Tollie's Game Room

Wednesday, November 4, 2020

*[05:01 UTC-5]*[+33*F_w/windchill:+26*F_clear_winds from the south@9 mph_humidity:73%_barometer:30.21"\/_today's hi/lo:+60*F/+50*F]]*[Today on MadTrollie*[Medieval]:[William Byrd]:[Telemann]:]*

*[10:05 UTC-5]*[From the Tables]*..I just went back to login to Poker to check something and it won't load..here we go again..oy vey..../....

[Yesterday's Sim&Roulette Results]*<[24/7 Games,com]>..Spades: four games consisting of a total of 30 hands played:"we" 501 pts./ + 11 bags [-100 pts.] + set thrice + 2 made nil bids:[vs]:"they" 307 pts. + 17 bags. [-100 pts.] + set four times + 1 failed nil bid..[a wild open first nine hands there was "blood" on the card]..[2] eight hands played:"we" 532 pts. + 2 bags + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 65 pts + 5 bags + set thrice..[2nd hand..a 15 bid.."they" set]..[3] six hands played:"we" 533 pts. + 3 bags + set once + 3 made nil bids:[vs]:"they" 84 pts. + 14 bags [-100 pts] + 1 failed nil bid..[1st hand.."my" nil made..2nd hand.."my" nil made & partner failed the "cover bid"..3rd hand..a double nil bid.."my" nil made.."their" nil failed]..[4] three hands played..a classic "they" implosion game".."we" 176 pts. + 6 bags:[vs]:"they" -220 pts. + 0 bags + set thrice....Hearts: four games played..[1] survived an opponent's "moon shot" on the 7th hand..a 36 pt. win..[2] caught the Queen of Spades on the 3rd hand..a 17 pt. win..[3] blocked an opponent's "moon shot"..a 10 pt. win..[4] a 13 pt. win....<[Just Solitaire]>..Crescent: a mixed bag of four games played..[3] 58.104 w/1 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[2] 72/104 w/2 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[4] 84/104 w/2 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[1] 104/104 w/all of the 8 foundation piles completed..before the last shuffle....<[World of Solitaire]>..Aces Up[relaxed]: only cleared one of the three games played[48/48]..first game cleared in 6 days & 18 games played on this very difficult game..Eight Off[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played[52/52]..Fan[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played[52/52]..Fort[relaxed]: failed to clear any of the three games played[73/104]..if the "wall" didn't get me the lay of the cards in the deck did..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]: cleared all of the three games played[52/52]..Seahaven Towers[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played[52/52]..Tri-Peaks[hidden]: only cleared two of the three games played[52/52]....

*[06:11 UTC-5]*[Today's Live Game Results]*<[Facebook]>..Poker:[03:52]:..a bit of an early start today..picked up the awaiting drop(w/ad.) for "44K house money"..[the usual side-trips to run time off the "drop clock" & check on election results]..:[05:05]:..three tables visited..all as/usual were of the 1K/.5K variety and on all as/is my custom I risked the 125K-max-buy-in..play varied from "heads up" to vary briefly a four handed game but as has become the/usual in the era of "The Grim Reaper" were a 3-handed affair..no real pattern emerged..a few pocket Ace/any pair/any paint pre-flop raises..some continuation betting..a little pot-splashing after the river card arrived..the only all-ins were made by low stacks or peeps on "full tilt" after losing a big pot..just a couple of those..but a bunch of blind pots..not one of my best "catching" days..several times flopped 4 to a straight or flush and the only two..a straight & a flush I made were on runner-runner..even when I was getting decent looks in the pocket was rarely getting any help from the flop/turn or river..except for the to aforementioned..but I went into ultra-tight mode and avoided any big losses..1st table..got skunked before the "Reaper" got me after 7 hands played..2nd table..pretty much the same as the first..did manage to win two blind pots but on pairs out of the 14 hands played..but did achieve the 16 hands mission which I claimed in the lobby after the "Reaper" got me again..was down about 12K..decided to play a few more hands and try to get the 10+ mission as well..3rd table..pretty ,much the same deal as the first two save for the fact that over a 5 hand span caught 2-pair..a straight & a flush..for small pots..was up but the board went cold..stayed long enough to take the 7 slot spins I had..decided to play to the button and book it..but the "Reaper" got me before I got there..ergo..:{stats}:..24 minutes played..97 minutes off the drop clock..35 hands played..5 pots..1 for every 7 hands played..left 10,625$ on the first two tables..picked up 1,100$ on the slots..net loss for the session:9,525$..../....Video Poker Live: the /usual run for the 2x modifier..10 hands@50K-coins/hand..pretty typical..a pair..a 2-pair & a set..down 150K-coins but 2x modifier in hand..a 200K-coin "Happy Bonus" & a 100K-coin spin of the "Jackpot Wheel".."Current Bank" now stands@109.58'M-coins....[12:10 UTC-5]..../....Day's End Poker: Total Bank: 688.4'M / Net Gain Today: 540.5'K / Drops[8]&Roulette[1]: 550'K / Tables[3]&Slots[7]: -9,525$ / Hands Played Today: 35 / Total Hands played: 63,355 / [[notes]: 2 drops@44K & 6 drops@22K & 1 roulette spin@330K]....[18:55 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