Tollie's Game Room

Sunday, October 11, 2020

*[05:10 UTC-4]*[+42*F_clear_winds:northeast@8_humidity:77%_barometer:30.12"/\_today's hi/lo:+55*F/+40*F]*[Today on MadTrollie*[Chant]*[Lully]*[Albinoni]*[Pop]*]*

*[Yesterday's Sims&Solitaire Results]*<]24/7 Games,com]>..Spades: six games played consisting of a total of 45 hands played..[1] nine hands played:"we" 464 pts. + 14 bags [-100 pts.]:[vs]:"they" -220 pts. + 0 bags + set seven times + 1 made nil bid..[2nd hand..a 15 bid.."they" set..6th hand..a 14 bid.."they" set..[2] ten hands played:"we" 549 pts. + 9 bags + set once + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 384 pts.+ 4 bags + set twice + 1 made nil bid..[1st hand..a double nil bid..both "sides" made their nil bids.."we" partner failed to make the "cover" bid..10th hand..a 14 bid.."they" failed..a close one both sides could have gone out on the last hand]..[3] seven hands played:"we" 506 pts. + 6 bags:[vs]:"they" 353 pts. + 3 bags + set once + 1 made nil bid..[4] nine hands played:"we" 525 pts. + 5 bags:[vs]:"they" 519 pts. + 9 bags..[the closest one I can remember..no "blood" on the card..[5] five hands played:"we" 555 pts. + 5 bags + 3 made nil bids:[vs]:"they" 211 pts. + 11 bags [-100 pts] + set once..[ three made nil bids for the MadTrollie]..[6] seven hands played:"we" 574 pts + 4 bags:[vs]:"they" 45 pts. + 5 bags + set twice..[4th hand..a 15 bid.."they" set]....<[Just Solitaire]>..Crescent: six games played..[4] 58/104 w/0 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[2] 65/104 w/1 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[1] 69/104 w/1 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[6] 75/104 w/0 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[5] 78/104 w/3 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[3] 86/104 w/3 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[[note]: a pretty dismal group of six games]....<[World of Solitaire]>..Aces Up[relaxed]: failed to clear any of the three games played[best:[39/48]:]..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 one of the three games played[104/104]..Josephine[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played[104/104]..Klondike[relaxed]: only cleared one of the three games played[52/52]..Seahaven Towers[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played[52/52]..Tri-Peaks[hidden]: only cleared two of the three games played[52/52]....

*[11:19 UTC-4]*[Today's Live Game(s) Results]*<[Facebook]>..Poker: as/of the time of this posting the game is..you can get to the start page..and then nothing..??....Video Poker Live: to say the least not my best run for the 2x modifier..10 hands@50K coins/hand..as/always on the "Tens or Better" machine..only made a pair twice & one 2-pair..dropped 350K coins.."Current Bank" now stands@68.185'M coins..[[note]..I've been listing values in "chips"..dummkopf..slot machines traditionally took coins..and the game uses the term "coins" not "chips"..I stand corrected....Blackjack 21: another trip to the tables..this one had a poor lost soul caught in the "matrix"..the best hand I made all session..a 2-card 19 got pushed..3 wins/6 loses/1 push..all three wins on dealer busts..down 300$..I never claimed to be a very good blackjack player..and in the context of this game the money ain't real..player to my left..2 sixes..dealer showing Ace..now I would have thought that "common sense" [which I guess isn't at all common]..would indicated a "stand"..he split..and hit both hands into busts..later I had the same hand..dealer showing a Ten..I select "stand"..one of the dealers 3 busts..just saying.."Current Bank" stands@1,111,250$....[13:11 UTC-4]....From the Tables: time to pack it in for the night..still a couple of drops to take on "Blackjack 21" & "Video Poker Live".."Poker" is still down..maybe tomorrow..??....[19:40 UTC-4]....

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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