Tollie's Game Room

Tuesday, November 24, 2020

*[]*[+32*F/+26*F(w/windchill)_winds from the north@6 mph_humidity:85%_barometer:30.29"/\_ today's hi/lo:+32*F/+24*F]*[Today on MadTrollie*[Bach];[Telemann];[Lully];

*[05:18 UTC-5]*[[From the Tables]:.."Poker" is down..again..icon is no longer showing on my "Facebook" game list..again .."Blackjack 21's" icon is still showing but won't load..and I find myself lost for any real explanation for what the issues are..I have noticed that if you check the "Poker & Table" category on "Facebook" games many of the other games have disappeared as well..??..I'm just sitting here scratching my old grey head..]*

*[Yesterday's Sim&Roulette Results]*

<[24/7 Games.com]>..Spades: five games played consisting of a total of 44 hands played..[1] seven hands played:"we" 536 pts. + 6 bags + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 68 pts. + 8 bags + set once + 1 failed nil bid..[2] thirteen hands played:"we" 586 pts. + 16 bags [-100 pts.] + set twice + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 339 pts. + 9 bags + set twice + 1 failed nil bid..[3] ten hands played:"we" 572 pts. + 12 bags [-100 pts.] + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 24 pts. + 4 bags + set for the 6--pack..[9th hand..a 14 bid.."they" set]..[4] eight hands played:"we" 544 pts. + 4 bags:[vs]:"they" 88 pts. + 8 bags + set once + 1 failed nil bid..[6th hand..a 14 bid.."they" set]..[5] six hands played:"we" 525 pts. + 5 bags + 2 made nil bids:[vs]:"they" 244 pts. + 4 bags + set once....Hearts: four games played..[1] a 1 pt. win..[2] caught the Queen of Spades on the 5th hand & survived an opponent's "moon shot" on the last hand for a 48 pt. win..[3] survived an opponent's "moon shot" on the last hand for a 24 pt. win..[4] caught the Queen of Spades on the 4th hand..a "no-pass-hand" on way to a 24 pt. win....

<[Just Solitaire]>..Crescent: four games played..[4] 47/104 w/0 of the 8 foundation piles completed..

[3] 52/104 w/1 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[1] 63/104 w/1 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[2] 104/104 w/all of the 8 foundation piles completed..before the last shuffle..[three pretty bad games but one extremely good one....

<[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]..

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

Fort[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played[104/104]..

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

[[notes]: 19 clears & 5 fails..now 1 of the 5 victory images on the 30th level..[4th tome thru the levels]....

*[07:03 UTC-5]*[Today's Live Game Results]

<[Facebook}>..Pokerist: so I went looking for another poker game and found this one..not a mobile but a full screen display..an initial 10K "house money" w/multiple "quests" to gain more..and a daily bonus which increases for everyday you play in-row...many tables at various blinds/buy-ins..but played the lowest table..2&1$ blinds..and a 30$ buy-in..play was mixed.."heads up" to 8 players at the table..i discovered that kamikaze and dive-bombers play here too..and so do ersatz table captains..not sure about time or hands played..but started with 30$ and left with 247$..between the daily bonus & completed quest the 10K "house money" I started with is now 24.5'K$..still early days but will continue to play on this site for awhile..but there are two things I prefer this site over SHFT..I can play "small ball" & the full screen display..but one trip..??....Pokerist:[take two]:..so decided to hit the "Play Now"..a table for five..10K buy-in..50$/25$ blinds..except at the very end of the when a pot-pusher arrived and I took my leave..was up around 1.5'K...plus picked up another "quest".."Current Bank" 35,742$..79 total hands played..2nd level..the funny thing is just for the heck of it checked "rankings"..and found myself in 7th..based on total bank..??....Regardless whether or not SHFT-Poker returns..I will at the very least play "Pokerist" on a regular basis....[15:28 UTC-5]....

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{Please Note:2}

(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