Tollie's Game Room

Friday, October 30, 2020

*[05:50 UTC-4]*[+32*F_w/windchill:+22*F_mostly cloudy_winds out of the Northwest@14 mph_barometer:29.93"/\_today's hi/lo:+38*F/+22"F]*[Today on MadTrollie*[Chant]*[Telemann

*[From the Tables]*..as/of:[04:57 UTC-4]:..Both Poker&Blackjack 21" are still down..../....Video Poker Live: first go at the bonuses this morning..hit both the "Happy Bonus' & "Instant Bonus" with the 2x modifier for the top values..1'M-coins & 400K-coins respectively..../....24/7 Games.com: after what they did to "Spades" with the Halloween motif against my better judgement had to look at what they did to "Chess"..I prefer to play with the typical/traditional set..Pawns: multi-color candy corn..Rooks: witches' hats..Knights: skulls..Bishops: bats.. Queens: ghosts & Kings: pumpkins..oy gavalt..as/of.."Poker&Blackjack-21 still down..../....as/of:[17:39 UTC-4]: "Poker"&"Blackjack"..if they are not up back tomorrow it will be 7 days since they were..and although I hope that they will return..I am going to re-do the layout as if they will not..and if they ever do than fit them back in..at least for now have no plans to remove the 'Glossary of Poker Terms" as eventually I will find another site..but we shall see tomorrow..../....[17:44 UTC-4]..../....

*[Yesterday's Sim/Solitaire Results]*<[24/7 Games.com]>..Spades: five games played consisting of a total of 45 hands played..[1] six hands played:"we" 545 pts. + 5 bags + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 121 pts. + 1 bag + set once + 1 failed nil bid..[this game was played on "Halloween Spades"..same game mechanics just different graphics.."Hearts&Diamonds" in a very annoying pale pastel orange..hard for these old eyes to seen]..[2] ten hands played:"we" 579 pts. + 9 bags + set once + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 259 pts. + 9 bags + set twice..[3] eleven hands played:"we" 549 pts. + 9 bags + set once + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 229 pts. + 9 bags + set once + 1 made & 2 failed nil bids..[4] seven hands played:"we" 506 pts. + 6 bags + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 54 pts. + 4 bags + set four times + 1 made nil bid..[1st hand.."their" nil made..2nd hand..a 14 bid.."they" set..3rd hand..a 14 bid.."they" set.."they" set 2 of the three next hands..7th hand..my nil made..a very "busy" game]..[5] nine hands played:"we" 500 pts. + 10 bags [-100 pts.] + set once + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 107 pts. + 7 bags + set once + 1 failed nil bid..[9th hand.."my" nil made.."they" set..partner bagged]....<[Just Solitaire]>..Crescent: eight games played..[2] 63/104 w/0 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[4] 78/104 w/3 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[3] 79/104 w/3 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[5] 85/104 w/3 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[8] 86/104 w/2 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[7] 102/104 w/7 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[1]&[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:[44/48]:]..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]: only cleared two of the three games played[104/104]..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]: cleared all of the three games played[52/52]..Seahaven Towers[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played[52/52]..Tri-Peaks[hidden]: only cleared one of the three games played[52/52]..../....

*[]*[Today's Live Game Results]*<[Facebook]>..Video Poker Live: an odd sort of run for the 2x modifier..as/usual 10 hands@50K-coins/hand on the "Tens or Better" machine..down 150K-coins..pretty typical except that I only lost three hands & made 7 pairs..??..spin the "Jackpot Wheel" for 30'K-coins.."Current Bank" now stands@98'M-coins..100'M-coins is in reach..../....

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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