Tollie's Game Room

Monday, October 26, 2020

*[05:23 UTC-4]*[+40*F_rain showers_winds out of the w/s/w@2_humidity:94%_barometer:30,17"\/_today's hi/lo:+50*F/+34*F_rain to continue throughout the day until around 19:00 this evening]*[Today on MadTrollie*[Chant]*[Bach]*[Pop]*]*

[From the Tables]: as/of:[05:14]:..got a late start this morning but I have all three of the live games I play off "Facebook" on the same bookmark so I load all three at the same time in separate tabs to make sync-ing drops easier.."Poker" didn't load..dang..down again.."Blackjack 21"..same deal..well during the change over to the new format on "Facebook" a couple of times I couldn't access my live games.."Video Poker Live"..loaded..now both "Poker" & "Blackjack 21" are "Super Happy Fun Time" games..but don't remember ever seen them both down at the same time..ergo..??..have not guess one what's going on..but will check back periodically throughout the day....as/of:[11:19]: both games are both down..have a sinking feeling that there may be a major issue..??..now truth be told if "Blackjack 21" doesn't return I in all likelihood will not go looking for another game of 21..but "Poker" let's wait and see....Day's End: as/of 19:03 UTC-4..both "Poker" & "Blackjack-21" are still done..so have decided to call it a night..will try again on the morrow....[19:08 UTC-4]....

*[06:10 UTC-4]*[Yesterday's Sim%Solitaire Results]*<[24/7 Games.com]>..Spades: six games played consisting of a total of 48 hands played..[1] 529 pts. + 9 bags + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 127 pts. + 7 bags + set once..[2] five hands played:"we" 306 pts. + 6 bags:[vs]:"they" -210 pts. + 0 bags + set four times..[3rd hand..only hand "they" didn't "set"..had a chance to set "them" & decided not to to save bags]..[3] seven hands played:"we" seven hands played:"we" 542 pts. + 12 bags [-100 pts.]:[vs]:"they" 86 pts. + 6 bags + set thrice..[4th hand..a 14 bid.."they" set]..[4] ten hands played:"we" 523 pts. + 13 bags [-100 pts.]:[vs]:"they" -118 pts. + 8 bags + set five times..[5] nine hands played:"we" 563 pts. + 3 bags + set once + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 437 pts. + 17 bags [-100 pts.] + 1 made nil bid..[1st hand..a double nil bid..both "sides" made nil]..[6] ten hands played:"we" 514 pts. + 14 bags [-100 pts.]:[vs]:"they" 303 pts. + 3 bags + set once + 1 made & 1 failed nil bids..[after the 8th hand a very close game..both sides with over 400 pts..9th hand.."they set"..10th hand.."they" failed a nil bid]....<[Just Solitaire]>..Crescent: six games played..[4] 62/104 w/1 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[5] 62/104 w/2 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[1] 65.104 w/1 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[3] 82/104 w/2 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[2] 95/104 w/7 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[6] 104/104 w/all of the 8 foundation piles completed....<[World of Solitaire]>..Aces Up[relaxed]: failed to clear any of the three games played[best:[38/48]:]..Eight Off[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played[52/52]..Fan[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played[52/52]..one game was cleared by moving only Kings to open tableau spaces..Fort[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played[104/104]..Josephine[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played[104/104]..Klondike[turn 1]: failed to clear any of the three games played[best[7/52]:]..Seahaven Towers[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played[52/52]..one game was cleared in:[01:58]:w/88 moves..Tri-Peaks[hidden]: cleared all of the three games played[52/52]....

*[11:29 UTC-4]*[Today's Live Game Results]*<[Facebook]>..Video Poker Live: made the normal daily run for the 2x modifier..as/usual 10 hands@50K-coins/hand on the "Tens or Better" machine..4 pairs..1 2-pair & a first hand full boat(300K-coins]..got the 2x modifier + 100K-coins to boot..100K-coins on the "Jackpot Wheel"..and odd 10K-coins so bet@5K-coins/hand..took 4 hands to lose the 10K-coins..with the other two live games down for taken more frequent trips to the bonuses than/usual.."Current Bank" stands@88.9'M-coins....

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(Both the Poker and Blackjack 21, that are mentioned in this blog are games by "Super Happy Fun Time)

(This is just commentary on my journeys around online gaming, truth be told with few exceptions I play mostly solitaire games.....the two notable exception at present is a "free" poker site and a "free" blackjack site....please note.......no real money changes hands....just faux game money)

(comments reviewed before posting )

( my only association with any of the games I have listed links for or mentioned here is because I play the games....the opinions are my own)

(This is my logbook if you will of my play...it's mostly for me....but if it helps anyone then that's okay too)

(I tend to post sometimes several times a day.....rather then start a new post.....I just edit the existing post and tack on to it....I generally post for the last time during the day between 20:00 UTC-5 & 21:30 UTC-5)

Glossary of Terms Spades

A game: made up of several hands, collect 500 points and you win....you can also win regardless of you're score if your opponents score -200 points or more

Bags: if you as a team take more tricks then you bid, you get 1 bag for each trick over, collect 10 and you lose 100 points

Bid: before a hand is played, based on the cards you hold, now many tricks you can win

Hand: players play one card each high card in suit takes the hand unless a trump is played and then high trump wins the hand, 13 tricks per hand

Lay of the cards: how the cards are dealt on any given hand

Nil Bid: a bid of nil......your intent to not take a trick in a hand, +100 points if you succeed, -100 points if you take even 1 trick

Over bid hand: there are 13 tricks per hand.....if the bids total 14 or more....one team will go back...maybe both

Set: a team failures to make their bid, their lose 10 points for each bid example team total bid was 7, team took 6 or less tricks....you lose 70 points.....also referred to as "going in the hole" or "going back"

Suits: Spades, Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts

Trick: one round of play in a hand

Trump: in Spades, the spades are always trump, beats everything except a higher trump, can only be played if you don't have the suit lead..must be played if trump is lead.....trump can't be lead until a player trumps in....

Trumping In: playing a trump on a trick when you are out of that suit....but it's the players choice...unless trump is lead...

We/They: as in any partners card game one of the possible names for the 2 teams....I've seen "us" & "them".....and a few others i can't mention here

Glossary of Terms Solitaire

Auto-play: when the next series of moves is obvious, the game may automatically do them.{aka: auto-fill}....

Foundation: where you're trying to more the cards to.....move them all and you win

DECK: from which cards are turned over one at a time

Relaxed: a change in the rules from the standard game to make it play easier..varies from game to game..

Re-Set/Undo: both Just Solitaire and World of Solitaire games have both a re-set and an undo option....re-set takes the game back to the start....undo will remove one move at a time....both can be useful to try other options....

Tableau: where the cards to be moved start the hand