[06:49 UTC-4]
[+34*F....+27*F w/wind-chill....fair....winds out of the west @ 8 mph....]
"Up and at 'um" as we used to say back in the day [grew up rural] at the usual time....and off to Poker....or at least that's what I thought....what I found only vaguely resembled poker....the usual 1000/500 blind table....so I took a "chair" at what was a 3 player table [at times a table of 4] & placed my 125K max-buy-in on the said "table"....big stack 400'K+.....me....and a 50K stack....who preceded to go all-in pre-flop on virtually every hand....for a brief time there were no "takers'....just a series of folds....me thunk....maybe he'll just go away....on one hand he folded pre-flop....I caught a hand....flopped 2 pair....a board pair and hit one of my pocket cards....[actually end up with "3 pairs".....when the river paired my pocket Ace] and won a small pot....a small pot to be sure...but a pot in-excess of 10K....one mission accomplished....but then the big stack decided to play....only thought about joining once....pocket Kings....but not seriously.....and the all-inner went on a hot streak and eventually busted the big stack out....and because of the dang auto-re-buy was back with a min-buy-in [25K] and the carnage continued....the 16+ hands played banner appeared....but on a vain hope that the silliness would cease....played a couple more hands....it didn't....so I didn't....play any more hands that is....ergo....9 minutes played....19 hands played [that's a hand every 28.4 seconds....oy vey].....left 4,350$ on the table....[no slots....but at that pace of play wouldn't have had time to play any slots if I had wanted to]....IMNSHO....what I observed is not poker....and I really can't call it "Russian Roulette" either....because in truth there is nothing at stake except faux money....I try to make sense of that style and the only sense I can make of it is...."non-sense"....
[16:00 UTC-4]
[Mahjong FRVR[Facebook]
1] Casual level: solved two puzzle today....
2] Normal Level: solved two puzzles today....including "Puzzle of the Day"....
3] Challenging Level: solved two puzzles today....made 3 attempts to solve the "Puzzle of the Day"....just couldn't "crack it" so....[see above]
[note]: I've been playing Mahjong FRVR since last summer....as of today I have solved all the puzzles from May 1st, 2016 thru today's puzzle....
[16:45 UTC-4]
["The Old Warhorses"]
1] Fall Spades[Facebook]: three games played today....[1st game]....10 hands played...."we" 328 pts. + 18 bags [-100 pts.] + 1 made nil bid + 1 failed nil bid....vs...."they" -96 pts. + 4 bags + set twice + 1 failed nil....[2nd game]....10 hands played...."we" 504 pts. + 14 bags [-100 pts.] + set once + 2 made nil bids....vs...."they" 456 pts. + 6 bags + set twice....[a back and forth game the whole way....I made a nil bid on the last hand to seal the win]....[3rd hand]...."we" 551 pts. + 14 bags [-100 pts.] + set twice + 1 made nil bid....vs...."they" 98 pts. + 8 bags + set four times + 1 mad nil bid....
[17:15 UTC-4]
["The Rotation on World of Solitaire]
1] Aces Up{relaxed]: was not able to clear any of the three games played today....best game....45/48....
2] Tri-Peaks[hidden]: was able to clear two of the three games played today....52/52....
3] Klondike[turn 1] was able to clear two of the three games played today....52/52....
4] Fan{relaxed]: was able to clear all of the three games played today....52/52....
5] Eight Off[relaxed]: was able to clear all of the three games played today....52/52....
6] Josephine[relaxed]: was able to clear all of the three games played today....104/104
[[note] didn't play as much as I usually do but had errands that had to be run today]
[20:30 UTC-4]
[Day's End Poker]
Total Bank: 246.7'M / Net Gain Today: 289.7'K / Drops[6]&Roulette[2]: 296'K /
Table[1] -4,350$ / Hands Played Today: 19 / Total Hands Played: 27,227 /
[[PS] 4 drops @21 s/ads....2 drops @42 w/ads....2 roulette spins @63'K....
