(06:25 UTC-5)
   On the earlier side of the normal time this morning....but just a little....+15*F....+10*F w/wind-chill....winds 5 mph....from the W/S/W....
   And off for another day of online game playing ( and maybe a short walk later on what promises to be a calm day weather wise)....
   Took a "chair" to play some poker....1000/500 blind table....a "short table" never more than 6....and that was very brief....mostly 4 or 5 players....and at times as few as two....character of the table was in constant flux....when I took my "seat" high stack on the table had over 1 million chips....(wonder how long he had to play to accumulate that much)....a short end of session shoot  out and he was gone....a little bit of everything....no kamikaze....but some post-flop all-ins....and a few who would play "follow the leader".....a small stack arrived.....(minimum buy-in....25K).....type that has to prove he's the toughest kid on the block....now I'll "play" with that type normally.....but I have to catch a hand....and there in lies today's problem....didn't catch much....and when I did....no joy on the flop....did win enough small/blind pots to complete the 10K+ mission....but on a short table....you practically "live" in the "blinds".....ergo....31 minutes played....42 hands played...left 3,265 on the table and off to Blackjack 21....
   Took my "place" at again a rather short table with a bunch of comings and goings....1 hand of 4 but the rest of the time a 2/3 player table....some good hands....some average hands....and the usual selection of shmattah....only bright side was that the dealer wasn't having a great day....otherwise I'd been in for a beating....ergo....10 minutes played....17 hands....7 wins....1 other 21....2 pushes....6 dealer busts....&....0$....a flat footed tie....
(17:26 UTC-5)
(Summary of Other Games Played Today)
(On "Facebook")
1) Fall Spades: 2 games played....(game one)....3 hands...."we" 183 pts. + 3 bags....vs...."they" -220 pts. + set three times....(game 2)....11 hands played...."we" 496 pts. + 16 bags (-100 pts.) + 1 failed nil bid....vs...."they" -225 pts. + 5 bags + set seven times....
2) Mahjong FRVR: 10 puzzles solved at the "normal level".....puzzle of the day solved at the casual level....
3) Video Poker Live: Start of Day Bank: 407.4 million chips....End of Day Bank: 426.3 million chips....
(On "World of Solitaire")
1) Aces Up(relaxed): 2 of 5 games played cleared....48/48....
2) Tri-Peaks(hidden): 2 of 5 games played cleared....52/52....
3) Klondike(turn 1): 1 of 5 games played cleared....52/52....
4) Eight Off(relaxed): all 5 games played cleared....52/52....
5) Josephine(relaxed): all 5 games played cleared.....104/104....one of the games cleared with only one time through the deck
(On "Just Solitaire")
1) Crescent: 3 games played....none of which was any better than mediocre.....71/104 w/ only 2 of the 8 foundation piles completed....
(19:56 UTC-5)
(Day's End Poker)
Total Bank: 192'M / Net Gain Today: 395.7'K / Drops(7)&Roulette(2): 399'K /
Table(1): -3,265$ / Hands Played Today: 42 / Total Hands Played: 23,753 /
(Day's End Blackjack 21)
Total Bank: 516,095$ / Net Gain Today: 1,700$ / Drops(8)&Roulette(1): 1,700$ /
Table(1) 0$ / Hands Played Today: 17 / Total Hands Played: 7,628 /