63/75/89 + 5 completed foundation piles....A game of Freecell....a clear in 5 minutes & 9 seconds....not my best time but....a clear at Clock...again not my best time....2 minutes $ 9 second....
(11:26 UTC-4)
   Another stint in the pillory (aka Blackjack 21 table)....12 minutes played....16 hands....5 wins....2 dealer busts....down 50$....interesting observation....player to may left when I came to the table had a stake in the 165'K range....first time I've seen anyone except for me  over 100'k....I was betting my usual 10$/hand....he was betting 15K and as much as 18.5'K....I left down 50$.....he left down about 60'K....of course it's faux money.....but oy gavalt....
(12:40 UTC-4)
   A second trip to the Poker tables....200/100 blind table....as/usual....in the 35 or so minutes I played the complexion of the game ran from lets be friends and not raise before the flop....to total chaos....the sky full of drive bombers and kamikaze....and on the ground....pot pushing....and a table captain....if I called the blinds....he'd raise 2K before the flop.....if I folded before the flop....he'd just call....was wishing for a hand to take him on....just never came....I've been playing this game from February of this year....and at this table was only the second player I remember who used the auto-top-off option....I'd never use it....I want an accurate count of my losses or gain...by using my buy-in as a base....did manage to catch a nice full house 6's over 4's....a blind pot....and a small pot in the 36 hands the game gave me credit for....flopped trips a couple of time....after the river player to my right made a huge bet....better than half my stack....saw 4 to a straight....my trips didn't look so big and folded....don't know if he made the straight or not....we were the last two in the hand....but I wasn't about to pay to find out....oops....I almost forgot....left with 10,240$ I hadn't brought with me....
(15:58 UTC-4)
   Third Trip to a Blackjack 21 table....the all to common shellacking....10 minutes played....17 hands....4 wins....1 other 21....1 split ( Aces....lost both hands)....3 dealer busts....down 90$....observed a player with 4K....betting either 500$ or 1000$ per hand, gone in 5 or 6 hands with 0$....I've started to question my no bust tactic....so did some research on line and found a chart that shows average bust out rates for both dealers and players best on top card....the composite for all cards for a dealer is 28.36%....it varies best on the top card....some higher some lower....28.36% is the average....this session it was 17.65%....I know a small sample....but I've seen lower then that over the last few sessions....went back and check the last 13 sessions....56/232= 24.14%....just a tad below average....but the first 5 sessions were 30/89=33.71%....but the last 8 sessions....about the time I noticed it....26/145= 17.93%....no conclusions as of yet but it does give me pause....
(16:57 UTC-4)
   Sat done at an every evolving table....24 minutes played....35 hands....but the only one worth mentioning was the last one....pocket Aces....Ace on the flop....last card of the flop, the turn and the river 3 to a flush....he went all in...I had him covered....he had been betting on any two cards....so....big surprise....he made the flush....dropped 17,500$....won 700$ 1/3 on slots....but still up for the day....it's a call I would have made unless he had me covered.....
(18:47 UTC-4)
   Fourth trip Blackjack....10 minutes....15 hands....6 wins....1 push....5 dealer busts....down 10....
(20:20 UTC-4)
(Day's End Poker)
Total Bank: 106.537'M / Net Gain Today: 1,833'K / Drops(6)&Roulette(2): 1,821'K /
Tables&Slots: 12,759$ / Hands Played Today: 87 / Total Hands Played: 20,961 /
(Day's End Blackjack 21)
Total Bank: 186,840$ / Net Gain Today: 1,360$ / Drops(6)&Roulette(2): 1500$ /
Tables: -140$ / Hands Played Today: 63 / Total Hands Played: 2,933 /

(07:45 UTC-4)
   It looked like the start to what has become an all to typical quest for the +16 mission....again....a 200/100 blind table, again a melee between pot pushers and kamikaze....but even more intense then usual....kind of reminded me of a typical game of "Gamma World" back in my RPG days....for awhile looked like I had just come to play some slots (went 2/6 and picked up 1,200$)....then on the hand on which the 16+ drop down would appear....Jack/King suited....and no pot pushing....no kamikaze....the flop....King high straight....and 3 to a flush....turn....yup....river....and the flush....really nice pot....then peace was restored....and I for a while was high stake on the table....loosen up a little....played more hands....a couple of decent pots....a couple of blind pots....and decided to play awhile....at the 30 minute mark....a flight of kamikaze and I was gone....
