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*[Yesterday's Sims&Solitaire Results]*<[24/7 Games.com]>..Spades: four games played consisting of a total of 40 hands played..[1] nine hand played:"we" 524 pts. + 14 bags [-100 pts.] + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 174 pts. + 4 bags + set thrice..[2] ten hands played:"we" 515 pts. + 15 bags [-100 pts.] + set once + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 378 pts. + 8 bags + set thrice + 1 made nil bid..[3] eleven hands played:"we" 557 pts. + 17 bags:[vs]:"they" 225 pts. + 5 bags + set twice + 1 made nil bid..[1st hand..a 14 bid.."they" set..[4] ten hands played:"we" 533 pts. + 13 bags [-100 pts.] + set once + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 238 pts. + 8 bags + set thrice..["we" made 59 bags in the four games played..the vast majority by my computer generated partner..who I refer to as my "artificial idiot"]....Hearts: four games played..[1] a 10 pt. win..[2] an 11 pt. win..[3] made a successful "moon shot" on the first hand & blocked an opponent's "moon shot" a 15 pt. win..[4] a 10 pt. win....<[Just Solitaire]>..Crescent: four games played..[1] 52/104 w/0 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[2] 71/104 w/1 of the 8 foundation piles completed.. [4] 81/104 w/4 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[3] 102/104 w/7 of the 8 foundation piles completed....Clock: two games were cleared in:[01:28]&[01:47]....Freecell: two games were cleared in:[03:56]&[04:06]....<[World of Solitaire]>..Aces Up[relaxed]: failed to clear any of the three games played[best:[42/48]:]..Eight Off[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played[52/52]..Fan[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played[52/52]..Fort[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played[104/104]..one of the games was cleared on the 2nd of the 3 allowable turns thru the deck..Josephine[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played[104/104]..one of the games was cleared on the 1st of the 2 allowable turns thru the deck..Klondike[turn 1]: only cleared two of the three games played[52/52]..Seahaven Towers[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played[52/52]..Tri-Peaks[hidden]: failed to clear any of the three games played[best:[51/52[3x]:]..that makes nine straight fails on a game that I usually clear over 50% of the nine..last six games have been [51/52]..??....

*[06:33 UTC-4]*[Today's Live Game[s] Results]*<[Facebook]>..Poker:[04:03]: picked up the awaiting drop(w/ad.) for "44K house money" & the/usual other tasks to run time off the "drop clock"..:[05:00]..seven tables..all really only five..all were of the 1K/.5K variety..on all I put my 125K-max-buy-in on the "felt".."heads up" to very briefly a six handed game but most hands were either three or four handed..I'm coming to the conclusion that I must have masochist tendencies because I kept playing on the weekends..I keep doing the same thing and expecting different results..truth be told I have made some of my biggest pots on a weekend when I was catching and caught the right hand at the right time..but not this day..the few good hands I did catch either got beat by a rivered card..or three times going to the turn or river with trips..got a visit mid-hand from the reaper..oy vey..../....a very typical weekend style of play..pot-pushing/continuation betting..any-two-carders..massive pocket Ace/any pair/any paint pre-flop bets..a couple of protected "Mano a Mano" brawls..more ersatz table captains then as we would have said back in the "then you could shake a stick at"..and of course what would it be like if there weren't multiple bouts of "My pair is bigger than Your's is"..just pure mayhem..and me not catching squat..1st table..flopped a pair "heads up"..never saw the river..a visit from the "Reaper"..[0 hands played]..2nd/3rd/4th table..1st hand I played..flopped trips..got beat by a runner-runner straight..after a couple of hands an aforementioned "Mano a Mano" occurred and in it's wake a table captain emerged..got a visit from the "Reaper"..back to the lobby..and landed on the same table..played a few hands..same style..exited to the lobby..and got put back on the same accursed table..left with out playing a hand..[2 pots/27 hands played]..5th table..got bounced by the "Reaper" mid-hand with trips..[3 hands played]..6th table..finally a couple players I've been at many tables before..a couple of the "Ladies of Poker"..and just wasn't catching..did manage to win a small pot with a pair..and a halfway decent pot with a straight..[13 hands played]..7th table..an any two carder..won pot on a pair..and had flopped a set of Fives w/ an Ace kicker..[Ace/Five in the pocket]..and was slow playing the any two carder..and the "Reaper" got me during the play of the turn..[11 hands played]..and to add insult to injury the "Reaper" got me once during a slot spin..ergo..:{stats}:..42 minutes played..99 minutes off the "drop clock"..58 hands played..5 wins..one for every 11.6 hands played..left 43,475 on the tables..barely covered by the mornings "house money"..but picked up 600$ from seven goes at the "one armed-bandit"....Video Poker Live: well the hits just keep coming today..another bad run for the 2x modifier as/always..10 hands@50K/hand on the Tens or Better machine..dropped 200K chips..but I had taken a drop@10:37 UTC-4..got the modifier..went back @10:58 and no modifier..so re-set is somewhere between those two times.."Current Bank" now stands@45,325'M chips....Day's End Poker: Total Bank: 672.2'M / Net Gain Today: 573.4'K / Drops[6]&Roulette[2]: 616'K / Tables[7]&Slots[7]: -42,575$ / Hands Played Today: 58 / Total Hands Played: 61,804 / [[notes]: 6 drops@44K & 2 roulette spins: 1@198K & 1@154K]....[18:57 UTC-4]....