[+34*F....+27*F w/wind-chill....fair....winds out of the west @ 8 mph....]
"Up and at 'um" as we used to say back in the day [grew up rural] at the usual time....and off to Poker....or at least that's what I thought....what I found only vaguely resembled poker....the usual 1000/500 blind table....so I took a "chair" at what was a 3 player table [at times a table of 4] & placed my 125K max-buy-in on the said "table"....big stack 400'K+.....me....and a 50K stack....who preceded to go all-in pre-flop on virtually every hand....for a brief time there were no "takers'....just a series of folds....me thunk....maybe he'll just go away....on one hand he folded pre-flop....I caught a hand....flopped 2 pair....a board pair and hit one of my pocket cards....[actually end up with "3 pairs".....when the river paired my pocket Ace] and won a small pot....a small pot to be sure...but a pot in-excess of 10K....one mission accomplished....but then the big stack decided to play....only thought about joining once....pocket Kings....but not seriously.....and the all-inner went on a hot streak and eventually busted the big stack out....and because of the dang auto-re-buy was back with a min-buy-in [25K] and the carnage continued....the 16+ hands played banner appeared....but on a vain hope that the silliness would cease....played a couple more hands....it didn't....so I didn't....play any more hands that is....ergo....9 minutes played....19 hands played [that's a hand every 28.4 seconds....oy vey].....left 4,350$ on the table....[no slots....but at that pace of play wouldn't have had time to play any slots if I had wanted to]....IMNSHO....what I observed is not poker....and I really can't call it "Russian Roulette" either....because in truth there is nothing at stake except faux money....I try to make sense of that style and the only sense I can make of it is...."non-sense"....
[16:00 UTC-4]
[Mahjong FRVR[Facebook]
1] Casual level: solved two puzzle today....
2] Normal Level: solved two puzzles today....including "Puzzle of the Day"....
3] Challenging Level: solved two puzzles today....made 3 attempts to solve the "Puzzle of the Day"....just couldn't "crack it" so....[see above]
[note]: I've been playing Mahjong FRVR since last summer....as of today I have solved all the puzzles from May 1st, 2016 thru today's puzzle....
[16:45 UTC-4]
["The Old Warhorses"]
1] Fall Spades[Facebook]: three games played today....[1st game]....10 hands played...."we" 328 pts. + 18 bags [-100 pts.] + 1 made nil bid + 1 failed nil bid....vs...."they" -96 pts. + 4 bags + set twice + 1 failed nil....[2nd game]....10 hands played...."we" 504 pts. + 14 bags [-100 pts.] + set once + 2 made nil bids....vs...."they" 456 pts. + 6 bags + set twice....[a back and forth game the whole way....I made a nil bid on the last hand to seal the win]....[3rd hand]...."we" 551 pts. + 14 bags [-100 pts.] + set twice + 1 made nil bid....vs...."they" 98 pts. + 8 bags + set four times + 1 mad nil bid....
[17:15 UTC-4]
["The Rotation on World of Solitaire]
1] Aces Up{relaxed]: was not able to clear any of the three games played today....best game....45/48....
2] Tri-Peaks[hidden]: was able to clear two of the three games played today....52/52....
3] Klondike[turn 1] was able to clear two of the three games played today....52/52....
4] Fan{relaxed]: was able to clear all of the three games played today....52/52....
5] Eight Off[relaxed]: was able to clear all of the three games played today....52/52....
6] Josephine[relaxed]: was able to clear all of the three games played today....104/104
[[note] didn't play as much as I usually do but had errands that had to be run today]
[20:30 UTC-4]
[Day's End Poker]
Total Bank: 246.7'M / Net Gain Today: 289.7'K / Drops[6]&Roulette[2]: 296'K /
Table[1] -4,350$ / Hands Played Today: 19 / Total Hands Played: 27,227 /
[[PS] 4 drops @21 s/ads....2 drops @42 w/ads....2 roulette spins @63'K....
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