30 minutes played....33 hands played....16+ and 10K+ missions completed....+21,460$ at the poker table....+1,200$ at slots....22,660$ into the bank....
(09:55 UTC-4)
   Just witnessed the best run of cards I've ever see at Blackjack 21....unfortunately the dealer's not mine....I had 17 to 20 5 or 6 times....won once....10 minutes played (played the gap between a drop and another on Poker)....19 hands played....(short table....a few hands head to head)....2 wins....2 pushes....2 dealer busts....down 100$....
   Two games of Crescent....one fizzle....and I nice game....98/104 w/ 6 completed foundation piles....only 1 tableau pile remaining....9 to King of Diamond....if the 9 was on top....but the 10 was...oy vey....
(11:33 UTC-4)
   With the earlier experience on Blackjack 21....I made a command decision and did not play the gap....got two roulette spins coming up after 13:00 local time....decided whether or not to put my head in the noose again....Two hands of Crescent....one fizzle....the other 99/104 w/ 7 foundation piles complete....2 tableau piles left 9 to K of Diamonds....wrong order....
(13:36 UTC-4)
   Decided to take another trip to the Poker table....again a ridiculous mix of a pot pushing table captain and assorted kamikaze and dive bombers with no lulls....20 hands....never a whiff of a decent hand....left 1,900 on the table for the show....
   Despite my last trip to Blackjack 21 I went again....I'm remembering the old phrase " Look up he said, things could be worse, so I looked up....and things got worse....10 minutes played....15 hands....1 win....1 push....1 dealer bust....down 110$ (The Mad Trollie just shakes his head)....If I was a suspicious person....?....
(16:36 UTC-4)
   Third trip Poker....200/100 blind table....30 hands played....left 1,700$ on table....table was a mixed bag....a bit of pot pushing....a dash of my pairs bigger then you pair....a sporadic kamikaze....and a few lulls....won a blind pot, and two small pots....Fall Spades....7 hand game....one 14 over bid....one 15 over bid...."They" failed a nil....and were set 3 other times...."WE" 538 w/ 8 bags...."They"....-55 w/ 5 bags....
(20:46 UTC-4)
   Four more Crescent games....one dog....3 decent games....78/104 + 1 completed foundation pile....79/104 + 4 completed foundation piles....91/104 + 4 completed foundation piles....and a winner in just a workman like game in Fall Spades....
(21:34 UTC-4)
(Day's End Poker)
Total Bank: 104.703'M / Net Gain Today: 959'K / Drops(7)&Roulette(1): 940"K /
Tables/Slots: +19,060$ / Hands Played Today: 87 / Total Hands Played: 20,874 /
(Day's End Blackjack 21)
Total Bank: 185,480$ / Net Gain Today: 1,690$ / Drops(7)&Roulette(1): 1,900$ /
Tables: -210$ / Hands Played Today: 34 / Total Hands Played: 2,870 /
(Postscript)
   I noticed today that Blackjack 21 was loading slower than usual....and because of that I caught the line that shows current number of players....138'K....but that got me to thinking so I check back in my archives and noticed that on 9/22 that same line listed 172'K players....I don't know how many players I've see during play with stack around 5K at one point and few hands later exit with 0....now because I'm retired, and can take full advantage of the drops and roulette and because I usually only bet 10$ per hand....the current pasting I've been taking I can survive....but for most their only option is quit or buy chips....and how many peeps are going to spend money to lose....now I realize that there's a built in house edge in any blackjack game....but....I have researched the game of blackjack in general online....and theory is that at a casino, blackjack has your best odds to win....my style is not to beat myself....but I can't see any style that could consistently win  against the dealer's play I experienced the last couple of days, now I realize that sometimes you can hit a bad streak in any game of chance but....?....but being a glutton for punishment....and having a large bank....I'll keep on keeping on.... 

