(07:07 UTC-5)
(+10*F....+4*F w/wind-chill....fair....winds from S/S/E at 3 mph)
   I finally realized that I've gotten myself in to a "rut" so to speak....a routine if you will....well part of that isn't going to change....most days I'll still probably get up around the same time....and "hit the tables" early....At one time Poker was "the game"....I've been playing the site for about a year....but lately....it's been take a "chair"....get the 16+ hands mission so you can get the "fast clock" for drops/roulette....and the 10K+ cash mission and except for scoring the drops and roulette that was it....I was playing the "game within the game" very well....but I really wasn't "playing the GAME".....there was a time that I would play multiple times pre-day....and sometimes as much as 2 hours at a time....probably will not start doing that....but I do intend to play more than I have been....
   So that being said....took a "seat" to play some Poker....1000/500 blind table....125K max buy-in....auto re-buy engaged (not that I probably will need it but....???....)....a pretty typical table....more pot building than pot pushing....some all-ins....but not before the flop....very short table for the majority of the session....usually 3 or 4 players....a few hands "heads up".....once in a while 5 or 6....by the time the 16+ banner came down I already had the 10K+ mission in tow....but my stack was shrinking....caught a nice hand....got back a small bit of the "red ink"....and started catching better pockets....hit a few flops and before long was in the black....won a very nice pot....on a hand I'd only play from a blind....2/9 unsuited....flopped 2 pair....and the river built me a "house".....a weird one but a house non-the-less....3's full of 9's....ergo....41 minutes played....56 hands played....took an extra 3,119$ from the table when I left....not a king's ransom to be sure....but I really enjoyed the "GAME" and off to:....just decided mostly on a whim to relegate Blackjack 21 to the "Other Games Played" category....I've said many times before blackjack just is not my game....
(15:30 UTC-5)
(Summary of Other Games Played)
[On Facebook}
1) Blackjack 21....10 minutes played....18 hands played....a 2 or 3 player table....7 wins....1 blackjack....1 split (lost both hands)....2 doubles (lost both)....1 dealer bust....down 25$....Start of Day Bank: 536,765$....End of Day Bank: 537,610$
2) Fall Spades: 2 games played....[game 1]....11 hands played...."we" 535 pts. + 5 bags + set twice + nil bid made....vs...."they" 256 pts. + 6 bags + set four times + 1 nil bid made....[game 2]....11 hands played...."we" 510 pts + 10 bags (-100 pts.) + set once + 1 nil bid made....vs...."they" 74 pts. + 14 bags (-100 pts.) + set twice + 1 nil bid failed....
3) Mahjong FRVR: 15 puzzles solved....11 puzzles including  puzzle of the day at the "normal level"....3 puzzles solved at the "casual level".....&....1 puzzle solved at the "challenging level"....
4) Video Poker Live: Start Bank: 617.4 million chips....End Bank: 655.2 million chips....
[On Just Solitaire]
1) Crescent: 4 games played....[two best]....102/104 w/ 7 of the 8 foundation piles completed....&....104/104 w/ all foundation piles completed....
[ On World of Solitaire]
1) Aces up(relaxed): failed to clear any of the 5 games played....best....45/48....
2) Eight Off(relaxed): 4 of the 5 games played cleared....52/52....
3) Klondike(turn 1): 2 of the 5 games played cleared....52/52....
4) Tri-Peaks(hidden): 3 of the 5 games played cleared....52/52....
5) Josephine(relaxed): all 5 games played cleared....104/104....2 of the  games cleared on first turn through the deck....
(20:10 UTC-5)
[Day's End Poker]
Total Bank: 198.7'M / Net Gain Today: 507'K / Drops(6)&Roulette(2): 504'K /
Table(1) + 3,119$ / Hands Played Today: 56 / Total Hands Played: 24,064 /