(06:32 UTC-5)
   Pretty normal start time....+42*F....+39* "feels like".....cloudy....rain has stopped....and down to business....
   Took my "chair" at a 1000/500 blind table....and thought I had either "walked" in on an "over the top battle royal or the rumble scene from "West Side Story"....absolute chaos....if there wasn't a pre-flop all-in....the usually was one some where in play....the occasional lull....but maybe the term "ceasefire" would be better....problem was it seemed that every  time I caught promising pocket cards....there was a "melee".....and when there was calm....you got it....the MadTrollie had shmattah....rats....did manage to win a blind and a small pot...and the 10K+ mission....but with all the comings and goings that are present at a table like that....as few as 2 and as many as 7....changing virtually every hand....too many blinds for me.....should have taken my missions and run....but hope springs eternal....and I kept looking for a great hand....and after 20 minutes decided it wasn't going to happen today....27 hands played....down 12,465$....and off to play so Blackjack 21....
   Five straight times I tried for a table...and got "placed" at a "ghost" table....and beat a haste retreat....the sixth time....same deal....but at least there were two actual players....so threw in the towel  and took a "chair"....for the majority of the time there were 3 playing at the table....briefly 2....and a couple of hands....just me and the dealer....just my all to typical fare of a few decent hands and the rest scraped from the stable floor....good grief....ergo....10 minutes played....15 hands ( by the game counter on the stats page, but the math says: 13 hands played)....6 wins....1 blackjack....4 dealer busts....down -5....Obviously not the session(s) I hoped for....but not as bad as some I've endured....and off to a day of surfing the net....and a whole bunch of solitaire....
(17:30 UTC-5)
(Summary of Other Games Played Today)
(On "Facebook")
1) Fall Spades: {one game}....9 hands played...."we" 547 pts. + 7 bags + set once + 1 nil bid made....vs...."they" 302 pts. + 12 bags (-100 pts.) + set once + 1 failed nil....
2) Mahjong FRVR: only 2 puzzles solved.....puzzle of the day solved at the casual level....& the other puzzle solved at the "normal level"....
3) Video Poker Live: Start Bank: 288.7 million chips....Day's End Bank: 300.4 million chips....
(On "Just Solitaire")
1) Crescent: 2 games played....1st....84/104 w/ 1 out of 8 foundation piles completed....2nd....81/104 w/ 4 foundation piles completed....
(On "World of Solitaire")
1) Aces Up(relaxed): failed to clear any of the 8 games played....best game 46/48....
2) Klondike(turn 1): 5 of the 8 games played cleared....52/52....
3) Josephine(relaxed): all of the 8 games played cleared....104/104....with 2 games cleared with only one turn through the deck....
4) Tri-Peaks(hidden): 6 of the 8 games played cleared....52/52....
(20:21 UTC-5)
(Day's End Poker)
Total Bank: 186.6'M / Net Gain Today: 638.5'K / Drops(7)&Roulette(2): 651'K /
Table(1): -12,465$ / Hands Played Today: 27 / Total Hands Played: 23,582 /
(Day's End Blackjack 21)
Total Bank: 501,795$ / Net Gain Today: 3,095$ / Drops(7)&Roulette(2): 3,100$ /
Table(1): -5$ / Hands Played Today: 15 / Total Hands Played: 7,532 /