(07:09 UTC -4)
   I think I must of stumbled upon a meeting of "kamikaze are us"....most times even if there's a nest of them you can find a  brief pause in the festivities and if you catch a decent pair of hole cards....and a good flop....well that didn't happen this morning....but with all the comings and goings....too many blinds....17 hands....down 1,800$....but the +16 mission is the purpose and that has been accomplished and the 2x clock is....well doing it's 2x clock thing....
(11:04 UTC-4)
   Have had a busy and crazy morning so far (details at "Troll54 Where Are You ?" (link over on the left sidebar)) So very little game time two drops and a roulette on both Poker and Blackjack 21, and one game of Crescent....
   My astoundingly bad luck continues on the Blackjack 21 roulette wheel....another 200$.....2nd worst amount....that's 3 in a row....and it has rubbed off on the Poker wheel as well apparently....a bottom of the wheel 60K....oy vey....as for Crescent 76/104 + 4 foundation piles completed....not the start I had hoped for....but it is what it is....
(12:55 UTC-4_
   I, despite how the day is going went to a Blackjack table with a goal....actually two goals....8 wins for 1200 total....and 25 hands for 2800....both goals completed....17 minutes played....26 hands played....8 wins....2 other 21s (lost a 5 card 21 to a blackjack)....4 dealer busts....lost 80$....dealer was hot and I wasn't....Second Crescent game, close but no cigar....97/104 w/ 5 completed foundation piles....
(15:54 UTC-4)
    Second trip to Blackjack 21....11 minutes....14 hands....full table....5 wins....1 push....4 dealer busts.....down 20$....this trip hand potential.....first card Ace 4 times....no blackjack....also hand a few 17 to 20 hands....won 1....on a bust....(The Madtrollie just mutters quietly)
   Two more games of Crescent....an ave 77/104 w/ 1 completed foundation pile....and a pretty good 97/104 w/ 5 foundation piles complete....An all to typical game of Fall Spades....a win....506 pts and 6 bags....10 hands....
(17:04 UTC-4)
   Spent about an hour playing solitaire games that I used to play a lot of but haven't played much recently....I guess I'm just a little burned out only playing the four games I play everyday....didn't keep track of how long or how many....sometimes....okay....all the time I get consumed by stat keeping....Aces Up (relaxed), Labyrinth, Clock, Freecell, even some Klondike which I haven't played in eons....didn't keep stats....just enjoyed playing....but think that I may add Klondike back into the rota of games played on a more regular basis....
(19:03 UTC-4)
   I should know better, but obviously I'm a glutton for punishment....third trip to a Blackjack 21 table....10 minutes played....21 hands....short table with a couple of hands just me and the dealer....7 wins....2 blackjacks, first two hands I played....1 push....5 dealer busts....down 40$....
   One each game of Crescent and Fall Spades....a 78/104 w/ 2 piles foundation piles completed....and a 9 hand....win....557 and 7 bags....usually insanity....
(21:14 UTC-4)
(Day's End Poker)
Total Bank: 103.744'M / Net Gain Today: 179'K / Drops(6)&Roulette(2): 181'K /
Table: -1,800 / Hands Played Today: 17 / Total Hands Played: 20,787 /
(Day's End Blackjack 21)
Total Bank: 183,790$ / Net Gain Today: 1,560$ / Drops(6)&Roulette(2): 1,700$/
Tables: -140$ / Hands Played Today: 61 / Total Hands Played: 3836 /
(Postscript)
   The low spins on the roulette wheel on both games is starting to bug me....but then it's just a couple of games....

