{07:50 UTC-4}
{+40*F...."feels like" +34*F....cloudy....winds from the s/s/e @ 9 mph}
   Another day....another morning session of Poker....another day of decent pocket cards....and another day of disagreeableness on the part of the flops/turns/rivers....did manage to win enough small/blind pots to achieve the 10K+ "cash" mission....but that was about all I won....did build one "house"....trip Threes....on the board with a King....and a fifth card ???....King in the pocket....and a split pot....on a few occasions called a small pre-flop raise....had suited connectors....or paint....several times was four to a straight or flush post-flop....called a small push to see the turn....no joy....just not my day....short table and a bunch  of blinds....decent table to the last 10 minutes {+/-}....and then the "any-two-carders" arrive....and just for fun....several times they all dove into the pool after the river {aka: went all-in}....oy vey....ergo....40 minutes played....47 hands played....down 43,275$ left at the table....just not my day....{no slots}
   Decided to take another go at Blackjack 21....took 5 tries to avoid the ghost table w/ the ghost twins....got on a table of 5 and soon discovered it was a table of 4+1....dang another ghost....decided to stay....not aware that the dealer was Rod Serling and I had just entered the "Twilight Zone".....first two hands...,blackjack, 20 {dealer bust}.....3rd hand....table now 3+1....blackjack....than heads up.....blackjack {dealer bust}....next 2 hands "shmattah" dealer busted....7th and last hand {and I do mean "last hand"....dealer beats my 15 w/ a 3 card 20....and I escaped with 65$
   Not only IMNSHO is the game unfairly slanted to the "house" but the game is "falling apart"....down to 20K players from well over 100K players at some point....only one reasonable move on my part Blackjack 21 for me anyways now "sleeps with the fishes".....
[this will force me to make major changes in my layout but so be it....
{16:31 UTC-4}
{Summary of the Other Games Played Today}
{On "Facebook"}
1} Fall Spades: two games played....{first game}....7 hands played...."we" 634 pts. + 4 bags + 1 nil bid made....vs...."they" 6 pts. + 6 bags + set 3 times + 1 nil bid made....{second hand}....8 hands played....featured a 14 bid on the first hand...."they" set...."we" 520 pts. + 10 bags {-100 pts.} + 1 nil bid made....vs...."they" -16 pts. + 4 bags + set three times + 3 nil bids....1 made....2 failed....
2} Mahjong FRVR: only the puzzle of the day solved at the "normal level"....truth be told I tried 5 different times to solve the puzzle and the "challenging level"....and gave up....
3} Video Poker Live: Start Bank: 1.361 billion chips....End Bank: 1.380 billion chips....
{On "Just Solitaire"}
1} Crescent: five games played....one went nowhere....one decent one....2 games 90/104+....&....100/104 w/ 6 of the 8 foundation piles completed....
{On "World of Solitaire"}
1} Aces Up[relaxed}: failed to clear any of the five games played today....best game....43/48....
2} Klondike[turn 1}: cleared three of the five games played today....52/52....
3} Tri-Peaks{hidden}: cleared four of the five games played today....52/52....
4} Fan{relaxed}: cleared all five of the games played today....52/52....
5} Eight Off{relaxed}: cleared all five of the puzzles played today....52/52....
6} Josephine{relaxed}: cleared all five of the puzzles played today....104/104....
{20:30 UTC-4}
{Day's End Poker}
Total Bank: 221'M / Net Gain Today: 166.7'K / Drops{7}&Roulette{1}: 210'K /
Table{1}: -43,275$ / Hands Played Today: 48 / Total Hands Played: 25,778 /
{Postscript}
{Because of my decision to stop playing Blackjack 21....I've done a major overhaul of this blog....I've removed all the texts in the sidebars pertaining to that game ....and re-arrange the order of appearance of other texts....have left the blackjack related cartoons....and have dropped from 7 days of posting to six....}