[07:50 UTC-5]

[+29*F....cloudy....light breeze out of the South at 2 mph]

    Up and at 'em....normal time....but the new normal....rather than "run around" picking up all the free-bees on 4 different sites....went straight to poker....took the Roulette spin that awaited me and....

   I took a "chair" at a 1000/500 blind table (a slight wait....but than it is the weekend).....with zero expectations....I've been known to "bitch" about the number and kind of players at the table....no more (well....maybe....but not today)....1st hand....pocket 6's....chased them a little....made a couple of calls....no joy....next hand....pocket 5's...."trips" on the flop....turn no help....another player with a large raise....thought about it but made the call....rivered the quads....nice pot....and settled in for some Poker....with a nice addition to my stack....loosened up a little....played more hands....and "chased" more than/usual....glanced at the clock a few times....but no said I I'm having too much fun....I'll play around the table one more time....did that a couple of times....lost track of how many times the number of players at the table changed....a couple  of pre-flop all-ins....but player(s) turned out to have pocket pair(s)....one other hand....had a Jack/Eight suited....flop made me 4 to a flush....but there was also a possible straight....just a pot-builder raise from another player....smooth call....I "turned" the flush....the other player "rivered" the straight....went all-in....I had him/she covered....so called....would have called anyways....but one look at the board....no  chance of a straight/flush....and a nice pot....ergo....66 minutes played....64 hands played....took my leave with 47,850$ that I hadn't brought with me....but just had a 'real blast" (as we would have said back in the day)....playing the game....or rather the "GAME" ....because despite what other games I might play....I love me some poker....
[12:24 UTC-5]
   Decided to take another go at Poker....1000/500 blind table....and what I  got was a decent table....and some very nice pocket cards....what I didn't get....save the first hand I played....was a co-operative flop....got to the table....in the small blind....looking at a King/Nine suited....and the flop came with a Ten/Jack/Queen....mixed suits....not knowing the table made 3 straight pot building raises (2.5'K/)....only got a couple of players to call....and a decent pot....and the only pot....if you play long enough....you're going to have a session like that....fluid table....a bunch of blinds....and with the good selection of pocket cards....made a bunch of calls when not in the big blind....but did avoid a chase and a call when the hand just wasn't "there".....ergo....35 minutes played....36 hands played....left 26,025$ on the  table....
[18:51 UTC-5]
[Summary of Other Games Played Today]
[On World of Solitaire]
1] Aces Up[relaxed]: failed to clear any of the five game played today....best game....45/48....
2] Eight Off[relaxed]: cleared four of the five games played today....52/52....
3] Klondike[turn 1]: cleared only one of the five games played today....52/52....
4] Tri-Peaks[hidden]: cleared only one of the five games played today....52/52....
5] Josephine[relaxed] cleared all five games played today....102/102....two games cleared with only one turn through the deck....
[On Facebook]
1] Video Poker Live: Start  Bank: 723 million chips....End Bank: 749.99 million chips....
2] Blackjack 21: 12 minutes played....18 hands played....4 to 5 players at table....18 hands....7 wins....1 blackjack....6 dealer busts....down 25$....Start Bank: 543'K....End Bank: 546.3'....
3] Mahjong FRVR: nine puzzles solved including puzzle of the day at  the "normal level....&....one other puzzle solved at the "challenging level"....
4] Fall Spades: two games played....[first game]....11 hands...."we" 524 pts. + 14 bags [-100 pts.] + set twice + one nil bid made....vs...."they" 147 pts. + 7 bags + set twice + one failed nil bid....[second game]....7 hands played...."we" 519 pts. + 9 bags + one nil bid made....vs...."they" 53 pts. + 3 bags + set thrice....
[On Just Solitaire]
1] Crescent: five games played in the following order....first game played....77/104 w/ 0/8 foundation piles completed....then....86/104 w/ 5 of 8....then 99/104 w/ 7 of 8....then 102/104 w/ 7 of 8....and last game of the day....104/104 w/ all foundation piles completed....just kind of weird how each game was better the one previous....?....
[21:38 UTC-5]
[Day's End Poker]
Total Bank:  201.5'M / Net Gain Today: 462.8'K / Drops(7)&Roulette(2): 441'K /
Tables(2) + 21,825$ / Hands Played Today: 100 / Total Hands Played: 24.224 /