Tollie's Game Room

Sunday, November 15, 2020

*[05:28 UTC-5]*[+32*F_+24*F:/w windchill_partly cloudy_winds out of the southeast@10_humidity:67%_ barometer:30.10"\/_today's hi/lo:+52*F/+37*F_rain to begin around 13:00 this afternoon and continue thru 14:00 Monday with winds in excess of 20 mph]*[Today on MadTrollie:[Albinoni];[Bach];[

*[Yesterday's Sim/Solitaire Results]*<[24/7 Games.com]>..Spades: five games played consisting of a total of 47 hands played..[1] eleven hands played:"we" 512 pis. + 12 bags [-100 pts.] + set once + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 238 pts. + 8 bags + set twice + 1 failed nil bid..[2] twelve hands played:"we" 513 pts. 13 bags [-100 pts.] + set once + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 508 pts. + 8 bags + set once..[2nd hand..a 15 bid.."we(p) set"..a close one.."we" just had slightly better hands]..[3] nine hands played:"we" 528 pts. + 8 bags + set once:[vs]:"they" 279 pts. + 9 bags + set once..[4] twelve hands played:"we" 512 pts. + 12 bags [-100 pts.] + set twice + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 258 pts. + 8 bags + set twice..[2nd hand..a 14 bid.."they" set..10th hand..a 14 bid.."they" set]..[5] five hands played:"we" 376 pts. + 6 bags:[vs]:"they" -218 pts. + 2 bags + set thrice + 1 failed nil bid....Hearts: three hands played..[1] twice blocked opponents' "moon shots" on way to a very messy 19 pt. win..[2] blocked an opponent's "moon shot" a 10 pt. win..[3] a 6 pt. win....<[Just Solitaire]>..Crescent: four games played..[2] 52/104 w/0 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[1] 94/104 w/6 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[3] 102/104 w/7 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[4] 104/104 w/all of the 8 foundation piles completed..[[notes]: except for the second game a pretty decent set of games]....Clock: clear all of the four games played:[in]:[01:57];[01:41];[01:29];&;[01:40]:....Freecell: cleared both of the two games played:[in]:[04:17]&[04:36]....Poker Solitaire: just two games played:[scores]:[107 pts.]&[167 pts.]:....<[World of Solitaire]>..Aces Up;[relaxed]: failed to clear any of the three games played[best:[44/48]:]..three decent games all scores were in the 40s..Eight Off;[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played[52/25]..Fan;[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played[52/25]..Fort;[relaxed]; only cleared one of the three games played[104/104]..Josephine;[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played[104/104]..Klondike;[turn 1]: failed to clear any of the three games played:best:[18/52]:]..Seahaven Towers;[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played[52/25]..Tri-Peaks;[hidden]: failed to clear any of the three games played:best:[51/52[2x]:]..[[notes]: have had better days..13 clears/11 fails..gained the 1st of the 5 victory images on level 28..[4th time thru the levels....

*[10:49 UTC-4]*[Today's Live Game Results]*<[Facebook]>..Video Poker Live: logged on just after 15:00 GMT and the opportunity to re-start the 2x modifier for bonus drops..played 2 rounds of the tournament game..machine of the day was "Jacks or Better"..two so/so runs only netted 80K-coins but earned 32% towards the 2x modifier..check..7 hands@50K-coins/hand on the "Tens or Better" machine..not the best run coin-wise but thrice made a pair & thrice 2-pairs..only one loss and up 100K-coins..spun the "Jackpot Wheel" for 120K-coins..during the last 24 hours hit the bonuses 18 times..never hit either the "Happy" or the "Instant" for more than 100K-coins...I checked earlier in the day and had dropped from 6th in the rankings to 7th..and when looked again just before posting was back at 6th..more like the other players misfortune because I hadn't made any major scores..you have to be willing to risk big to win big and that's not my style..I prefer a conservative approach.."Current Bank" now stands@132.8'M-coins..../....

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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