(05:31 UTC-4)
   Early start today...."sat" down at a 200/100 blind table....in the big blind....check....flop 4 to a gut shot King high straight....Jack on the turn....bingo....Ace on the river....even better....decent pot....then the pot pushing started....with a "let's go all-in after the river party"....caught a couple of nice hole cards....pocket Queens at one point....missed the flop....a couple of hands before the 16+ drop down....pocket Sixes....in the small blind....small raise....smooth call....flop a pair of Jacks....small raise....smooth call....turn another 6....decent pot....10K+ drop down....and then the mayhem returned....13 hands played....6,025$ into the bank....2 missions completed....a nice start to the day....Blackjack 21....just collected a drop....see about playing later....
(06:49 UTC-4)
   Took my "seat" at a Blackjack 21 table....10 minutes....17 hands....5 wins....1 push....1 split (Aces....1 blackjack, 1-14, 1 win, 1 lost)....down 50$....only 3 dealer busts....and when I had a 11 or less on 2 cards....just couldn't draw a decent 3rd card....had 10 a  couple of times and 11 once....and got garbage....with only 3 busts, dealer was hitting most of it's draws....just have to accept it....
(11:09 UTC-4)
   Once more the Madtrollie climbs the gallows stairs and puts his head in the noose....2nd trip to the Blackjack 21 tables....10 minutes played....usual selection of mostly garbage hands....however....10 minutes played.....18 hands played....8 wins....2 pushes....8 dealer bust....yup that right all 8 wins on dealer busts....up 10$....
   Seven games of Crescent....best game 79/104 w/ 2 completed foundation piles....the rest dogs and fizzles....One game of Fall Spades.....lost count on hands played....a "real set-a-thon"....both sides in a back and forth first "They" were set then "WE"....but in the end "WE" 506 w/ 6 bags "THEY" -130 w/ 10 bags....
(14:55 UTC-4)
   Got on a 200/100 blind table....worst nightmare....gaggle of pot pushes....and I couldn't catch a hand....shouldn't have stayed as long as I did....10 hands played....dropped 2,200$....Second game of Fall Spades....wild game....17 hands "WE" 522 pts w/ 22 bags (lost 200 pts.), were set once.... "They" 246 pts. w/ 6 bags, were set 5 times....
(17:50 UTC-4)
   Third and last trip to a Blackjack 21 table for the day....10 minutes played....18 hands played....9 wins....2 blackjacks....1 push....6 dealer busts....up 30$
(Summary)
   Three trips....53 hands played....22 wins....2 blackjacks....4 pushes....1 split (1/2)....17 dealers busts....down 10$....
(19:54 UTC-4)
   Last two Crescents of the day....93/104 + 5 completed foundation piles and a 100/104 w/ 6 foundation piles complete....2 tableau piles left....King of Heart/Queen....Ace of Clubs/2....Last Fall Spades...."WE" 626 pts + 6 bags....2 nils made...."They" 158 pts + 8 bags....set once....
(22:02 UTC-4)
(Day's End Poker)
Total Bank: 103.465'M / Net Gain Today: 1,045'K / Drops(7)&Roulette(2): 1,041'K /
Tables: +3,825$ / Hands Played Today: 23 / Total Hands Played: 20,770 /
(Day's End Blackjack 21)
Total Bank: 182,230$ / Net Gain Today: 1,890$ / Drops(7)&Roulette(2): 1,900$ /
Tables: -10$ / Hands Played Today: 53 / Total Hands Played: 2,775 /
(Postscript)
   Off day on the roulette wheel on Blackjack 21, 200$ both times....same as the free drops....feast and famine on Joker, 1st spin top of the mark without a chip 800K, and 2nd spin almost bottom of the barrel with 100K....but still with drops a net gain of over 1'M for the day.... 

