Tollie's Game Room

Wednesday, November 18, 2020

*[05:12 UTC-5]*[+18*F/+10*F(w/windchill)_cloudy_winds from the north/north/west@5 mph_ humidity:76%_barometer:30.41"/\_today's hi/lo:+30*F/*21*F_Thursday's hi/lo:+51*F/+45*F _cloudy_ winds out of the south/south/west@17 mph]*[Today on MadTrollie:[Telemann];[Bach];[Medieval];[Pop];]*

*[From the Tables]*[14:40]..had finished playing on "24/7 Games.com"&"World of Solitaire"& had played two games of "Crescent" on "Just Solitaire" but my hands were pretty sore and decided to skip the rest of the play..went to FB to find a new game..and danged if the SHFT Poker icon hadn't reappeared ergo..<[Facebook]>..Poker:[14:44]: picked up the awaiting drop(w/ad.) for "44K house money" and filled out my stats sheet and off to play..:[14:45]:..because of the late start decided to go right out..play 16 hands and leave..2 tables played..yes the "Grim Reaper" is still dead and carrying off lost souls to the lobby..both were of the 1K/.5K blinds variety and on both risked the 125K-max-buy-in..all hands were "heads up" or three handed..1st table..5 hands played..a kamikaze present..and was going to leave when the "Reaper" got me..2nd table..11 hands played..6 pots won..all small/blinds..among the hands were..a high card(Ace)..twice with a pair..once with 2-pair..once with a set of Kings and the other quad Jacks..can't complain about not catching..was on the button the hand after the 16 hands mission banner appeared..and left..ergo..:{stats}:..11 minutes played..16 hands played..6 pots..1 out of every 2&2/3rds hands played left with an extra 17,479$ I hadn't brung with me..[no slots]..here's hoping it stays up for an extended period of time..[knock wood]....[15:25]..../....[edited:19:18 UTC-5]..../....

*[Yesterday's Sim&Solitaire Results]*<[24/7 Games.com]>..Spades: five games played consisting of the total of 47 hands played..[1] seven hands played:"we" 505 pts. + 5 bags + 2 made nil bids:[vs]:"they" 277 pts. + 7 bags..[2] ten hands played:"we" 524 pts. + 14 bags [-100 pts.]:[vs]:"they" 76 pts. + 6 bags + set four times + 1 made & 1 failed nil bids..[3] twelve hands played:"we" 574 pts. + 14 bags [-100 pts.] + set once:[vs]:"they" 175 pts. + 5 bags + set five times + 2 made nil bids..[5th hand..a 14 bid.."they" set]..[4] seven hands played:"we" 557 pts. + 7 bags + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 5 pts. + 5 bags + set thrice..[5] eleven hands played:"we" 514 pts. + 14 bags [-100 pts.] + set once + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 343 pts. + 3 bags + set thrice + 1 made & 1 failed nil bids....Hearts: five games played..[1] blocked an opponent's "moon shot" on the first hand on way to a 7 pt. win..[2] caught the Queen of Spades on the 3rd hand & blocked a opponent's "moon shot" on the way to a 35 pt. win..[3] a 7 pt. win..[4] a 3 pt. win..[5] blocked an opponents "moon shot" on way to a 7 pt. win....<[Just Solitaire]>..Crescent: five games played..[4] 73/104 w/0 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[3] 84/104 w/3 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[1] 85/104 w/1 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[5] 89/104 w/3 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[2] 101/104 w/7 of the 8 foundation piles completed....Clock: four games cleared in:[02:36];[01:58];[01:40];&:[01:32]:....Freecell: two games cleared in:[05:02]:&:[03:34]:....<World of Solitaire]> ..Aces Up;[relaxed]: failed to clear any of the three games played[best:[43/48[2x]:]..Eight Off;[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played[52/52]..one game took 3 re-sets and multiple un-dos in:[06:01]:w/134 moves..Fan;[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played[52/52]..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]: only cleared two of the three games played[52/52]..Seahaven Towers;[hidden]: cleared all of the three games played[52/52]..Tri-Peaks;[hidden]: only cleared two of the three games played[52/52]..[[notes]: 17 clears & 7 fails..still "stuck" at 4 of the 5 victory images on the 28th level....[05:56 UTC-5]....

*[10:34 UTC-5]*[Today's Live Game Results]*<[Facebook]>..Video Poker Live:..overnight dropped from 4th rank to 5th..[shrugs]..the/usual rounds of tournament play..today "Jacks or Better" machine..two of my better rounds..netted 320K-coins & 32 percentage points towards the 2x modifier...7 hands@50K-coins/hand..only made a set twice..down 100K-coins..saw that I was 7 percentage points short of leveling up..6 hands@various bets..drop 350K-coins in the process but up to the 33rd level..100K-coins from a spin of the "Jackpot Wheel"..15 chances at bonuses over the last 24 hours..none larger than 80K-coins.."Current Bank" stands@140.2'M coins..../....Day's End Poker: Total Bank: 692.3'M / Net Gain Today: 249.5'K / Drops[3]: 142'K / Tables[2]: +17,497$ / Hands Played Today: 16 / Total Hands Played: 63,617 / [[notes]: 3 drops@44K]....:[19:20 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)

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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