Tollie's Game Room

Monday, November 2, 2020

*[05:42 UTC-5]*[+31*F_w/windchill:+20*F_cloudy_winds out of the northwest@17 mph_humidity:70%_barometer:29.74"/\_today's hi/lo:+36*F/+31*F_there is a "Lake Effect Snow" warning in affect from 16:00 today thru 04:00 tomorrow for the area on the eastern edge of Lake Ontario..7 to 12 inches in the higher elevations..just a couple of inches in the "Black River Valley"..[where I live]..../....*[Today on MadTrollie*[Chant]*[Bach]*[Pop]*]*

*[From the Tables]*..as/of:[05:00]: "Poker&Blackjack 21" are still AWOL.../....as/of:[10:27]:..nothing has changed re:"Poker &/or Blackjack 21"..../....as/of:[17:52]: Poker is back up..Blackjack 21 is still down..played about 19 minutes..only made 3 pots out of 34 hands played..oy vey..../....I regret to inform you that the "Grim Reaper" is still dead and carrying lost souls to the lobby...../.....I have a drop on Poker just after 20:00..will take it and count it in tomorrow's "Day's End Poker"....[19:26 UTC-5]

*[Yesterday's Sim&Solitaire Results]*<[24/7 Games.com]>..Spades: five games played consisting of a total of 48 hands played..[1] eight hands played:"we" 505 pts. + 15 bags [-100 pts.] + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 243 pts. + 3 bags + set thrice + 2 made nil bids..[2] thirteen hands played:"we" 526 pts. + 16 bags [-100 pts.] + set twice + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 447 pts. + 7 bags + set thrice..[3] seven hands played:"we" 505 pts. + 5 bags + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 433 pts. + 3 bags..[1st hand..I made a nil]..[4] thirteen hands played:"we" 552 pts. + 22 bags [-100 pts.] + set once + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 75 pts. + 5 bags + set four times..[another classic partner "bag hunt"]..[5] 532 pts. + 2 bags + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 406 pts. + 6 bags..[1st hand..partner made nil]....Hearts: four games played..[1] a 9 pt. win..[2]..a 3 pt. tie for 1st..[3] a 4 pt. win..[4] caught the Queen of Spades on the 6th hand & made a successful "moon shot" on the last hand for a 16 pt. win....<[Just Solitaire]>..Crescent: a weird day..played three games..[1] 48/104 w/0 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[2] 63/48 w/0 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[3] 49/104 w/0 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[took a break]..three games played..[4] 104/104 w/all of the 8 foundation piles completed..[5] 101/104 w/7 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[6] 78/104 w/2 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[another break]..two games played..[7] 42/104 w/0 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[8] 56/104 w/0 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[wanders off shaking his old grey head]....<[World of Solitaire]>..Aces Up[relaxed]: failed to clear any of the three games played[best:[42/48]:]..Eight Off[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played[52/52]..one game was a tricky one cleared in[05:42]:w/2 re-sets..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]: only cleared one of the three games played[104/104].. Josephine[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played[104/`104]..one game was cleared on the 1st of the 2 allowable turns thru the deck..Klondike[turn 1]: failed to clear any of then three games played[best:[18/52]:]..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]: another 14 clear/10 failed day but did manage to pickup the 1st victory image on the 24th level..[4th time thru the levels]....

*[10:30 UTC-5]*[Today's Live Game Results]*<[Facebook]>..Video Poker Live: a little better than average run for the 2x modifier..as/usual 10 hands@50K-coins/hand..started out with a straight..a 2-pair & a pair in the first three hands and then only one more pair on the way to gaining the 2x modifier..and dropped a mere 50K-coins..hit the "Jackpot Wheel" for 100K-coins.."Current Bank" now stands@105.3'M-coins..[[notes]: with both the re-set on the modifier & the appearance of the "Jackpot Wheel" at GMT-15(10:00 local time] have decided to post the results for the last 24 hours at this time everyday..The "House" has introduced a high stakes tournament machine..but I have brought my "small ball" playing style with me from the poker rooms and at least for the time being will not take a shot at that machine]....Days End Poker: Total Bank: 687.2'M / Net Gain Today: 13,240$ / Drops[1]: 44K / Tables[4]: -30,760$ / Hands played Today: 34 / Total Hands Played: 63,392 / [[notes]: 1 drop@44 K]....[18:38 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