(10:16 UTC-4)
   Because of the Doc's appointment never logged on until just before 10:00 local time (if you're interested in the results it's posted on "Troll54 Where Are You?" link on the left)....First trip to a Poker table....a den of kamikaze, pot pushers, and a would be table captain....in other words at typical 200/100 bind table....some decent hole cards from time to time....but never hit the flop....19 hands played....16+ mission completed & claimed....2x clock engaged....down 2,900$....Did get in one Crescent game before I left for the the Doc's appointment....an 86/104 w 4 completed foundation piles....
(11:17 UTC-4)
   First run Blackjack 21....11 minutes played....first 5....1 win/4 losses....down 30$....17 Hands....6 wins....1 push....5 dealer posts....down at total of 40$....last 12 hands I only lost 10$....not bad but those first few hands were the killer....
(13:06 UTC-4)
   Riddle me this....How does a dealer or any blackjack player....draw or in the dealers case has to draw....at least 10 times in 18 hands and only bust twice....I sit here totally farmisht....I'm not angry....actually I'm totally amused....but after all it's only a game....and it's not like I'm betting the rent money here....so here are the stats, ( and ant chortles and remember I carry a stick)  10 minutes played....18 hands....2 wins....1 split (lost both hands)....2 dealer busts....lost 140$....now you understand when I say this just isn't my game....I know that there is a house's edge....but sometimes it feels more like a cliff....?....
   Three more games a dog, and two decent games....87/104 w/5.....88/104 w/5....
(14:40 UTC-4)
   I guess it takes me longer then most to learn my lessons....Third trip to Blackjack 21....now I can't say that I got back all I had lost....but I put a small dent in it...besides both sessions were 10 minutes and 18 hands played....they were like night and day....18 hands played....10 wins....2 Blackjacks....1 push....9 dealer busts....up 60$....I've been trying to find a pattern in the game that I could exploited....I'm starting to believe that there isn't one....one of the problems is that in a casino setting the game is a lot slower....more players at the table....no quick clock to make your decision....and no opportunity to just observe play....in a casino you could stand behind the table and watch....so I guess my conclusions are that I will never find a pattern in the game....probably because there ain't one....conclusion play the game if you want to but don't expect to win with any regularity....and besides....if you're retired like me you can make more faux money from drops and roulette than you can lose....provided you don't bet to wildly....Just a workman like game of Fall Spades....7 hands 526 pts. w/ 6 bags....winner....
(22:09 UTC-4)
(Day's End Poker)
Total Bank: 102.420'M / Net Gain Today: 178.1'K / Drops(6)&Roulette(1): 181'K /
Table: -2,900$ / Hands Played Today: 19 / Total Hands Played: 20747 /
(Day's End Blackjack 21)
Total Bank: 180,340$ / Net Gain Today: 1,480$ / Drops(6)&Roulette(1): 1,600$ /
Tables: -120$ / Hands Played Today: 53 / Total Hands Played: 2722 /
(Postscript)
   Net gains are down today not only because of the late start, but also didn't hit the roulette wheel on either game for one of the large amounts....60K on Poker, and 400$ on Blackjack 21, but my health is more important to me than a couple of online games....silly of me I know....

(07:30 UTC-4)
   Found a 200/100 blind table right off....a short table but a good table....won a few small pots....lost a nice pot....river straight beat my trip Kings....later was forced all-in to protect my trip nines....won a nicer pot....covered my earlier losses....and all my calls and blinds....plus a little....31 hands played....16+ & 10K+ missions completed....5,700$ now in the bank....
(09:35 UTC -4)
   Decided to take another shot at Poker.....good table right off lost one nice pot a better straight....won a few small post....one on quad 8's....could get much action....20 minutes played....enter from above a kamikaze....exit stage left, The Madtrollie....28 hands....2/5 on slot spins....down 2,420$....played a little looser then usually, but caught a bunch of good hole cards and payed to see the flop, flop missed more than hit....but it's really great to be able to find a table with no fuss, even on the weekends....
