Tollie's Game Room

Thursday, November 12, 2020

*[05:12 UTC-5]*[+36*F_clear_winds out of the northwest@4 mph_humidity:85%_barometer:30.09"/\_today's hi/lo:+48/+32*]*[Today on MadTrollie:[Bach];["Hunt for Red October" on BBC America]*

*[Yesterday's Sim&Solitaire Results]*<[24/7 Games.com]>..Spades: five games played consisting of a total of 47 hands played..[1] six hands played:"we" 542 pts. + 2 bags + 2 made nil bids:[vs]:"they" 246 pts. + 6 bags + set once..[3rd hand..a 14 bid.."they" set]..[2[ six games played:"we" 555 pts. + 5 bags + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" -5 pts. + 5 bags + set twice + 1 failed nil bid..[3] seventeen hands played:"we" 534 pts + 24 bags [-200 pts.] + set twice + 1 failed nil bid:[vs]:"they" 99 pts. + 9 bags + set seven times + 1 made nil bid..[2nd hand..partner failed a nil bid & 1 failed the "cover" bid..definitely one of the crazier games I quite awhile..[4] nine hands played:"we" 524 pts. + 14 bags [-100 pts.] + set once:[vs]:"they" 143 pts. + 3 bags + set thrice + 1 made nil bid..[5] nine hands played:"we" 561 pts. + 11 bags [-100 pts.]] + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 244 pts. + 4 bags + set thrice..[3rd hand..one of the weirder lay of cards I've seen..a 14 bid.."they" set..I had a decent hand or so I thought..I bid 3..and made 0..partner bid 3..and made 6..??..]....<[Just Solitaire]>..Crescent: four games played..[2] 62/104 w/0 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[1] 84/104 w/3 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[3] 85/104 w/4 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[4] 102/104 w/7 of the 8 foundation piles completed....<[World of Solitaire]>..Aces Up[relaxed]: failed to clear any of the three games played[best:[47/48]:]..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]: 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 one 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]..[[notes]: 19 clears/5 fails..now 1 of the 5 victory images achieved on the 27th level..[4th time thru the levels]....

*[06:29 UTC-5]*[Today's Live Game Results]*<[Facebook]>..Poker:[04:11]:..picked up the awaiting drop(w/ad.) for "44K house money" and then off to other online tasks to run time off the "drop clock"..:[05:14]:..four tables played..all as/usual were of the 1K/.5K blinds variety..on all as/usual I risked my 125K-max-buy-in..play varied from "heads up" to a four handed game but pretty typically of late the majority of hands were with three at the table..and except for a few members of the "Ladies of Poker" most of the players were ones I don't remember at table before..play was mixed so easier to go table by table..1st table..only played four hands and got"Reaped" with a Ace/Ten in the pocket before the turn..three-handed..the other two "rooks"..about 600 hands between 'um..both with raise percentages on side or the other of 15%..raises pre-flop before every flop..no idea why except maybe they thought that's what the were supposed to do..??..2nd table..some pocket Ace/any pair/any paint pre-flop raises but mostly min-raises..a little continuation betting & a couple of bouts of "My pairs bigger than Yours' is"..but 11 hands played and 4 winners..but no blind pots..3 small and a halfway decent one..twice on a high pair with a good kicker..a set..& a flush..and avoid the occasional loose play and got dragged off the table " a kickin' & a screamin;" by the "Grim Reaper" had paired one hole card on the flop and the other on the turn and off I went..3rd table..16 hands played..but just wasn't catching..except for an early flush and a late high pair with an Ace kicker..could catch a hand..play until the last few hands was similar to the 2nd table..until a new player who made a min-raise before every flop..checked stats..360 tournaments played..have seen this guy before but was all to familiar with the tournament style..4th table..an any-two-carder..pocket Ace/any pair/any paint pre-flop raises..most more than a min-raise..pot-pushing..pot-splashing..and I flat didn't catch a hand..got blank for the 14 hands played..got "Reaped" for the 4th time..looked at my stats..decided enough was almost too much..ergo..:{stats}:..35 minutes played..98 minutes off the "drop clock"..44 hands played..7 winners..1 out of every 6.29 hands played..left with an extra 725$ I hadn't brought with me..& picked up 1,900$ from 7 goes at the slots..../....Video Poker Live: Total Bank: 691.3'M / Net Gain Today: 464.6'K / Drops[7]&Roulette[1]: 462'K / Tables[4]&Slots[7]: +2,625$ / Hands Played Today: 44 / Total Hands Played: 63,548 / [[notes]: 7 drops@44K & 1 roulette spin@154'K..[From the Tables]..at least for the foreseeable future I've decided to forget about even checking to see if "Blackjack 21]....[19:10 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