Tollie's Game Room

Friday, November 27, 2020

*[04:20 UTC-5]*[+46*F_cloudy_winds west@8 mph_humidity:89%_barometer:30.05"/\ _today's hi/lo:+46*F/+37^F_rain expected to begin around 23:00 tonight thru 09:00 tomorrow]*{Today on MadTrollie:[Medieval];[Bach];]*

*[05:16 UTC-4]*[Yesterday's Sim&Solitaire Results]*

<[24/7 Games.com]>..Spades: five games played consisting of a total of 35 hands played..[1] six hands played:"we" 505 pts. + 5 bags + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 57 pts. + 7 bags + set once + 1 made nil bid..[2] seven hands played:"we" 500 pts. + 10 bags [-100 pts.] + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 144 pts. + 4 bags + set thrice + 1 made nil bid..[3] six hands played:"we" 588 pts. + 8 bags + set once + set once + 1 made nil bid &1 blind nil bid made:[vs]:"they" 524 pts. + 4 bags + 1 made nil bid..[6th hand.."we" trailed..only chance for a win..I bid nil blind..caught a decent hand.."my" blind nil made..partner failed the "cover" bid]..[4] seven hands played:"we" 505 pts. + 5 bags + set once + 2 made nil bids:[vs]:"they" 230 pts. + 10 bags [-100 pts.] + 1 made & 1 failed nil bids..[5] nine hands played:"we" 509 pts. + 9 bags + set once:[vs]:"they" 184 pts. + 4 bags + set thrice....Hearts: four games played..[1] caught the Queen of Spades on the 5th hand..a 31 point win..[2] a 4 pt. win..[3] twice blocked opponents' "moon shots" on way to a 14 pt. win..[4] made a successful "moon shot" on the 2nd hand on way to a 3 pt..win....

<[Just Solitaire]>..Crescent: three games played..[1] 65/104 w/0 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[2] 86/104 w/5 65/104 w/0 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[3] 104/104 w/all 65/104 w/0 of the 8 foundation piles completed....

<[World of Solitaire]>

Aces Up[relaxed]: failed to clear either of the three games played[best:[47/48]:]..

Eight Off[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played[52/52]..

Fan[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played[52/52]..all three games were cleared by moving only Kings to open tableau rows..

Fort[relaxed]: only cleared two of the three games played[104/104]..one games was cleared oh the 2nd of the three allowable turns thru the deck..

Josephine[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played[104/104]..one game was cleared on the 1st of the two 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 two of the three games played[52/52]..

*[07:05 UTC-5]*[Today's Live Game Results]*

<[Facebook]>..Pokerist: my /usual morning trip to the tables..not sure why but the only table available with 2$/1$ blinds was a table of five with the slow clock..but except for a couple of hands of "heads up" most hands were four or five handed..with the exception of a few hands right after I "sat down" when there were a couple of strong raids by kamikaze and another right before I left..game in the middle of the secession was dominated by an any-two-carder..and continuation bettor..okay seen that many times before..but this cat who was there when I came and still there when lift had the irritating habit of taking the full time on the clock before he made his move..how rude..was the top stack on the table and was catching..oy vey..in the midst of this..I flat wasn't catching..and a couple of times when I did get a decent hand..got rivered..so what's new..I busted out twice..but at a 40$ buy-in..that's nothing to fret over..did win a few decent pots and basically broke even for the secession..and did pickup my daily bonus and a couple of the smaller "quests"..but in full disclosure did river a card to make my best hand of the day..an Ace high straight..but just not one of my best days at the tables..but I should be thankful that the "Grim Reaper" from SHFT-Poker hasn't followed me to this site..ergo..:{stats}:..about an hour played..56 hands played..64 seconds per hand..netted: 9,500$(all from the daily bonus & "quests").."Current Bank" now stands@178,321$..4th level..5th rank..[[From the Tables]:..at least for the time being it is my intention to stay on the 2$/1$ tables..despite the fact that the style of play is not compatible with my preferred small ball..slow play..trapping style..at times I've have played a little looser than/normal for me..just didn't have the hands today to do that with any success..ah but tomorrow is another day..I'm curious to see if the weekend affects the play on this site the way it did over on SHFT Poker..??..]....

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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