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[+24*F....+17*F w/wind-chill....sunny....winds out of the n/n/e @ 5 mph]
   An interesting first run of Poker....1000/500 blind table....[check]....125K max-buy-in....[check]....as few as 3 players and as many as 7....pretty fluid table....but it seems as soon as one "any-two-carder".....left....another arrived....most of the time a small raise.....2.5 times the big blind or less before the flop I can deal with....provided I have nice pocket cards....and a couple of players who I think watched too much "M.A.S.H".....and pulled a "Hawkeye"....and the classic "Ace bets"....
If I'm "catching" I'll play along....in the course of the 31 minutes played....didn't have a great run of cards....won a few blind/small pots ....mostly with top pair and a kicker....or two pair....only made one "hand!" out of the 33 hands I played [if the hand ain't trips or better....it's not a "hand".....just a bunch of cards]....so i'm "sitting" there with one of my fav set of hole cards....Nine/Nine....with a 2K raise ahead of me....[found later he had an Ace in the hole]....so I called....a three player game....flop comes and one of the cards was another Nine....another 2K bet....another call....now heads up....turn card paired the board....another 2K bet....another call....river....and the other guy checked....decided that a raise would probably only see him fold....and I wanted him to see the hand....and a check....and a decent pot....but other than that....just wasn't "catching"....the blinds were coming....decided to play thru the blinds and unless I caught a hand on the button....I'd be gone....didn't....& was....took an extra 1,512$ from the table and 800$ from 2/5 at  thee slots....and both 16+ & 10K+ missions as well....if I'd been "catching" I might still be at the table....but I wasn't....so I left....
[17:15 UTC-4]
[Summary of the Other Games Played Today]
[The "Old Warhorses"]
1] Fall Spades:[Facebook]: 3 games played....[1st]....12 hands played...."we" 517 pts. + 17 bags [-100 pts] + set twice + 2 nil bids made....vs...."they" 236 pts. + 6 bags + set three times + 2 nil bids....1 made & 1 failed [-100 pts.]....[2nd]....8 hands played...."we" 579 pts. + 9 bags + 1 nil bid made....vs...."they" 305 pts. + 5 bags + set once....[3rd]....7 hands played...."we" 559 pts. + 9 bags + 1 nil bid made....vs...."they" 203 pts. + 3 bags + set three times....
2] Crescent[Just Solitaire]: 3 games played....86/104 w/ 3 of 8 foundation piles completed....99/104 w/ 5 of 8 foundation piles completed....&....102/104 w/ 7 of the 8 foundation piles completed...
3] Clock[Just Solitaire]: cleared all three of the games played today....40/40....
["The Rotation"]
[All games on "World of Solitaire" except Mahjong FRVR on "Facebook"]
1] Mahjong FRVR: 15 puzzles solved today....five each at the three different levels of difficulty...."casual/normal/challenging".....puzzle of the day solved on the "challenging level"
2] Aces Up[relaxed]: failed to clear any of the five games played today....best game....44/48....
3] Tri-Peaks[hidden]: only able to clear two of the five games played today....52/52....
4] Klondike[turn one]: only able to clear two of the five games played today....52/52....
5] Eight Off[relaxed]: able to clear all of the five games played today....52/52....
6] Fan[relaxed]: able to clear all of the five games played today....52/52....
7] Josephine[relaxed]: able to clear all of the five games played today....104/104....two of the five games played today were cleared on the first time through the deck....
[21:00 UTC-4]
[Day's End Poker]
Total Bank: 227.7'M / Net Gain Today: 2,144'K / Drops[7]&Roulette[2]: 2,142'K /
Table[1]&Slots[5]: +2,312$ /Hands Played Today: 33 / Total Hands Played: 26,103 /