Tollie's Game Room

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

*[05:31 UTC-4]*[+37*F_winds out of the northwest@6 mph_humidity:95%_barometer:30.23"/\_today's hi/lo:+44*F/+35* F_light rain/showers predicted from 16:00 thru 19:00 this evening]*[Today on MadTrollie*[Medieval]*[Lully]*[Bach]*[

*[From the Tables]*..as/of:[04:42]:both "Poker" & "Blackjack 21" are still down..and also as/usual there is no information that I am aware of as to "why" or "how long" or if they might be just gone..if nothing lasts forever in life..it's certainly if anything ever true on the internet....as/of:[11:18]:..both still down....Day's End: both "Poker" & "Blackjack 21" are still done..had a decent day on Sims&Solitaire games..have had better and have had worse.."Current Bank" on "Video Poker Live" now stands@91.54"M-coins..not sure whether it's based on my "Total Bank" or my "Current Level" which now stands@level 30..but my max-buy is now 4'M-coins/bet....[18:35 UTC-4]....

*[Yesterday's Sim/Solitaire Results]*<[24/7 Games.com]>..Spades: four games played consisting of a total of 50 hands played..[1] nine hands played:"we" 546 pts. + 6 bags + set once + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 481 pts. + 11 bags [-100 pts] + 1 made nil bid..[a wild ending..6th hand.."they" made a nil bid..7th hand "we" were in position to "go out"..partner failed his part of the bid..8th hand.."they" were in position to "go out".."they" bagged [-100 pts.]]..[2] eight hands played:"we" 516 pts. + 6 bags:[vs]:"they" 286 pts. + 6 bags + set once..[3] twelve hands played:"we" 543 pts. + 13 bags [-100 pts.] + set once + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 335 pts. + 5 bags + set twice..[7th hand..a 14 bid.."they" set]..[4] twenty-one hands played:"we" 512 pts. + 32 bags [-300 pts.] + set four time + 3 made nil bids:[vs]:"they" 364 pts. + 14 bags [-100 pts.] + set five times..[oy vey..one of those games when my computer generated partner it wasn't failing its' part of the bid & setting "we"..it was making bags..32 bags is the most ever in a single game]....<Just Solitaire>..Crescent: had some extra time because of two of the three live games being down..ergo..eight games played..[4] 60/104 w/0 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[7] 63/104 w/2 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[3] 69/104 w/1 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[8] 74/104 w/0 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[6] 95/104 w/4 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[5] 96/104 w/6 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[2] 102/104 w/7 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[1] 104/104 w/all of the 8 foundation piles completed..a special game..all cleared before the last shuffle..[[notes]: a mixed bag of games for very good games & four games that were average at best]....<[World of Solitaire]>..Aces Up[relaxed]: failed to clear any of the thee games played[best:[41/48]:]..Eight Off[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played[52/52]..one game was cleared in:[01:50}:w/86 moves..Fan[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played[104/104]..one game was cleared by moving only Kings to open tableau rows..Josephine[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played[104/104]..Klondike[turn 1]: only 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 all of the three games played[52/52]..[[notes]: 18 clears/6 fails..now 4 of the 5 victory images achieved on the 22nd level..[4th time thru the levels]....

*[11:24 UTC-4]*[Today's Live Game Results]*<[Facebook]>..Video Poker Live: another day and another run to re-start the 2x modifier..as/usual 10 hands@50K-coins/hand on the "Tens or Better" machine..3 pairs..1 2-pair..& a set..got the 2x modifier & drop just 100K-coins..had an odd 30'K-coins..5 hands@5K-coins..only my made 1 straight..took the 25K-coins..a pair and a looser..but gained a few percentage pts. towards the next level..a 100K-coin spin of the "Jackpot Wheel".."Current Bank" now stands@90'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