Tollie's Game Room

Sunday, November 1, 2020

*[05:21 UTC-5]*[+37*F_+28*F w/windchill_winds out of the west@16 mph_humidity:72%_barometer:30.10"\/_today's hi/lo:+49*F/+28*F_rain expected between 10:00 & 24:00_possibly changing to light snow in the evening or early tomorrow morning]*[Today on MadTrollie*[Medieval]*[Lully]*[

*[From the Tables]..as/of:[04:35]: both "Poker"&"Blackjack 21" are still down...../....no I haven't moved..as/of:[02:00]: this morning the USA went off Daylight Savings Time hence the change from UTC-4 to UTC-5..../....

*[Yesterdays Sim/Solitaire Results]*<[24/7 Games.com]>..Spades: six games played consisting of a total of 46 hands played..[1] six hands played:"we" 557 pts. + 7 bags + 2 made nil bids:[vs]:"they" 135 pts. + 5 bags + set twice..[2] eight hands played:"we" 566 pts. + 6 bags:[vs]:"they" 161 pts. + 1 bag + set thrice..[2nd hand..a 14 bid.."they" set..[3] eight hands played:"we" 599 pts. + 9 bags:[vs]:"they" 284 pts. + 4 bags + set once..[no "blood" on the card for the first seven hands.."we" had the better of the hands..8th hand..a 15 bid.."they" set.."we" bid 11 tricks & made 12]..[4] seven hands played:"we" 534 pts. + 4 bags + set once + 2 made nil bids:[vs]:"they" 130 pts. + 10 bags [-100 pts.] + set once + 1 failed nil bid..[5] eleven hands played:"we" 573 pts. + 13 bags [-100 pts.]:[vs]:"they" 163 pts. + 3 bags + set twice + 1 failed nil bid..[6] six hands played:"we" 528 pts. + 8 bags + 2 made nil bids:[vs]:"they" 113 pts. + 3 bags + set twice....<[Just Solitaire]>..Crescent: eight games played..[1] 48/104 w/0 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[7] 56/104 w/0 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[6] 79/104 w/3 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[5] 82/104 w/3 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[4] 83/104 w/4 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[2] 91/104 w/5 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[8] 94/104 w/5 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[3] 101/104 w/7 of the 8 foundation piles completed....<[World of Solitaire]>..Aces Up[relaxed]: failed to clear any of the three games played[best:[39/48]:]..Eight Off[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played[52/52]..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]: failed to clear any of the three games played[best:[81/104]..one of those days if the "wall" didn't get you the card order in the deck did..Josephine[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played[104/104]..Klondike[turn 1]: only cleared one 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]..[[notes]: have had worse days but not many on the games played on this site..14 clears/10 fails..no change in victory images..still all 5 completed on the 23rd level..[4th time thru]..all I can say is "Sometimes you eat the bear & sometimes the bear eats you"....

*[]*[Today's Live Game Results]*<[Facebook]>..Video Poker Live:..with the change back to Standard Time here in the US of A the run for the 2x modifier was @:[10:00 UTC-5] has been an hour later..another ugly one..11 hands@50K-coins/hand on the "Tens or Better" machine..took an extra hand this AM..two pairs & a set..down 250K-coins..had three +100K-coins hits on the "Happy Bonus" for a total of 500K-coins & a 250K-coins spin on the "Jackpot Wheel" for another 250K-coins.."Current Bank" now stands@103'M-coins....[10:21 UTC-5]....

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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