Tollie's Game Room

Wednesday, October 28, 2020

*[]*[+41*F_cloudy_winds out of the w/s/w@7 mph_humidity:93%_barometer:30.05"\/_today's hi/lo:+49*F/+38*F_rain possible between 11:00 & 13:00 later today]*[Today on MadTrollie*[Lully]*[Tallis]*[

*[From the Tables]*..never logged on this morning until 05:11,,simply overslept..but on this Sunday at 02:00 the USA is going off Daylight Saving's Time and back to Standard Time..essentially from the current UTC-4 to UTC-5..../....as/of 05:39 both "Poker" & "Blackjack 21" are still done..??..../....as/of 11:22 UTC-4..still no joy on either of the other two live games....

*[Yesterday's Sim/Solitaire Results]*<[24/7 Games.com]>..Spades: five games played consisting of 48 hands played..[1] nine hands played:"we" 558 pts. + 8 bags + set once + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 34 pts. + 4 bags + set thrice + 1 failed nil bid..[3rd hand..a 14 bid.."they" set..8th hand..a double nil bid.."mine" made.."theirs'" failed..[2] five hands played:"we" 573 pts. + 3 bags + 3 made nil bids:[vs]:"they" 77 pts. + 7 bags + set once + 1 failed nil bid..[4th hand..another double nil bid.."mine" made.."theirs'" failed]..[3] nine hands played:'we" 579 pts. + 9 bags + 1 failed nil bid:[vs]:"they" 4 pts. + 4 bags + set thrice..[a crazy one..6th hand partner failed a nil bid..7th hand.."they" set..8th hand..a 14 bid.."they" set..9th hand..another 14 bid.."they" set]..[4] 537 pts. + 7 bags + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 197 pts. + 7 bags + set once..[6th hand..a 14 bid.."they" set]..[5] eight hands played:"we" 539 pts. + 9 bags + set once + 2 made nil bids:[vs]:"they" 440 pts. + 10 bags [-100 pts.] + set once..[this game came done to 1 bag..started of the hand the sides were separated by 1 p..."we" 9 bags.."they" 8 bags..an 11 bid..2 bags available.."they" took both & bagged "we" won..but if "we" would have taken 1 bag.."we" would have bagged and lost]....<[Just Solitaire]>..Crescent: eight games played..[3] 51/104 w/1 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[1] 71/104 w/1 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[4] 73/104 w/1 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[2] 74/104 w/2 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[5] 75/104 w/1 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[6] 79/104 w/3 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[7] 84/104 w/2 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[8] 88/104 w/5 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[[note]: an average at best set of eight games]....<[World of Solitaire]>..Aces Up[relaxed]: failed to clear any of the three games played:[best:[45/48]:]..Eight Off[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played[52/52]..1 game was cleared in:[01:57]:w/90 moves & 1 in:[01:42]:w/89 moves..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]..one game 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]: only cleared one of the three games played[52/52]....

*[11:21 UTC-4]*[Today's Live Game Results]*<[Facebook]>..Video Poker Live: a way too typical run for the 2x modifier..10 hands@50K-coins/hand on the "Tens or Better" machine..got the 2x modifier at a cost of 350K-coins..earlier twice hit the "Happy Bonus"(w/2x modifier) for 200K-coins(each)..50K-coins on the "Jackpot Wheel".."Current Bank" now stands@92.93'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