   Three games of Crescent....all in the 70 range....all with at least 1 foundation pile complete....just a bunch of average hands....no Fall Spades or Blackjack 21 as of yet....
( I did do some tinkering with the arrangement of the blog....dropped 1 post from the main section but you can still see the old posts....archive still at the bottom....added a link or two.....re-arranged the left column, and probably something I forgot....)
(11:29  UTC-4)
   First trip to a Blackjack 21 table....First 5 hands....2 blackjacks, 2 wins on dealer busts, 1 loss....11 minutes played....19 hands....10 winners....3 Blackjacks....5 dealer busts....up 35$....First game of Fall Spades....two 14 bid hands....won 1 lost 1 (my fault)....normal crazy hands....winner....518 w/ 8 bags....
   Have added to left side bar "Trollie's current guidelines for Blackjack 21"....its the principles I play by....they work for me....
(13:43 UTC-4)
   Second trip to a Blackjack 21 table....I don't know exactly where the dealer was drawing from but from mine point of view that smelled bad....19 hands played.....dealer only busted once....and that was I a hand that I had Aces paired and split....other then those two wins, I only won 3 hands....all on blackjacks....unbelievable....oy gavalt....down 65$
   Went to the Poker tables for the third time today....got a good table as I judge tables....when I did catch good hole cards, there totally missed the flop....once I had an unsuited 2/10....folded....a 2 on the flop....and a 2 on the river....had was won by 2 pair....but other then that....just never had a hand...16 hands played....2,000$ left on table, all from blinds and calls of blinds....
   Even so coming off a couple of disappointing trips to both games....it is what it is....sometimes you eat the bear and sometimes the bear eats you....if you couldn't lose....it won't be much fun playing....
   Hand my best game of the 5 Crescents I've played so far today....87/104 and 4 completed foundation piles....and the way this day is going I'll take it....
(16:12 UTC-4)
   Third trip to a Blackjack-21 table....10 minutes played....all bets my usual 10$....17 hands....7 wins....2 blackjacks (back to back)....one other 21 (a push)....dealer 2 total pushes....3 dealer busts....
up 10$.....the only way the math works is if 1 of the hands counter was when I entered the table with the hand in progress or the hand I exited without a bet and the 10$ up is from the 2 blackjacks....
   A very pedestrian game of Fall Spades for a change....6 hand winner....515 pts.....5 bags....another mediocre Crescent....74/104 with 1 completed foundation pile.....a Freecell clear in 6 minutes & 4 seconds....& a Clock clear in 2 minutes and 28 seconds....neither of the last two were my best times....but a clear is a clear....
(17:46 UTC-4)
   Blackjack 21 sessions like the fourth of the day makes me glad, very glad, I'm not playing for real stakes....10 minutes played....18 hands....4 wins....2 pushes....3 dealer busts....down 70$....most of the time I was getting garbage hands....12's, 13's or 14's....dealer would have a 2 to 6 showing and more often then not made a hand....the majority of the time I had a 17 to 20....dealer had a better hand....short table....even if you throw out the 2 pushes I only won 25% of hands played....oy vey....sometimes my tactics work....and then there was this session....
(21:09 UTC-4)
(Day's End Poker)
Total Bank:102.242'M / Net Gain Today: 282'K / Drops(6)&Roulette(2): 281'K /
Tables&Slots: +1,280$ / Hands Played Today: 75 / Total Hands Played: 20728 /
(Day's End Blackjack 21)
Total Bank:178,860$ / Net Gain Today: 1,810$ / Drops(6)&Roulette(2): 1900$ /
Tables: -90$ / Hands Played Today: 73 / Total Hands Played: 2,669 /
(Postscript)
   My play tomorrow will be some what truncated....I have one of my twice yearly appointments with my doctor....should be routine but it's scheduled for early tomorrow morning....and may make a stop on the way back to do a little shopping....may not log on before I have to go out....