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[Yesterday's Sim&Solitaire Results]*<[24/7 Games.com]>..Spades: six games played consisting of a total of 46 hands played..[1] eleven hands played:"we" 563 pts. + 13 bags [-100 pts.] + set once + 2 made nil bids:[vs]:"they"  335 pts. + 5 bags + set twice..[2] six games played:"we" 575 pts. + 5 bags + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 214 pts. + 4 bags + set once..[3] seven hands played:"we" 649 pts. + 9 bags + 2 made nil bids:[vs]:"they" 12 pts. + 2 bags + set twice + 1 failed nil bid..[4] six hands played;"we" 509 pts. + 9 bags + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 181 pts. + 1 bag + set once..[5] six hands played:"we" 524 pts. + 4 bags + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" -86 pts. +  4 bags + 1 failed nil bid..[4th hand..a double nil bid.."we(p)" made.."they" failed.."they" also failed the regular bid]..[6] six hands played:"we" 524 pts. + 4 bags + set once + 2 made nil bids:[vs]:"they" 111 pts. + 11 bags [-100 pts.] + 1 made & 1 failed nil bids..[1st hands..another double nil bid..with both "sides" making their bid..[[notes]: a very atypical with the exception of the first game group of short/quick games]....<[Just Solitaire]>..Crescent: five games played..[1] 60/104 w/0 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[3] 76/104 w/2 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[5] 83/104 w/2 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[2] 98/104 w/6 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[4] 104/104 w/all of the 8 foundation piles completed..[[notes]: a little of everything from mediocre to cleared]....<[World of Solitaire]>..Aces Up[relaxed]: only cleared one of the three games played[48/48]..first game cleared in 9 days and 21 games played on this very difficult game..Eight Off[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played[52/52]..one game was cleared in:[01:41]:w/98 moves..Fan[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played[52/52]..one game was cleared by moving only Kings to open tableau rows..Fort[relaxed]: only cleared two 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:[11/52]:..Seahaven Towers[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played[52/52]..one game was cleared in:[01:59]:w/87 moves..Tri-Peaks[relaxed]: only cleared all of the three games played[52/52]....

*[]*[Today's Live Games Results]*<[Facebook]>..Spades:[04:11]:..logged on to "Poker" & picked up the awaiting drop(w/ad.) for "44K house money"..[off to other online tasks to run time off the "drop clock"..:[05:53]: five tables played or was it only four..all as/usual were of the 1K/.5K blinds variety & as/always om all I risked the max-buy-in of 125K.."heads up" to very briefly a five handed game..play varied so wildly lets just look at a table by table..blow by blow as it were.."sat down" at the first table..3 players..one folds..in the big blind..check..I saw the flop..but before I got to play was dragged off by the "Grim Reaper"..0 hands played..2nd table..virtually every hand there was a pre-flop raise..some times a min-raise by an any-two-carder..some times on a pocket singleton Ace/any pair/any paint a small raise above the min up to and including an all in..I was getting some decent looks in the pocket so was willing to call some of the small re-raises to see the flop..didn't check squat..but wild bets..2nd hand at the table..I had an Ace in the hole..called a min-raise..hit the pair on the flop..called the min-continuation  bet after turn and river..first to act bets 25K..ok..2nd to act calls..either or both hit the straight or flush..pot was split with a pair of Sixes..ah..lesson learned...unfortunately in a total of 12 hands at the table although I kept getting some good looks in the pocket..couldn't hit a flop for love or money..12 hands played..0 pots..but with having paid to see flops my stack took a beating..but did get and claim the 16 hands mission..3rd table..at tad saner play but still pretty loose play..was getting got some decent looks but again wasn't hitting the flop..did win 2 small pots..with a pair & a 2-pair..but stack took some hits although not as bad as the 2nd table..15 hands..2 pots..3rd table..a few out busts of loose play..a brief visit by a kamikaze..a couple of rounds of "My pairs bigger than Yours' is"..and I was catching better..4 winners & a split pot out of 15 hands played but all were blind pots..and made the only quality hand I made all day..a rivered Jack high straight..raised 2.5K but didn't get any calls..maybe leaked a K or 2..5th table..just the Old MadTrollie and two of the "Ladies of Poker"..as is typical in such a situation there were multiple rounds of "My pairs bigger than Yours' is" and many small/blind pots in between..won 5 pots out of the 13 hands played..all small/blind..and finished marginally ahead bit the damage to my stack was done..ergo..:{stats}:..42 minutes..98 minutes off the drop clock..55 hands played..12 pots..1 for every 4.58 hands played..looking only at the last 2 tables..10 for 28 or 1 for every 2.8 hands played..left 33,150 on the first three table and was a little ahead on the last two..[no slots]....[edited 19:15 UTC-4]....Video Poker Live: well my run for the 2x modifier..as/usual 10 hands@50K coins/hand could of gone worse but not by much..as/usual all hands on the "Tens or Better" machine..I made just one pair..down 450'K coins..only hit thee "Jackpot Wheel" for 50K coins..[shrugs].."Current Bank" now stands@80.7'M coins.....Day's End Poker: 683.7'M / Net Gain Today: 319.9'K / Drops[7]&Roulette[1]: 352'K / Tables[5]: -33,150$ / Hands Played Today: 55 / Total Hands Played: 63,049 / [[notes]: 2 drops@44K & 5 drops@22K & 1 roulette spin@154K]....[19:22 UTC-4]....