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Tuesday, October 6, 2020

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*[]*[[Yesterday's Sims&Solitaire Results]*<[24/7 Games.com]>..Spades: five games played consisting of a total of 44 hands played..[1] ten games played:"we" 554 pts. + 14 bags [-100 pts.]:[vs]:"they" 244 pts. + 4 bags + set four times + 2 made nil bids..[10 hand..a 14 bid.."they" set]..[2] twelve hands played:"we" 538 pts. + 18 bags [-100 pts.] + set once:[vs]:"they" 178 pts. + 8 bags + set four times..[3] seven hands played:'we" 547 pts. + 7 bags + set once + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 418 pts. + 8 bags + set once + 2 made nil bids..[4] eight hands played:"we" 589 pts. + 9 bags + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 127 pts. + 7 bags + 2 failed nil bids..[5] nine hands played:"we" 508 pts. + 8 bags:[vs]:"they" 54 pts. + 4 bags + set four times + 1 failed nil bid....Hearts: no games played..just decided to give it a "rest"..I have been playing all games at the "easy" level and may "step up" to the "medium" level at some point....<[Just Solitaire]>..Crescent: just two games played..[1] 76/104 w/2 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[2] 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:[45/48]:]..Eight Off[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played[52./52]..one game was cleared in:[01:55]:w/93 moves..Fan[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played[52./52]..one game was cleared by only moving Kings to open tableau rows..Fort[relaxed]: only cleared two of the three games played[104/104]..Josephine[relaxed]: only cleared two of the three games played[104/104]..a rare fail on this game..the lay of the cards in the tableau was nasty..and the lay of the cards in the deck..oy vey..Klondike[relaxed]: only cleared all of the two games played[52./52]..Seahaven Towers[relaxed]:cleared all of the three games played[52./52]..Tri-Peaks[relaxed]: only cleared two of the three games played[52./52]....[[notes]: 17 clears/7 fails..now all victory images achieved on the 16th level..[fourth time thru the levels]....

*[06:56 UTC-4]*[Today's Live Game(s) Results]<Facebook>..Spades:[04:23]: with the fact that I couldn't get any of the three live games to load last night didn't known what to expect this morning but all games are "up"..[[note] estimate of "Day's End Poker" last night has been confirmed]..picked up the awaiting drop(w/ad.) for "44K house money"..[the/usual other tasks to run time off the "drop clock"]:[05:25]:..five tables played..all were as is my custom of the 1K/.5K blinds variety..and as/always I risked the max-buy-in..125K..played varied from "heads up" to briefly a five handed game..but most hands were 3 handed..if there were ever five crazy tables in one of my sessions I've forgotten..any-two-carding..pot-pushing..pot-splashing..pocket singleton Ace/any pair/any paint..& a couple of times I have no idea why..were the cause of big pre-flop bets..multiple rounds of "My pairs bigger then Yours' is"..an ersatz table captain or two..and less I forget the kamikaze..and all-ins from dudes or dudettes on "full tilt" after losing a big pot..or low in chips..there was even a auto-top-offer..and in this mist of this utter chaos..I couldn't catch a hand for love or money..I was on the fifth table before a accumulated enough blind pots to get my 10K+ mission..wasn't that I wasn't getting some good pocket cards..and occasionally getting a piece of the flop and will to call a min-raise to see the turn &/or river..but never made a hand better than 2-pair..just not my day..1st table got "Reaped" mid-third hand..all three featured pre-flop all-ins..2nd table..a know to me player..who most hands would splash the pot after the turn or river..by past experience knew that 4 out of 5 times it was a semi-bluff at best..but never caught the hand to make them pay..got "Reaped" mid-hand..13 hands..and 2 blind pots..1 hand short of the 16 hands mission..3rd table..18 hands here..zero pots..if it wasn't the any-two-carder/continuation bets..& the fact I couldn't catch a hand..it was the appearance of a kamikaze..who got very luck..the only good thing about that was he busted out the any-two-card..and then continued with the all-ins..I just left..the last two tables just blur into one..pot-pushing/splashing..semi-bluffing..and an ersatz table captain..who busted out and the buster took the captaincy..finally manage 5 blind pots over the last two tables and got my 10K+ mission..got "Reaped" on both tables..just not my day..ergo..:{stats}:..45 minutes played..105 minutes of the "drop clock"..60 hands played..7 pots..one for every 8&4/7ths. hands played..left 47,700$ on the tables..picked up 500$ from 5 goes at the slots....Video Poker Live: a much better run to the 2x modifier than of late..made 2-pair twice..flopped a King high straight(200K chips]..and hit a Two to Five open ended draw for the wheel(200K chips) got the modifier and was up 250K chips.."Current Bank" now stands@61.11'M chips....[11:21 UTC-4]....Day's End Poker: Total Bank: 678.2'M / Net Gain Today: 612.8'K / Drops[6]Roulette[2]: 660'K / Tables[5]&Slots[5]: -47,200$ / Hands Played Today: 60 / Total Hands Player: 62,374 / [[notes]: 6 drops@44K & 2 roulette spins@198K(each)]....[19:25 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)

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( 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